Monthly Archives: October 2009

Local e-petitions

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dave

Headstar reported the other day about the progress of the piece of legislation that will mandate local authorities to set up systems allowing residents to create e-petitions, and to respond to such petitions. Under the ‘Local democracy, economic development and … Continue reading →

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SEO for non-experts: what you need to know

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Mark Pack

Why do so many councils have such a poor online presence? I’ve written before about some of the missed opportunities, such as here, but for me the puzzle is as much “what should a council do?” as “why don’t more … Continue reading →

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Government 2010

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dave

Government 2010 looks like it will be a lot of fun. It’s a conference about the future of government: Government 2010 is about improved government communications and more rapid delivery of services to citizens via the web, and web-enabled channels. … Continue reading →

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Twitter lists

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Dave

Neville writes a post about Twitter lists, some new functionality recently released to users. An official blog post trailed it last month. Neville’s quite positive about it, and indeed it may well work for a lot of people. My view … Continue reading →

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Bookmarks for October 14th through October 18th

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Dave

Awesomeness off of the internet for October 14th to October 18th: Confusing menus and links: the web’s biggest challenge – "To make menus and links simpler you have to think like a customer. You also have to reduce the number … Continue reading →

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