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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An interesting post by Tim O’Brien at O’Reilly Radar highlighting that earlier this month Google introduced a feature called Rich Snippets which provides users with a convenient summary of a search result at a glance. They have been experimenting with microformats and RDFa, and are officially introducing the feature and allowing more sites to participate. [...]

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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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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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On 10th June the World Wide Web Consortium launched a new forum aimed at discovering how technology can best be used to improve both governance and citizen participation.   The group is open to governments, citizens, researchers, and any interested parties. “Open Standards, and in particular Semantic Web Standards, can help lower the cost of [...]

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Apologies for the hiatus, I have been completing my  MSC dissertation (on Web 2.0 and Knowledge Management) but I’m back on the air..   I see the UK Civil Service have published some ‘Principles for online Participation’   Here also is a common craft video explaining Social Media in plain english.. its very good… (thanks [...]

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The survey focused on public awareness of the Data Protection Act (DPA) and sought to see if people knew its provisions. Individuals were also asked if they had used subject access requests under the DPA, or an internet or credit search to check data held about them, and, if they had, what their experience had [...]

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I Just came across this document on the Data Protection Commissioners website. Its a projected vision of public surveillance in the near future, a dsytopian one as far as individual privacy is concerned. Thought provoking and worth a read. A Report on the Surveillance SocietyFor the Information Commissioner, by the Surveillance Studies Network Public Discussion [...]

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I was hoping to have had a chance to finish reading this report before I posted it but decided to post it now in case anyone find it useful. It a report commissioned by the Australian QLD government entitled, ‘Legal Aspects of Web 2.0 Activities: Management of Legal Risk Associated with Use of YouTube, MySpace [...]

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Just thought I would draw attention to New Zealand’s E-Government Website http://www.e.govt.nz/ The site is a resource for government agency people in New Zealand who need up-to-date, easily accessible and authoritative e-government information & resources to assist them to achieve their agency’s e-government goals. The e-government goals: By 2007, information and communication technologies will be [...]

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