'Evening All.
Hot off the press, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has sent me this statement on the MyPolice 'web heist' fandango which rocked the Twitterverse to its foundations today.
Here it is in its full glory:
"We spoke with the owners of mypolice.org, and it is clear that we offer very different online products. Both however aim [...]
Entries Tagged as 'social media'
MyPolice/My Police: HMIC Speaks
March 10th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Digital Stuff
Tags:government·HMIC·mypolice·social media·transformational government·web 2.0
Sits Vac
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Post-eGov
Top story in today's e-Gov Bulletin is something of a historic event - the appointment, they report, of the 'first council social media officer':
The first local authority worker employed to handle and shape a local authority’s social media output has been appointed by Brighton and Hove City Council.
"As the council’s social media officer, Jane Postlethwaite’s [...]
Links of the Week - 10 July 2009
July 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Linkrolls
Public Sector Blogs improved: UK public sector blogging in one place - and now on Twitter @PubSecBloggers (via: Paul Canning)
Timetric – 'YouTube for Data' brings us MPs' second home expenses claims visualised. (Hat tip: Dave Briggs)
Google targets local government.
1 rule and 6 steps to embracing Social Media in Local Government from Carl Haggerty: 'Rule Number [...]
Links of the Week - 2 July 2009: Holiday Catch-Up Edition
July 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Linkrolls
Presentations from the Scotweb2 event on 19 June... slides from Learning Pool (Social Learning: Does it return the investment?) and also Lichfield DC's Stuart Harrison on the Twhys, Thows and Twherefores of Twitter. Read a brief event summary here and for more detail see the real-time coverage of the day's proceedings.
Local Government 3.0: How councils [...]
Tags:data.gov·digital britain·digital engagement·elections·learningpool·lgiu·scotweb2·social media·transparency·twitter·twitterfails·usaspending.gov·web 2.0
Open Source Gov: A Small Victory of Sorts
July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
open source, online content, social web, Web 2.0, government, public sector, social media, e-petition, e-democracy
Tags:edemocracy·government·online content·open source·social media·software·timely information for citizens·ukgovoss·web 2.0
Links of the Week - 11 June 2009
June 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The Next Big Thing, VRM is Vendor Relationship Management (think the flipside of CRM) which is essentially about people power - giving customers control over their data. It's a concept attracting interest for how it would play for public services. (think personalisation, change-of-address services). Read the FAQ, check out a one-pager, follow Doc Searls' VRM [...]
