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Many of the public sector information technology sector’s worst fears about cuts were realised in last week’s ‘emergency Budget’ from the UK’s new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, one IT policy expert has told E-Government Bulletin...
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Prototype software for online multilingual deliberation, grassroots networking and civil engagement has been released by its German creators for public testing...
Deliberation software opens to public opinion...
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NEWS IN BRIEF:
Register Merger:
The ‘eGov Register’, a database of e-government software and hardware used by all local councils previously maintained on behalf of UK local government by Brent council, is set to complete its transfer to the Society of IT Management’s Application Software Index in July. The new combined database of public sector e-government technologies will be available free to organisations that contribute data to it, though others will have to pay a fee. The new system will also include data from public sector organisations beyond local government, including housing associations and health services:
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Digital Crowds: An online ‘crowdsourcing’ platform allowing communities to identify their top priorities through an electronic opinion and voting system has been created by the social enterprise Democratise. The platform, Digital Democracy, groups together users’ responses by geographical location. The comments are forwarded on to participating MPs and decision makers, who leave responses on the site about what action is being taken:
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Developers’ Challenge: A free ‘cloud’ data platform, which allows developers to build their own custom services, can help councils to meet their new obligations to publish all expenditure over £500 by 2011, according to its creators. The ‘MyServices’ platform - developed by address services and data specialists Postcode Anywhere - is a customisable method of storing data, enabling multiple datasets, maps and other applications to be combined. Postcode Anywhere is offering a free iPad tablet computer to the developer who makes best use of the platform, using either their own data or publicly-available information:
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Are local public sector bodies effectively using the potential of the internet to communicate its messages and improve their policy development processes? Recent research by the University of Manchester into how the internet was used during the Manchester Congestion Charge referendum, conducted towards the end of 2008, sheds some light on how far local public bodies are effectively exploiting the internet to mediate its policy communications with local residents and communities. Paul Hepburn, a PhD student at the university’s Institute of Political and Economic Governance, examines the research and results...
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Online referendums and Social Network Analysis...
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