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Social media and gov predictions from Oxford Internet Institute include: 'Government will abandon surveys in favour of social media monitoring and engagement' '99% of gov.uk petitions fail to get 10,000 signatures. This is the number needed for the petition to be eligible to be debated in House of Commons...So although the internet gives us tools to help mobilise a community around an issue, it doesn't necessarily make it easy.'

"One such thing is happening in the Netherlands: thousands of civil servants belonging to all government organizations have built their own "intranet" using Pleio ("government square", in Dutch) a platform that runs on the open source networking engine Elgg."

Eddie Copeland argues that government should flip the idea of Open Data on its head to improve public service delivery and open policymaking.

Blog about the use of social media in the UK's Government Digital Service.

The Scottish Government's policies on its use of social media.

The purpose of this guide to citizen engagement is to strengthen the foundation for participatory governance within the federal government, in particular in agency decision making.

Blog highlighting the wortk of the Digital Team at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

"So … digital is just about transforming services? No, not in our view, nor in the view of our open policy making colleagues. Yesterday we co-hosted an event with the Open Policy Making (OPM) team in the Cabinet Office that included how digital is being used by policy makers across government."

UK Department of Health blogging about their use of the Delib consultation tool, Citizen Space.

Open Policy Making aims to drive up the quality of civil service advice. It encourages greater collaboration to challenge and innovate beyond conventional thinking.

People all around the world are demanding more openness in government. They are seeking ways for citizens to be able to participate in the decisions that effect them, and for governments to be more transparent, responsive, accountable, and effective. What are the steps that governments can take?

Australia getting in on the act. One to keep an eye on.

Shared by Gillian Fisher. I'll get in touch with Kate to find out more about what their training looks like and to share what we're thinking of over here. Anyone else thinking the same as me or already made contact?

Data for policy changes, improvement of public services, improvement in marketing and enabling civic participation. An angle for the Digital Engagement team?