Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

From the NYtimes.com Talking about government and computer programming most likely doesn’t evoke the feeling of “fun” for most Americans. But a group of Web geeks and technology leaders is trying to change that with a new nonprofit project, Code for America, which aims to import the efficiency of the Web into government infrastructures. The group, [...]

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http://lap.kilkennycoco.ie/ At Kilkenny County Council we have just launched a consultative website for the forward planning department. The new website allows members of the public to comment on and to make submissions to the Local Area Plan. These comments and submissions are considered by the Council in the formulation of the Local Area Plans. We [...]

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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 [...]

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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); [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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