Government pressure for councils to increase their competitiveness could lead to a conflict of interest with its separate drive to boost openness of public sector data, an e-government specialist has told E-Government Bulletin.
Speaking in a personal capacity, Carl Haggerty, enterprise architect at Devon County Council, said local authorities face two conflicting agendas. “One of ... Read More
Archive for July, 2010
Open Data/Competition ‘Conflict of Interest’, Specialist Warns
Monday, July 12th, 2010UK To Oppose UN Control of Internet, Minister Pledges
Monday, July 12th, 2010Moves by some member states to bring the technical systems governing the global internet within formal United Nations control could result in the network splitting in two, a UK government minister has warned.
Internet development should continue to be overseen informally by the international Internet Governance Forum (IGF) – a multi-stakeholder partnership between government, industry, Parliament ... Read More
Government ‘Must Be Prepared’ For ‘Crowdsourcing’ Response
Monday, July 12th, 2010A ‘crowdsourcing’ website launched by the UK’s coalition government, encouraging citizens to voice opinions on legal reform, will only have value if the government is “equipped and prepared” to deal with the huge amount of responses, one analyst has told E-Government Bulletin.
‘Crowdsourcing’, a term coined by technology writer Jeff Howe, refers to the acquisition of ... Read More
PITCOM: Can the UK become 100% Connected?
Monday, July 12th, 2010By Dan Jellinek
There are very few people currently ‘offline’ whose lives could not be hugely enhanced by greater access to the internet, the UK’s Digital Champion Martha Lane Fox told delegates in a packed Commons committee room, at the first Parliamentary IT Committee (PITCOM) meeting of the new Parliament.
Speaking ahead of her launch today of ... Read More
