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The first local authority worker employed to handle and shape a local authority's social media output has been appointed by Brighton and Hove City Council....
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The freeing up of restrictions on the use of Ordnance Survey data, including cutting or removing fees for its use, could result in the production of lower quality UK mapping data in future, a leading analyst has warned....
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NEWS IN BRIEF:
e-Petition Bills:
A Conservative government would undertake that any petition gathering a million signatures - whether online via electronic petition systems or offline - would allow the public to introduce a Parliamentary Bill on which MPs would be required to vote, Conservative Leader David Cameron said this month. Outling a plan to rebuild public trust in politics, he said Labour's plans to require Parliamentary debate for all e-petitions attracting a certain level of support did not go far enough:
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Twitter Confusion: Requests for owners of four-wheel-drive vehicles to help with meals on wheels delivery and progress updates on gritting lorries were some of the ways in which local authorities used Twitter and other social media tools during the recent snow disruption, a briefing from the Society of IT Management has found. ‘Twitter gritters: council use of digital channels in local emergencies’ surveyed 125 councils across the UK. However, Twitter has also been causing problems for public sector bodies, with a recent freedom of information request revealing that some 70 staff from The Ministry of Justice and The Metropolitan Police Service were disciplined for misuse of social networking sites, including five dismissals, over the past 18 months:
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Smarter Response: The government’s focus on reducing ICT costs, as outlined in its new ICT strategy ‘Smarter, cheaper, greener’, is misguided, according to the Society of IT Management (Socitm). More effective deployment of resources would produce even higher savings, claim Socitm in its formal response to the strategy. However, the society does support other parts of the plan, including its continuing focus on the use of ICT to transform public services:
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The announcement by Prime Minister Gordon Brown late in 2009 that the government intends to allow freer use of geographical and location data created by Ordnance Survey was the latest twist in a debate which has raged for decades. Small companies, public bodies and others have complained for some time that they should not have to pay for digital maps and other information gathered by a public agency.
But while Mr Brown’s new pledge does represent a shift in Whitehall thinking, the government is initially merely consulting on "policy options", and the document’s timing just before a general election adds uncertainty as to which will ultimately be selected. Dan Jellinek investigates the pros and cons of mapping data pricing....
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