The IDeA is in the business of improvement by local government for local government. At the core of our offer is peer support. We use peers at every level of everything we do, not least our knowledge management approach – that is the stories and case studies, the guidance and toolkits that we publish on [...]
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Jimmy Carter says that many of Obama’s critics are racist and that they just can’t stomach a black man in the White House. “I think it’s based on racism,” Carter said of the tone of the opposition, in response to an audience question. “There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an [...]
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Data Visualisation: Budgets and Good Morning Twitter Cool financial data visualisation (tags: data.visualisation data data.gov gov2.0 budget finance reporting) Blogging and podcasting for local government Dave Briggs slides from a short and sweet panel presentation on blogging and podcasting in local government. (tags: gov2.0 localgovernment blogging podcasting Dave+Briggs web2.0)
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Facebook has had some bad press in local government land lately. Some councils have been reportedly blocking it while at the same time considering developing a Facebook presence to get in touch with residents. Simon Wakeman is the Head of Marketing at Medway District Council and the author of an excellent and informative blog on [...]
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YouTube – Data Feeds: Democratization of Government Data via @dominiccampbell (tags: data data.gov appsfordemocracy POIT us) Facebook for Councillors | Local Democracy Good advice for councillors using Facebook – really good advice for anyone with a bit of public profile. (note to self – delete that drunken picture of me dressed as a casino dealer [...]
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Three steps to effective local government social media relations | Simon Wakeman – public sector communications, marketing and public relations Simon Wakeman sets out how local government comms can use social media wisely. (tags: simon+wakeman gov2.0 localgovernment socialmedia publicrelations communications) ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog: The Wandsworth guide to … Wandsworth guide to efficiency. (tags: efficiency [...]
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The IDeA has a new project called Efficiency Exchange. Here’s what it says on our website: At the core of our support to improving efficiency is a new ‘Efficiency Exchange’. This is a collaborative knowledge-sharing and problem-solving community currently being developed with Capital Ambition, the improvement and efficiency partnership for London. The IDeA is working with [...]
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Full List of UK Councils now online (and accessible via API) « countculture One step closer to linked data (tags: local councils data government uk POIT linkeddata) Code For America Cities sharin technology…brilliant. No reason why we couldn't do that here! (tags: data code technology development government gov2.0 POIT us)
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The Ideal Government Project: Cracking news on Gov IDs I've been thinking lately that we need an Open ID for Local Government – that is one registration for IDeA sites (or whoever) – which can be used across the burgeoning array of professional, practice based websites for public sector professionals. Great news that this is [...]
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It’s certainly not my job to criticise councils, particularly in public. So, I’m not going to name any names, although it’s certainly easy enough to remember which local authority blocked Facebook last week. I thought Sharon O’Dea outlined some of the issues neatly: Firstly, the statistic isn’t a sound one; _____shire admit they can’t differentiate [...]
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