Comments on: Public servants must blog, despite Civil Serf http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/ Using the internet to make government more interesting Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:06:57 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Does he mean us? « Sole Trader PR http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-2561 Does he mean us? « Sole Trader PR Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:58:26 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-2561 [...] But open debate about the issue and flating some ideas for change can’t hurt.  A number of public sector blogs wrestled with this at the time and there’s a lot of pubic sector blogging still going [...] [...] But open debate about the issue and flating some ideas for change can’t hurt.  A number of public sector blogs wrestled with this at the time and there’s a lot of pubic sector blogging still going [...]

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By: Public Service is a difficult thing - but is great!! | Al Kags http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Public Service is a difficult thing - but is great!! | Al Kags Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:41:06 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-658 [...] PS: Communication is one of the key areas that public servants may need to improve in. I found this article that speaks to the next level of public service comminication: Public Servants must blog  [...] [...] PS: Communication is one of the key areas that public servants may need to improve in. I found this article that speaks to the next level of public service comminication: Public Servants must blog  [...]

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By: Mine’s a coComment #4 | content to be different http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Mine’s a coComment #4 | content to be different Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:04:17 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-650 [...] Dave’s: If Control Freak inc (aka Microsoft) can get by on a Blogging Policy of ‘Blog [...] [...] Dave’s: If Control Freak inc (aka Microsoft) can get by on a Blogging Policy of ‘Blog [...]

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By: Dr John Cameron http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Dr John Cameron Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:41:04 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-618 I was at university with Gordon Brown and knew quite a number of the present (and some of the now dead) New Labour politicians. I loved the Civil Serf's comments. I absolutely recognize the Brown she describes. It will have driven him totally bonkers. He was nothing like as brilliant an academic as he encourages his minions to infer. There were lots of bright people at Edinburgh University and if he was so fabulous why could he only find a teaching post in Caly Poly by far the worst new university in Scotland. Willie Haig does not need staffers to make claims about his intellectual ability. He only has top open his mouth to make it quite obvious he is razor sharp. Brown is a strange, damaged individual who seriously believes he has a cosmic significance. Maybe that is what is needed to become Prime Minister and make millions of people unhappy but it unsettling to know such a weird guy is in charge. I was at university with Gordon Brown and knew quite a number of the present (and some of the now dead) New Labour politicians. I loved the Civil Serf’s comments. I absolutely recognize the Brown she describes. It will have driven him totally bonkers. He was nothing like as brilliant an academic as he encourages his minions to infer. There were lots of bright people at Edinburgh University and if he was so fabulous why could he only find a teaching post in Caly Poly by far the worst new university in Scotland. Willie Haig does not need staffers to make claims about his intellectual ability. He only has top open his mouth to make it quite obvious he is razor sharp. Brown is a strange, damaged individual who seriously believes he has a cosmic significance. Maybe that is what is needed to become Prime Minister and make millions of people unhappy but it unsettling to know such a weird guy is in charge.

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By: Humaniform » How to Blog about your employer: let me count the ways: Civil Serf http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Humaniform » How to Blog about your employer: let me count the ways: Civil Serf Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:02:17 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-612 [...] slightly) from some commentators when they say that there is no place for anonymity. For example, Dave Briggs says (among other excellent points that I do agree with): Anonymity is A Bad Thing, and only [...] [...] slightly) from some commentators when they say that there is no place for anonymity. For example, Dave Briggs says (among other excellent points that I do agree with): Anonymity is A Bad Thing, and only [...]

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By: How to Blog about your employer: let me count the ways: Civil Serf | The Wardman Wire http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-610 How to Blog about your employer: let me count the ways: Civil Serf | The Wardman Wire Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:01:39 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-610 [...] slightly) from some commentators when they say that there is no place for anonymity. For example, Dave Briggs says (among other excellent points that I do agree with): Anonymity is A Bad Thing, and only [...] [...] slightly) from some commentators when they say that there is no place for anonymity. For example, Dave Briggs says (among other excellent points that I do agree with): Anonymity is A Bad Thing, and only [...]

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By: Jenny Brown http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Jenny Brown Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:14:35 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-608 @davebriggs What if the issue *had* been taken up internally and nothing was done about it. Not saying that happened in this case and of course this is hypothetical anyway. Perhaps it raises the question 'when is it (if ever) acceptable to break the code?' @davebriggs

What if the issue *had* been taken up internally and nothing was done about it.

Not saying that happened in this case and of course this is hypothetical anyway.

Perhaps it raises the question ‘when is it (if ever) acceptable to break the code?’

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By: Dave http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Dave Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:22:06 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-607 @ Jenny - but is it the place of the civil servant to make it public in this way? I think there is an issue of respect here - and the need to always remember who it is that pays their salary! I think that if any employee has an issue with the ways things are done, then they must take it up internally. I think discussing such things on a public blog is actually a pretty arrogant thing to do. @ Jenny – but is it the place of the civil servant to make it public in this way? I think there is an issue of respect here – and the need to always remember who it is that pays their salary!

I think that if any employee has an issue with the ways things are done, then they must take it up internally. I think discussing such things on a public blog is actually a pretty arrogant thing to do.

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By: Jenny Brown http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Jenny Brown Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:50:26 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-605 One of the examples used on Newsnight last night as a possible reason why this blog ran into trouble was the criticism of working practices (meetings that ran on for several hours). It made me wonder whether criticising departmental systems was breaking the code. Does anyone know? Surely if there *are* systems in place that are less than effective - therefore increasing department costs, the tax payer deserves to know about them. One of the examples used on Newsnight last night as a possible reason why this blog ran into trouble was the criticism of working practices (meetings that ran on for several hours). It made me wonder whether criticising departmental systems was breaking the code. Does anyone know?

Surely if there *are* systems in place that are less than effective – therefore increasing department costs, the tax payer deserves to know about them.

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By: Civil serf: part of the problem? | http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Civil serf: part of the problem? | Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:03:47 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/public-servants-must-blog/#comment-599 [...] weekend I’m a little late jumping on this particular bandwagon. There are dozens of ‘my take on civil serf‘ posts out there already, but I might as well add my [...] [...] weekend I’m a little late jumping on this particular bandwagon. There are dozens of ‘my take on civil serf‘ posts out there already, but I might as well add my [...]

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