This blog complements E-Government Bulletin, an email newsletter on the use of digital technologies to enhance public services & democracy
April 17th, 2013
Only 17% of UK local authorities are creating websites that can be viewed adequately on a mobile device, despite the fact that almost a third of people accessing online council information are now using such devices, according to the Society of IT Management (Socitm). The findings come as part of this year’s “Better Connected” review ... Read More
Dan Jellinek | Tags: Better Connected, Council websites, mobile, News, Socitm
Posted in Council websites, Mobile technology, News | 1 Comment »
April 17th, 2013
Major failures in two pieces of high-profile technology that were intended to make the recent Kenyan national elections run more smoothly are to be investigated by a special committee of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). The glitches in March meant the country had to rely on traditional methods of polling and vote-counting. Biometric voter ... Read More
Dan Jellinek | Tags: Biometric voter identification kits, e-voting, Global, Kenya, News
Posted in e-democracy, E-Voting, News | No Comments »
April 17th, 2013
A series of ‘digital health hubs’ are being set up across the UK to teach digital skills and train people to use the internet to improve their knowledge about health, nutrition, wellness and fitness issues. The project is the result of a partnership between the Online Centres Foundation, which manages digital inclusion network UK online ... Read More
Tristan Parker | Tags: Digital inclusion, Health hubs, Learn my way, NHS, NHS Choices, Online Centres Foundation, UK Online Centres
Posted in Digital inclusion, Libraries, News, NHS | No Comments »
April 17th, 2013
One year ago, E-Government Bulletin published a special report on BeNeighbors.org, an initiative from the pioneering non-profit E-Democracy.org to connect communities in two neighbouring US cities – Minneapolis and St Paul, known as the Twin Cities – using online forums (see E-Gov Bulletin 346: http://bit.ly/XnE5T0). Funded with a 625,000 US Dollar grant, the project had ... Read More
Tristan Parker | Tags: BeNeighbors.org, Community networking, E-Democracy.org, Minneapolis, Online forums, St Paul, Steven Clift
Posted in Community networking, e-democracy, social inclusion | No Comments »
February 11th, 2013
A project to create a standard way of formatting data on Parliamentary proceedings, from politicians’ speeches to committee papers, could open up major new areas of democratic research, the programme’s leader has said. The LIPARM project (Linking Parliamentary Records through Metadata) was a one-year project to create an XML metadata schema – a standard way ... Read More
Dan Jellinek | Tags: LIPARM, Metadata, Parliamentary data
Posted in Government policy, News | 2 Comments »
February 11th, 2013
The tracking of live data streams could be a key factor in creating responsive public sector policy-making and service delivery in all parts of the UK, not just cities, according to a new report from the Society of IT Management (Socitm). ‘Smart cities: how are they really different?’ ( http://bit.ly/13kY6uE ) says the use of ... Read More
Tristan Parker | Tags: Data, ICT, Smart Cities, Socitm
Posted in Government policy, ICT, News | No Comments »
February 11th, 2013
A grassroots digital inclusion project that toured the UK with an internet station in a portable cabin, helping residents increase their computer skills, is looking to start up again during 2013 and has put a call out for host destinations. Our Digital Planet ( http://bit.ly/VICWRV ) was run by social investment body Nominet Trust during ... Read More
Tristan Parker | Tags: Digital inclusion, Our Digital Planet
Posted in Digital inclusion, News, social inclusion | No Comments »
