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What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Civility in service | Public Strategist – "Civil servants should understand the constraints they accept as part of the job. They – and everybody else – should understand the limitations … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks
Tagged activism, biglottery, bigsociety, Communities, community, conduct, digitallocal, education, engagement, hyperlocal, ipad, policy, technology, twitter
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Future of local gov IT strategy
Gotta love blogging local government types. Great post here from Warwickshire County Council’s Jim Morton about their developing IT strategy. My favourite bit: 1. Embrace the practice of using ICT as a Utility: It is now possible to consume software, … Continue reading
Posted in Government IT
Tagged Blogging, ict, it, local government, strategy, technology
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A Masters in Public Technology?
Tom Steinberg: There is barely a not-for-profit, social enterprise or government body I can think of that wouldn’t benefit from a Duncan Parkes or a Matthew Somerville on the payroll, so long as they had the intelligence and self-discipline not … Continue reading
The end of the IT department
37 Signals’ David Heinemeier Hansson: When people talk about their IT departments, they always talk about the things they’re not allowed to do, the applications they can’t run, and the long time it takes to get anything done. Rigid and … Continue reading
