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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The 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1 took on symbolic importance not only for the Communist Party, but also for connoisseurs of China’s Internet controls. The thinking by some was that with the last of a series of sensitive anniversaries this year now finally behind us, the guardians of China’s [...]

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gordon brown on global society, and how technology enables a global community to fundamentally change the world..discusses how in future foreign policy should not be dictated by political elites, but instead should be run by listening to the public opinions of people who are blogging and using other online technologies to communicate across the world.. [...]

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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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Via Publictechnology.net According to a recent Ofcom survey Only 55 per cent of UK citizens has used a government or council website Just half of the UK population has used the internet in the last year to access information about government or local council services or completed a government form or process online, according to [...]

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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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Tom Steinberg (MySociety) was interviewed by Michael Cross for the Guardian Newspaper, the article was published on 23rd October 2008. Fixmystreet already enables anyone with a browser to report potholes, fly-tipping and other nuisances without needing to know which public authority is responsible for them. All you have to do is click on a map [...]

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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 [...]

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The IPA (Institute of Public Administration- Ireland) Is running a one day seminar in Dublin on 24th October. The Speakers are David Osimo, Dr Paul Hodgkin, Dr James Munro, Derek Chambers ,Kieran Lenihan and myself. Further details and the agenda are listed below. This seminar seeks to: • Give participants a clearer understanding of the [...]

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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 [...]

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