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“Recovery” vs. “Relance” : similarities and differences between US and French public websites

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Two different ways to involve citizens.

Source : http://cocreation.blogs.com/alban/2009/09/communication-compar%C3%A9e-relancegouvfr-fr-et-recoverygouv-us.html

See also “Open Data – USA vs. Canada” : http://eaves.ca/2009/10/08/open-data-us-vs-canada/

W3C eGovernment Interest Group Charter

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The eGovernment Interest Group (eGov IG), in its second phase, will focus on two major topic areas: Open Government Data (OGD), and Education and Outreach.

Open Government Data (OGD)

The eGov IG is encouraged by the increase in electronic government initiatives, including Data.gov and Recovery.gov in the United States, and several initiatives in Europe building on the momentum of the European Directive on the Re-use of Public Sector Information so called “PSI” publishing data using open standards can help people efficiently share, combine, and expose government data.

Read more on the source address : http://www.w3.org/2009/06/eGov/ig-charter (9-10-2009)

U.S. Federal Register goes XML at last

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White House open government initiative helps produce new version of Federal Register

Source : http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/05/federal-register-data.aspx by Doug Beizer Oct 05, 2009

The Federal Register is now available in a format that lets readers browse, reorganize, and electronically customize the publication’s daily contents, White House officials announced today. 

When such a feature will be available at EU level ?

Gov 2.0 Taskforce announces launch of data.australia.gov.au with a Mash-up competition

Version française 30/09/2009 http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/09/gov-20-taskforce-announces-launch-of.html

The Gov 2.0 Taskforce this afternoon announced the launch of data.australia.gov.au featuring 59 datasets from Australian Federal, State and Territory governments released under licenses that permit reuse.

Alongside the launch the Taskforce announced on their blog the launch of a Mash-up competition challenging Australian developers to use one of more of the datasets to create a useful online application.

A good idea to promote reuse of Public Sector Information. Why not at an European level.

Read more on http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/09/gov-20-taskforce-announces-launch-of.html 

Australia : Parliament House Clerk advocates online engagement for parliamentary committees

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In a recent submission (PDF) to the Federal government's Inquiry into the effectiveness of House Committees, I C Harris, the Clerk of the House, suggested that Technological developments offer tremendous potential to extend the reach of communities work in times of community participation.

Read more on the source: http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/09/parliament-house-clerk-advocates-online.html (28-09-2009)

Access to legislation in Europe : Guide to the legal gazettes

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Noted on the 20/09/2009, by Emmanuel Barthe // La documentation juridique

See the post http://www.precisement.org/blog/Un-guide-des-journaux-officiels-en.html

Access to legislation in Europe : Guide to the legal gazettes and other official information sources in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association

Free of charge for download (version PDF )

Order it on paper free of charge at http://bookshop.europa.eu