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Copy_of_diogo_vasconcelos_by_jo_o_oliveira_silva004_medium Diogo Vasconcelos

"Placing power in the hands of those who use our public services": UK's new policy embraces open government

last updated over 2 years ago, 2 Comments

  The British Prime-Minister will announce today its vision for the future shape of public services. The policy document Working Together - Public Services On Your Side explains "the steps the Government is taking to give people, communities and frontline staff the information and real power they need to personalise public services. Reflecting their local and individual needs will create a richer, fairer and safer society." "We will put people first by placing power in the hands...

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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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