With the Obama Administration placing a high priority on the goal of transparency in the federal government these days, blogging has become a dynamic, useful tool for agency officials to communicate thoughts, opinions and information directly to the public.
Harvard University: independent expert review of existing literature and studies about broadband deployment and usage throughout the world and that this project- to help and inform the FCC's efforts in developing the National Broadband Plan.
There are currently a number of exciting initiatives to release government data in bulk, these include: ...
What about civil society initiatives?* At the EU level ...
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As we traverse to a new decade, here are seven takeaways to help small, medium and large agencies use social media to be more transparent, participatory and collaborative. Take what you can use.
Microsoft plans to launch a cloud-computing product specifically for the federal government, to be housed in a dedciated facility for the highest level of security.
In November 2009, the EU Ministerial declaration on e-government will be published. We aim to build a bottom-up open declaration alongside it. We are currently in brainstorming mode. We collect and discuss the key recommendations to be made to governments on how to best use the Internet in public services. Post your recommendation here. Deadline 15th July!
The latest national blueprint for how schools can leverage technology's power to transform teaching and learning is coming next week, said Karen Cator, director of the Office of Education Technology for the U.S. Department of Education
When using websites, teenagers have a lower success rate than adults and they're also easily bored. To work for teens, websites must be simple -- but not childish -- and supply plenty of interactive features.(Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Social Media wird in zwei Jahren auch in mehr als 80% der deutschen Firmen Einzug gehalten haben. Die USA sind in Sachen Internet 2-3 Jahre voraus. Ein guter Grund, sich anzusehen, wie die großen Firmen und Organisationen auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks ihre eigenen Richtlinien für den Umgang mit dem Social Web zurecht gelegt haben. Read more: http://www.digitalpublic.de/25-social-media-guidelines#ixzz0hIaYrz95