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Web 2.0 to Government 2.0 in Ireland — e-Government and e-Democracy

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Can we build the perfect citizen?

December 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Ireland, Net-Gen, Society, e-Democracy, e-government, eInclusion/Digital Divide

Interesting article by FRANK DILLON in this weeks Irish Times Innovation Magazine.
The role of the citizen in creating a new Ireland is an important one. What foundations, skills and moral attributes should the perfect citizen have?…
…Perhaps its time to look at what was once viewed as the old-fashioned notion of citizenship. What is the perfect [...]

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Government 2010 event on 22nd October

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Event, Government 2.0, Web 2.0, e-Democracy, e-government

Government 2010 will examine how next generation government is set to change in the light of social, media and technology change. The conference is a video streamed conference,which  will be broadcast live on the web from London.
Keynote speakers include Peter Kellner (YouGov); Adam Afriyie MP (Shadow Minister, Innovation); Iain Dale (Political Blogger and Broadcaster); Tom [...]

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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

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 [...]

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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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Obama’s Groundbreaking use of the Semantic Web

March 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Mashups, Semantic Web, Trust, USA, Web 2.0, e-Democracy, transparency

From David Peterson on Sitepoint.com
In a revolutionary move, Obama’s administration is set to utilise next generation web technologies to bring an unprecedented level of transparency to government. In this case it will shed light on how the roughly US $800 billion dollar economic stimulus will be spent. The recently launched recovery.gov website (powered by nothing [...]

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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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How China’s ‘50 Cent Army’ Could Wreck Web 2.0

January 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Asia, China, Legal Issues, Politics, Security, Society, Standards, Trust, Web 2.0, Wisdom of Crowds, e-Democracy, transparency

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 I [...]

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Al Gore addresses Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco – November 7, 2008

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Canada, Government 2.0, Government Policy, USA, Video, Web 2.0, e-Democracy

From a post by Todd Lucier ,Ontario , Canada.
Al Gore addressed the San Francisco audience at the Web 2.0 Summit with an urgent appeal to assign a purpose to Web 2.0 tools. His address focussed on three themes:
* the democracy crisis: television has removed the democratic view of truth, and interactive Web TV – (Current [...]

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Mark Elliott talks with Howard Rheingold about the Melbourne Planning Wiki

October 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Australia, Government 2.0, Ireland, Video, WIKIS, e-Democracy

Mark Elliott whose company http://collabforge.com consulted for and built the http://futuremelbourne.com.au planning wiki  in Melbourne was recently interviewed by Howard Rheingold. During the interview Mark speaks about the benefits of using a wiki for Civic Planning in general and of the experience of running the Melbourne wiki project.

See also an earlier post on Mark’s PhD Disseration on  Stigmergic Collaboration
http://www.rialtas.net/blog/2008/02/21/stigmergic-collaboration/#more-63
See also
http://www.rialtas.net/blog/2008/07/31/kilkenny-county-council-planning-wiki-first-use-of-a-wiki-by-a-government-organisation-in-ireland-as-part-of-a-public-consultative-process/#more-106
 

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