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Gov 2.0 in Germany

Version française at 

http://europa-eu-audience.typepad.com/fr/2010/07/gouv-20-en-allemagne.htm

Source: http://greatemancipator.com/2010/07/20/gov-2-0-in-germany

"“Government 2.0 in Beta Phase” on the topic of web 2.0 applications studied in Germany’s 50 largest cities and 16 federal states.

The key statement is probably in the first paragraph “eDemocracy remains nothing more than a rhetorical promise” and is further raised in a quotation from Albrect et al (2008) where they state “government fails to address why it is offering eParticipation, how it is utilizing citizen feedback and whether citizen can expect a response from government or politics”, which is the conundrum faced when governments claim to be being open...."

Internet usages: "The maturing Internet "

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Source : http://greatemancipator.com/2010/07/25/the-maturing-internet/

The great E-mancipator, 25 Jul 2010

A new report from UKOM, the UK Online Measurement Company – which is powered by Nielsen, announces people over 50 years of age were responsible for much of the growth in Internet usage over the last year. Unfortunately, there’s no mention of government website usage, but I imagine government, if it’s paying for tools to measure usage, is probably using ones other than those produced by Nielsen.

There’s no real surprises in the sites being visited either, with holidays and family history picking up the majority of visitors. The press release itself has comparative data by age and gender for Internet usage which is quite useful in itself, but elsewhere on the site is also a Powerpoint presentation of Internet usage trends dated May 2010. This covers regional use, the different categories by time of day, along with categories (again, no mention of government!) ...

The European e-Justice Portal is now online

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14/07/2010

EN https://e-justice.europa.eu/home.do?&action=home&lang=en

FR https://e-justice.europa.eu/home.do?&action=home&lang=fr

Google Books goes Dutch and Austria

Source : http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | 3:30 PM

In recent months, I’ve got to know a group of people in the Hague who are working on an ambitious project to make the rich fabric of Dutch cultural and political history as widely accessible as possible - via the internet.

That team is from the National Library of the Netherlands, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), and as of today, we’ll be working in partnership to add to the library’s own extensive digitisation efforts. We’ll be scanning more than 160,000 of its public domain books, and making this collection available globally via Google Books. The library will receive copies of the scans so that they can also be viewed via the library’s website.  And significantly for Europe, the library also plans to make the digitised works available via Europeana, Europe’s cultural portal.

And Austria

See Unlocking our shared cultural heritage: Google partners with the Austrian National Library

Tracking EU structural funds data

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Source : https://www.data.gov.uk/ideas/tracking-eu-structural-funds-data 

Posted by Paola i on 13/07/2010

EU money comes into the UK and it is allocated/spent/administered through various networks of partners.

Can we track it?
Some notes:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AZXeDqbLLqHSZG5jdDJxNl8zOTA2eGd...

The Future of Online Socializing

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Source : PEW Research Center Publcations

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1652/social-relations-online-experts-predict-future

July 2, 2010

 

Overview

 

The social benefits of internet use will far outweigh the negatives over the next decade, according to experts. They say this is because email, social networks, and other online tools offer "low friction" opportunities to create, enhance, and rediscover social ties that make a difference in people's lives. The internet lowers traditional communications constraints of cost, geography, and time; and it supports the type of open information sharing that brings people together. 

Read the full report including survey respondents thoughts and survey methodology at pewinternet.org.

Government As a Platform

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During the past 15 years, the World Wide Web has created remarkable new methods for harnessing the creativity of people in groups, and in the process has created powerful business models that are reshaping our economy. As the Web has undermined old media and software companies, it has demonstrated the enormous power of a new approach, often referred to as Web 2.0. In a nutshell: the secret to the success of bellwethers like Google, Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Facebook, and Twitter is that each of these sites, in its own way, has learned to harness the power of its users to add value to—no, more than that, to co-create—its offerings.

 

Now, a new generation has come of age with the Web, and it is committed to using its lessons of creativity and collaboration to address challenges facing our country and the world. Meanwhile, with the proliferation of issues and not enough resources to address them all, many government leaders recognize the opportunities Web 2.0 technologies provide not just to help them get elected, but to help them do a better job. By analogy, many are calling this movement Government 2.0.

 

Sources : http://opengovernment.labs.oreilly.com/ch01.html by Tim O’Reilly and InternetActu : http://www.internetactu.net/2010/06/24/du-gouvernement-comme-plate-forme-ou-linverse/

 

And also

 

Why Government Is Not A Platform

http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/09/08/why-government-is-not-a-platform/

Online or in-line: the future of information and technology in public services

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Source: http://www.2020publicservicestrust.org/publications/ 

Supported by Dr Foster Intelligence and Microsoft, Publication: March 2010

From Twitter and Second Life, to online banking and blogging, it is no exaggeration to say that technology is transforming the way many of us live our lives.  Whilst we can readily order pizza over the internet, buy clothes and even purchase business services online, we are often limited to standing in queues or waiting on hold to speak to public services and government.

Technology opens up the capacity for information and online services to be within easy reach of citizens.  It also allows for greater dialogue between service users and providers, enhancing the potential for government to deliver more responsive, accountable and cost- effective public services. 

But there are serious concerns that need to be addressed, including privacy, data security and individual consent for data sharing.  Questions also arise about the role of central government, private firms and third sector organisations in building capacity for better use of data and information in public services.  This report addresses these challenges and sets out a range of policy options that need to be brought into the public debate.

Officials, professionals, geeks, techies, and citizen activists - Online or In-line is for you.

Six ways government needs to be more like Facebook (to be successful at Gov 2.0)

Source (and read more) http://egovau.blogspot.com/2010/06/six-ways-government-needs-to-be-more.html, 24-06-2010

I was reading an article at Mashable today about What Facebook gets right and it got me thinking.

Facebook, despite its many failings, does some things very well. Things that if governments also did well would help them be successful in the 21st Century.

Consider if Facebook was a country, with 500 million citizens - what lessons could other nations learn? …