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People who want to launch effective online movements must focus on building for the long-term, not on short-term viral phenomena, a global pioneer of online campaigning told a London meeting recently...
Read full story here, Informing online campaigning...
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A project to equip a town centre with free Wi-Fi is on track to meet its target fund after setting out to be "crowdfunded" online, E-Government Bulletin has learned......
Read full story here, Wi-Fi for all proposal...
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NEWS IN BRIEF:
Compelling Nudge: Service providers should offer the option of letting customers go 'back to paper' if they are unsatisfied with digital service delivery, to encourage more elderly people to try digital methods, according to a new report examining digital exclusion among elderly people. Other recommendations include that local authorities should promote selected internet service providers to cut down on "choice overload" for older computer users. The report, 'Nudge Or Compel: Can behavioural economics tackle the digital exclusion of older people?' was produced by the International Longevity Centre, a think-tank that specialises in ageing and population change:
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SharePoint Security: What you don't know about your SharePoint content can hurt you... A free white paper on how to turn Microsoft SharePoint into a security asset for your organisation's sensitive data has been published online by security and compliance specialist HiSoftware. The paper covers how to assess the compliance and information security risks in a SharePoint environment; how to classify and restrict access to sensitive SharePoint content; and how to track who has accessed sensitive information in SharePoint-and what they did with it. "Making SharePoint safe for sensitive data" can be downloaded below:
Quick link: SharePoint Security
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Help Request: The Society of IT Management (Socitm) has been asked by the Government Digital Service (GDS) for input on the government's drive towards delivering online public services, including the creation of a single web domain for all government websites. The request was made by Mike Bracken, head of GDS, to the Socitm 2012 annual conference in Birmingham:
Quick link: Help Request
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The advent of the internet, social media and mobile devices have changed the way citizens can engage with each other and with their governments. Across the world, governments are facing challenges to their legitimacy as citizens express a rising disquiet with corruption and non-responsiveness. Vineeta Dixit explores effective online engagement...
Read full story here, The evolution of online engagement...
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