IBSGdraft 3 articles

113_1356_medium Paul Johnston

Web 2.0 and the Public Sector

last updated 5 months ago, 1 Comment

This is the version of the Government 2.0 paper that we used at the Public Services Summit in December. Its a slimmed down and improved version of the original draft. We plan to do a final version early in 2009. At the event the strongest push back was on transparency where there was a strong sense that the need for confidential advice put major limits on what could be achieved - I am not sure I buy that, but lets leave that to another day! Another interesting bit of feedback was the suggesti...

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Age: Why grey is the new green

last updated over 2 years ago, 0 Comments

Society is ageing rapidly - a macro issue with huge social, economic and political implications. Having 85% additional people aged 60 or over (as the UN projects for 20 years time) will bring unprecedented challenges and opportunities, which cross cultures and sectors.  Today the significance is appreciated in a relatively few pockets, but five years hence I predict that the "grey" agenda (or "gray", depending where you're ageing/aging) will have gained the same prominence that the...

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113_1356_medium Paul Johnston

Draft Whitepaper on Government 2.0

last updated over 2 years ago, 5 Comments

This is the first draft of a whitepaper that a group of us have been working on. We are very interested in all feedback either via comments on this post or if you want actually to edit the text you can do so via the wiki we have been using at http://draftgovt2paper.pbwiki.com/ (although you will need to email me to get editing access rights). Any additional examples that you think are particularly interesting or compelling would be great. Also very interested in any reactions to the overall ...

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