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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
I’ve never been a big fan of blogs.
Partly it was the word – there is a type of geek-techie who just loves to use a new word that no-one has ever heard of, just as everyone gets used to the old word – intranet, blog, web 2.0, whatever – as ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
In the past few weeks I have been writing a briefing for UK Parliamentarians on e-participation, on behalf of PITCOM, the Parliamentary IT Committee. PITCOM is a joint IT industry/Parliament grouping which is politically neutral, and set up by MPs (members of Parliament) and Peers (our word for the politicians ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Here in the UK, central government has been quite good overall in funding e-participation projects and trials compared with many other European countries, from what I understand from talking to fellow Pep-Netters.
However, responsibility for e-participation policy has tended to be quite fragmented, with many different government departments and agencies having ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Headstar is a UK-based research, publishing and events company focused on technology, innovation and social issues. Its publications include E-Government Bulletin, on the use of ICT to modernise public services and democracy, and E-Access Bulletin, on access to technology by people with impaired vision.
Headstar's successful series of conferences and events ...
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