Rialtas.net - Government 2.0

The UK Government is inviting feedback from the public to help generate ideas and useful applications for public data. They hope this approach will help to improve the way public information is communicated.The Power of Information Taskforce is running a competition on the UK Government’s behalf, and they have a £20,000 prize fund to develop […]

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From Federaltimes.com article By Elise Castelli

 This Federal Times Article describes how the US EPA, in trying to better share information with the public, industry, the media and its own employees, took an ‘unusual’ tack: It set up a Web site and asked for ideas from those who rely on EPA’s data in their […]

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Interesting article on RedOrbit by By Maryann Lawlor, discussing the adoption of Web 2.0 by businesses . Some excerpts below, read the full article here..
 

Common interests bring professionals together online, then lead them to corporate collaboration. Social networking and other Web 2.0 capabilities are creating new avenues for commerce by facilitating communication inside the corporate […]

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From Iain Thomson at Vnunet.com
A survey of 1,000 office staff has found that nearly a third of younger employees would consider quitting their job if Facebook was banned in the workplace.
The survey by IT services firm Telindus found that 39 per cent of 18 to 24 year-olds would consider leaving if they were not allowed […]

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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 faced a challenge […]

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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 to Steve […]

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Post by Jeffrey Roy, CIO Government Review on InterGovWorld.com
recounting how he recently attended a meeting of four graduate students and four executives from a provincial Crown corporation. The topic was e-government and how Web 2.0 can improve customer and employee engagement and thus improve performance. The discussion was lively…
Students left impressed with the executives’ knowledge […]

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The Connected Rebublic is a community website, developed by Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group. The aim is to create a space where people with ideas can meet, share their thinking and link up with each other. The site is open to anyone who wants to get involved.

There are a number of very interesting presentations on […]

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Here is an overview of some research into blogging undertaken in January 2008 by BIGresearch in the US.
What’s A Blogger?
Bloggers are younger and higher percentages are Hispanic & African American than the general population. A higher percentage of Democrats than of Republicans are blogging.
Now that Blogging might better be called a market segment rather than […]

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