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July 05, 2009

Legal search : two customised Google Search

Version française

Source : Emmanuel Barthe , 16/06/2009

Have a look on

Read more and the tests on billet d’Emmanuel Barthe du 16 juin

See also on www.europa.eu    http://europa.eu/geninfo/query/advSearch_en.jsp

and for European law

EUR-LEX, the portal to European Union law

ŒIL, the Legislative Observatory

Pre-Lex, monitoring of the decision-making process between institutions

Case law

Summaries of legislation

July 04, 2009

U.S Department of Justice opens investigation into Google Book Search

Version française

July 2th

Source : http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/07/02/doj-officially-opens-investigation-google-book-search

The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service.

July 02, 2009

Publications Office: reform or adjustment?

<p><p>Decision of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 26 June 2009 on the organisation and operation of the Publication</p></p>

Version française

Source :30/06/2009, by Emmanuel Barthe

See the new

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE, THE COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

of 26 June 2009 on the organisation and operation of the Publications Office of the European Union at the address

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:168:0041:0047:EN:PDF

Just an adjustment, not a reform 

 

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July 01, 2009

From Rome to Tehran

Version française

Source: http://pagoesdigital.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/from-rome-to-tehran-democracy-goes-online/    (June 17, 2009)

A brand new web site to track down Italian MPs’ activities in the national parliament was launched yesterday. The web site has been created by a non-profit organization (Openopolis) which already launched in the past two initiatives, one to identify your political positioning by answering a set of questions on different topics and the other one to provide a wide range of information on politicians.

What about the MEPs ?

Tehran: The protests in Tehran: with the government obscuring the telecom network, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube compensate the spread out of information and someone already defined this ‘ the first digital revolution’.

Europeans asking - what are the top things government should do in the next three years to transform public services?

Version française

Source: http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/06/europeans-asking-what-are-top-things.html

17/06/2009

The European Union is currently going through a process to decide on the content of a new egovernment declaration.

To support and facilitate this, an independent group has launched an open online brainstorm to solicit bottom-up feedback on what citizens believe should be done.

This is being facilitated through a site,
Co-creating an open declaration on public services 2.0 and a uservoice suggestion market.

This type of consultation is extremely easy for an organisation or individuals to establish online and provides an opportunity to source feedback from non-traditional sources.

What will be interesting in the future is whether it will be the government concerned running such a consultation, or whether it will be run by independent parties and then attract media attention for what was left out by the government.

The only way to control or even influence these discussions is to become part of them, embracing the new tools available today.

 

http://eups20.wordpress.com/

http://eups20.uservoice.com/pages/15029-policy-recommendations-for-public-services-2-0

June 30, 2009

Internet users in Quebec to a higher participation in Web 2.0 mode?

Version française

Excerpt from Blog CEFRIO "NETendances statistics, in March 2009 at

http://blogue.cefrio.qc.ca/2009/04/resultats-netendances-%E2%80%93-mars-2009/

In brief 
• More than a third of Quebecers visit wikis and one  in ten collaborates
• Nearly a third of Quebeckers also visit networking sites while almost as actively involved and frequently 
• Quebecers socialize on social networking sites 
• Blogs generate audience although their use remains shy collaborative 
• Quebecers share pictures and videos online 
• Podcasting : still a marginal activity

June 27, 2009

It's Official: Fortune 100 CEOs are Social Media Slackers : a generations’ gap?

Version française

Source: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 http://www.uberceo.com/ceoslackers

We're surprised, but not shocked, to find that the top CEOs in the country appear to be mostly absent from the social media community.  That's the result from research we conducted over the past several weeks.  We looked at Fortune's 2009 list of the top 100 CEOs to determine how many were using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, or had a blog.  The results show a miserable level of engagement. 

See also The Economist june 27th-july 3rd 2009

LinkedIn v freemasons : Joining the club 

http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13914661

Inside EU, is seems to be a same behavior among many top ranking civil servants ?

 

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June 26, 2009

Digital Britain: The Final Report

Version française

Source: http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx ( 16 June 2009 )

 The Digital Britain Report is the Government's strategic vision for ensuring that the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy. It is an example of industrial activism in a crucial growth sector.

The report contains actions and recommendations to ensure first rate digital and communications infrastructure to promote and protect talent and innovation in our creative industries, to modernize TV and radio frameworks, and support local news, and it introduces policies to maximize the social and economic benefits from digital technologies.

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June 25, 2009

About privacy : a document from the french Senat

Version française (original language) 

Source : La documentation française, lettre des rapports publics (BRP)

http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/094000260/index.shtml?xtor=EPR-526

Rapport d'information fait au nom de la Commission des lois du Sénat en France (...) relatif au respect de la vie privée à l'heure des mémoires numériques.  

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June 24, 2009

“eGovernment Monitor Network” project summary report

Version française

Source: http://www.epractice.eu/community/egovmonet (2009-06-18

On 11 May 2009 the 12month periodic review meeting of the eGovMoNet project was held in Brussels. A summary of the progress report submitted to the European Commission can be found at:
http://egovmonet.eu/eGovMoNet-progress-report-summary%20for%20ePractice-FINAL.pdf
It includes a short project description along with the project's objectives, main achievements and results. Also an outlook on activities for the remaining project period is given.

Main features of the eGovernment Monitor Network (eGovMoNet) http://www.egovmonet.eu/

  • Raise the awareness and stimulate uptake of eGovernment impact and user satisfaction measurements.
  • Contribute to the harmonisation and quality of measurement frameworks.
  • Run five workshops covering a broad range of methodological issues, focused on exchanges of view, best practices and policy discussions.
  • Establish a clear base line on the state of the art in eGovernment impact and user satisfaction measurement, including both methods and tools.
  • Facilitate policy inputs beside on eGovernment impact and user satisfaction.