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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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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I Have just finished attending an excellent symposium  ‘Government 2.0 and Beyond…Harnessing Collective Intelligence’ which was hosted by the US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) DOD Chief Information Officer and the Information Resources Management College, US National Defense University. Government 2.0 Symposium in the IRM Government Center in Second Life The Panelists [...]

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A recent CWD Corporation (US) Survey has found that over 40% of corporate IT decision makers across both government and corporate sectors have rolled out some Web 2.0 tools in their organisations,it also reveals that more than half of them may be hesitant to use such applications, with 31% worrying that Web 2.0 will be [...]

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 Via IT week Government efforts to improve interactions with the public through the use of Web 2.0 technologies are being stymied by security fears.   The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCFS), said Web 2.0 technologies would help the department communicate with younger customers familiar with social networking sites. But the DCFS said it [...]

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