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A new report from Australia’s leading academic’s provides a fascinating insight and perspectives of the impact of both the internet and social media on society down under. Professor Ian Young Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University states, The results from ANUpoll are largely positive, and counter the pessimistic view that the Internet is undermining effective [...]
by Andrea Di Maio | May 29, 2011 I met the CIO and the IT strategist from a large government organization to discuss about social media and gov 2.0. The organization had been using Facebook and Twitter for some time to reach out to constituents, and the whole discussion was about what to do next. [...]
The Government has unveiled new Big Society plans to make it easier and more attractive to give time and money to good causes. Britons are already generous but evidence suggests levels of giving time and money have flat-lined in recent years. The Giving White Paper seeks to renew Britain’s culture of philanthropy by working with [...]
by Andrea Di Maio | May 23, 2011 Last week I met the CIO of a government agency and we discussed about their current plans for internal collaboration, based on the deployment of a particular commercial solution. He seemed to have quite clear ideas about investment, deployment and sustainability of that initiative, for which he [...]
Did You Know? originally started out as a PowerPoint presentation for a faculty meeting in August 2006 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, United States. The presentation “went viral” on the Web in February 2007 and, as of June 2007, had been seen by at least 5 million online viewers. Today the old and [...]
Did You Know? originally started out as a PowerPoint presentation for a faculty meeting in August 2006 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, United States. The presentation “went viral” on the Web in February 2007 and, as of June 2007, had been seen by at least 5 million online viewers. Today the old and [...]
Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has today endorsed outline proposals for the development of a Big Society Bank presented by the Independent Advisers, Sir Ronald Cohen and Nick O’Donohoe. The Minister has also directed the Big Lottery Fund to establish an interim Investment Committee which will use dormant account money it has received [...]
Suffolk CC achieved the highest number of efficiency savings in 2008/09 (£43,556,000). In this case study they share some of the work undertaken to secure such significant savings whilst ensuring continuous service improvement. – Set against the background of unprecedented resource challenges, Suffolk County Council realised the need to take action to secure the future [...]
Data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner (ICO) has fined 2 local authorities a total of £150,000 after the theft of two encrypted laptops contrary to both of the councils’ internal policies and procedures. Ealing Council (£80,000) and Hounslow Council (£70,000) were fined with sensitive personal information relating to 1,700 people stored on the unencrypted laptops. [...]
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