Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

Excerpt from Article BY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Asiaone Tech Sense EMERGING technologies such as Web 2.0 and cloud computing, plus new ways of transacting and accessing information through new media, have bolstered the importance of online security for public sector institutions. The public sector typically holds the personal data of its citizens, as well as [...]

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The guidance makes it easier for agencies to use social media and requires steps to ensure better rule-making and spending transparency. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek April 7, 2010 01:33 PM Even as federal agencies release their plans for complying with the Obama administration’s open government requirements, the administration announced additional open government guidance Wednesday. [...]

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By Doug Beizer This is an article from March last year (published while I was out of commission for a few months) but outlines an interesting precedent for governments internationally. By Doug Beizer on FCW.com The General Services Administration has signed agreements with Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo and blip.tv that make it possible for federal agencies to use [...]

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The 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1 took on symbolic importance not only for the Communist Party, but also for connoisseurs of China’s Internet controls. The thinking by some was that with the last of a series of sensitive anniversaries this year now finally behind us, the guardians of China’s [...]

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Interesting article by Mike Elgan (Earthweb) on an effort by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members to “assert supremacy over online public opinion, raise the level and study the art of online guidance and actively use new technologies to increase the strength of positive propaganda”. The article also introduced me to the concept of astroturfing which [...]

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Came across this text ‘Network Citizens: Power and Responsibility at Work‘ via Paul Glazowski at Mashable.com Here is an excerpt from the foreword by Robert Ainger, Corporate Director, Orange Business One of the key findings within this research is the tension that distinctions between purely personal and professional life are becoming increasingly blurred and that [...]

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From an article by Peter Nowak from CBC News Canada. Quebec’s open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company’s products rather than using free alternatives. The lawsuit by Facil was lodged with the Quebec Superior Court on July 15 and made public [...]

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Interesting article on the Memphis based site commercialappeal.com Apparently the director of police is using public funds to attempt sue and identify an anonymous blogger believed to be a Memphis police officer (or several officers) Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog [...]

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The EU Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, publicly supported the use of open source software in eGovernment, in a public speech at a seminar hosted by OpenForum Europe in Brussels on 10 June 2008. The Commission must do its part. It must not rely on one vendor, it must not accept closed standards, and it must [...]

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Photo By Jrawle from Flickr. Interesting Series of blog entries and comments debating as to whether Civil Servant Bloggers in the UK should be governed by a set of blogging guidelines or whether adherence to the UK civil service code should be sufficient. This was all prompted by the recent posts of an anonymous blogger [...]

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