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Infallability, Government and Web 2.0

May 23, 2010 by Craig Thomler
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Many rulers, from the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt to the Czars of Russia, were seen as almost infallible leaders - divinely selected and empowered to lead their people. To question their wisdom, strength or decisions was often an offence that could be punished by imprisonment or death. Most modern states are more lenient, however... [read more]

Web 2.0: The bureaucrats get it, the workers at the bottom get it, who’s left?

April 15, 2010 by Mike Kujawski
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Here’s the scoop: In the 17th annual report to the Prime Minister published a few weeks ago, Privy Council Clerk Wayne Wouters states “government departments have to embrace the Web 2.0 tools and technology that rest of the world uses that allow more collaboration among workers, levels of government and Canadians”. While his... [read more]

Are Government Sites Task-based or News-based?

September 21, 2009 by Greg Palmer
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Candi says they should be mostly focused on citizen tasks. I agree that tasks are important, but I think news can be, too. What is probably unimportant is news about the agency head, though that's what public affairs and media staff want to focus on. Last week, I was talking to a friend who is a private sector usability specialist. I... [read more]

Government 2.0: The Challenge. The Opportunity. The Future

May 8, 2009 by Moya Watson
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(via MyVenturePad) Government 2.0 has been a hot topic since before Obama used it so adeptly during the last US presidential election, and the notions of open government data, crowdsourcing government, and turning government into an (actually!) innovative platform itself make it clear this is the part of the next biggest "Web 2.0 thing... [read more]

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