By Doug Beizer
This is an article from March last year (published while I was out of commission for a few months) but outlines an interesting precedent for governments internationally.
By Doug Beizer on FCW.com
The General Services Administration has signed agreements with Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo and blip.tv that make it possible for federal agencies to use new-media tools while [...]
US General Services Administration signs agreements with Web 2.0 providers
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Government Policy, Legal Issues, USA, Web 2.0
Tags: Government Policy·Legal Issues·Web 2.0
Code for America
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Collaboration, Government 2.0, Government as Platform, USA, Web 2.0
Code for America is anew website aiming to help city governments become more transparent, connected and efficient by connecting the talents of cutting-edge web developers with people who deliver city services and want to embrace the transformative power of the web to achieve more impact with less money. Inspired in part by Teach for [...]
Tags: Government 2.0·Government as Platform·Politics·USA·Web 2.0
From e-Government to e-Governance
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Government Policy, Government as Platform, Reports, UK, Web 2.0, e-government
Accenture, has just published a report, From e-Government to e-Governance, recommending ways in which Goverment might enahnce its services to the public.
A key recommendation in the report is for public sector organisations not to build everything from scratch themselves, but to capitalise on the popularity of outside websites, including ones set up for social networking [...]
Tags: e-government·Government as Platform·Government Policy·Reports·UK·Web 2.0
China’s Web 2.0 Nightmare
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Asia, Government Policy, Legal Issues, Society, Web 2.0
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 [...]
Tags: Asia·Government Policy·Legal Issues·Society·Web 2.0
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 [...]
Tags: e-Democracy·e-government·Event·Government 2.0·UK·Web 2.0
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 [...]
Tags: Collaboration·e-Democracy·e-government·Government 2.0·Government as Platform·Mashups·transparency·Trust·USA·Web 2.0·Wisdom of Crowds
Google Announces Support for Microformats and RDFa
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Search Technology, Semantic Web, Standards, Web 2.0
An interesting post by Tim O’Brien at O’Reilly Radar highlighting that earlier this month Google introduced a feature called Rich Snippets which provides users with a convenient summary of a search result at a glance. They have been experimenting with microformats and RDFa, and are officially introducing the feature and allowing more sites to participate. [...]
Tags: Search Technology·Semantic Web·Standards·Web 2.0·Web 3.0
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…
Tags: Collaboration·Knowledge Management·Net-Gen·Society·Software·Web 2.0
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.
Tags: ·Collaboration·e-Democracy·e-government·Government 2.0·Government as Platform·Government Policy·Mashups·transparency·Trust·US·USA·Web 2.0
Hillary Clinton, e-diplomat, embraces new media
March 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Geographical Information Systems, Government Policy, Politics, USA, Web 2.0, transparency
From Mathew Lee (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Her videos aren’t quite viral yet and she’s not tweeting, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is embracing new media, using the Web to promote the agency and her role as the nation’s top envoy.
In less than three months, Clinton’s State Department has embarked on a digital [...]