Tag Archives: government 2.0

Open government needs more skills

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Dave

Apologies for the total lack of updates here. A recent burst of activity at Learning Pool has made thinking about what to blog about a bit trickier than usual. Luckily, the Public Sector Bloggers do a damn fine job taking … Continue reading →

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Quick thoughts on open government

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Dave

I rather like using the phrase ‘open government’ to cover – if I’m honest – the stuff I’m interested in. Indeed, the eagle eyed among you may have spotted that the tagline for this blog is now the suitably pompous … Continue reading →

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Ideas, conversations and artists

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dave

As a follow up to my post on the UK .gov blogosphere, a small session was run at the recent govcamp on the state of blogging in the public sector in the UK. The discussion was an interesting one and … Continue reading →

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That was the ukgc10 that was

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Dave

Flickr photo credit: Paul Clarke Blimey. The third annual unconference, or GovCamp, for government types went pretty well. Two main factors, marvellous and generous hosting by Google, and a terrific level of participation from pretty much everyone who attended. What’s … Continue reading →

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Is government a knowledge business?

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Dave

Enterprise 2.0 is a label Andrew McAfee coined to describe the use of collaborative tools within large organisations, focused on the benefits this offers to non-technical managers rather than technology-for-technology’s sake enthusiasts. In other words: blog, wikis, forums, and social … Continue reading →

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