Post by Tod Newcombe on Dr. Beth Noveck’s speech at the recent NASCIO conference on what the White House is doing to turn social networking tools into an outcome-oriented platform for the Obama administration.
Noveck is the deputy director for Open Government within the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House. Her efforts [...]
Can Social, Participatory Gov 2.0 Work?
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Collaboration, Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Mashups, USA, Web 2.0, Wisdom of Crowds, e-Democracy, e-government
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An executive guide to social media
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Collaboration, Knowledge Management, Net-Gen, Society, Software, Web 2.0
I just came across this useful collection of articles on Social Media on Business week – ‘An executive guide to social media’
link…
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Data.gov launched – another step towards Government 2.0
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Collaboration, Government 2.0, Government Policy, Government as Platform, Mashups, Trust, USA, Web 2.0, e-Democracy, e-government, transparency
Launched on May 21st, Data.gov is an online platform for access to Federal Government Data. By helping the public find, access, and download non-sensitive Executive Branch data, Data.gov enables enterprising Americans to create new web applications that can help individuals, communities, and businesses access, sort, visualize and understand public data in new ways.
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Finally… the government discovers YouTube.
March 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Collaboration, Government 2.0, Government Publications, Ireland, Net-Gen, Politics, Trust, Video, Web 2.0, Wisdom of Crowds, e-Democracy, transparency
Brian Cowen is the current Taoiseach of Ireland (pronounced tea-shock – this is the position of head of government)
Cowen addresses the nation in a series of new videos , addressing seven questions posed by members of the public (selected from several thousand submissions).
The videos are embedded in the government’s party website www.fiannafail.ie and are embedded [...]
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The Ideas Campaign
March 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Collaboration, Government 2.0, Ireland, Net-Gen, Trust, Web 2.0, Wisdom of Crowds, e-Democracy, transparency
AMAS consultant and Managing Director Aileen O’Toole recently launched a new incentive on the web in Ireland entitled ‘The Ideas Campaign’
From the website:
The Ideas Campaign is about asking people for ideas to stimulate economic activity. It is challenging people in Ireland to be innovative and creative and to play their part in planning this country’s [...]
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Web 2.0 is moving from fun and games to serious business in the federal government.
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Collaboration, Government 2.0, USA, Web 2.0, transparency
From Federal Computer Week October 25th 2008
The Office of Management and Budget has asked the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to host an online discussion about health care and privacy.
During the “National Dialogue on Health Information Technology and Privacy,” which takes place this week, health IT experts will post questions, propose ideas, suggest solutions [...]
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Study: Surfing Social Networks at Work Could Be Good for You
October 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Collaboration, Legal Issues, Net-Gen, Reports, Resources, Security, Society, Trust, UK, Web 2.0, transparency
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 this is [...]
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Seminar – Citizen Participation in the Wiki and Facebook Era -update
October 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Collaboration, Event, Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Intranet, Ireland, Knowledge Management, Local Government, Mashups, Net-Gen, Open Source, Resources, Tourism, Web 2.0, e-Democracy, e-government, eInclusion/Digital Divide, transparency
I have just returned from attending (and speaking at) the ‘Seminar – Citizen Participation in the Wiki and Facebook Era ‘ at the IPA in Dublin. An interesting and worthwhile day..
All of the presentations were very interesting and will all be online shortly. I will update you on their availability and provide a full report [...]
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Government 2.0 and Beyond…Harnessing Collective Intelligence
September 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Collaboration, Event, Government 2.0, Government Policy, Government as Platform, Knowledge Management, Local Government, Net-Gen, Politics, Security, Society, Trust, USA, Video, Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0, e-Democracy, e-government, transparency
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 were
• David [...]
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The Cluetrain Manifesto Revisited
September 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Collaboration, Economy, Philosophy, Society, Trust, Web 2.0, transparency
I have seen a recent resurgance in the blogosphere of awareness of and debate around Levine, Locke, Searls & Weinberger’s ‘Cluetrain Manifesto’, a seminal book (published in 1999) outlining 95 Theses on the newly connected marketplace, enabled by the Internet. Having re-read the book again recently it is clear that this Manifesto presaged the powerful emergence [...]
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