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Andrea Di Maio Gartner

Highlights from Government at Gartner Symposium: New and Old Realities

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by Andrea Di Maio |  October 20, 2011 As the end of the largest Gartner Symposium ever is approaching, I thought I would like to share some of the take aways from interacting with hundreds of government clients over the last four and a half days: Smart Government Serious budgetary concerns are percolating through US [...]

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The Frustration of an Open Government Leader

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by Andrea Di Maio |  October 3, 2011 A few days ago I had the chance to meet one of those individuals who have really embraced and driven openness in the government organization where he is responsible for IT. I was fascinated by hearing the story of how he was an agent of change, turned [...]

UK to lead global partnership on open government

on 29/09/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in News

The UK was announced as the 2012 co-chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an innovative international initiative bringing developed and developing countries together to promote transparency and harness new technologies for open government to help fight corruption, engage citizens and save lives.  The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, accepted the UK’s lead [...]

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How To Get Open Government Out Of Life Support

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by Andrea Di Maio |  August 5, 2011 Beneath the continuing enthusiasm around open government, including the announcement of yet another country (Singapore) and city (Edmonton) building their open data store, and the renewed commitment to open government in the new US CIO’s first interviews, I found two data points that still call for caution. [...]

Consultation on Data Policy for a Public Data Corporation

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The Government’s overall approach to Transparency is being set out in Making Open Data Real: a public consultation. Transparency across government and public services is a powerful lever for a whole range of positive outcomes: Increasing accountability Building public confidence in government bodies Stimulating efficiency gains within the public sector Promoting greater citizen engagement Stimulating [...]

How should Government become even more open?

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That is one of the questions being asked by Minister for Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, as he launches a public consultation on open data.The consultation follows the commitment by the Prime Minister earlier in July to publish key data on public services, including GP achievements and prescribing, the performance of hospital teams in treating key [...]

Making Open Data Real: A Public Consultation

on 04/08/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Features

The Open Data consultation paper sets out Government’s proposed approach for Transparency and Open Data Strategy, which is aimed at establishing a culture of openness and transparency in public services. We want to hear from everyone – citizens, businesses, public services themselves, and other interest groups – on how we can best embed a culture of [...]

Armchair auditors should act on their rights to inspect Town Hall books

on 22/07/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in News

A new online search engine shows local taxpayers when they can inspect their council’s detailed financial spending and ledgers as part of greater public transparency, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced. Every council is required by law to make its accounts available to the public for 20 days a year. This includes every invoice, payment [...]

Open Public Services – Commons statement

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Oliver Letwin’s Commons statement on the Open Public Services White Paper.  Mr Speaker, today I am laying before Parliament the Open Public Services White Paper. There couldn’t be a more important issue. Public services save lives. They rescue people from disease and ignorance. They protect people from crime and poverty. Much of what is done [...]

Opening up public services

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Modernisation of public services will give people choice and control over the services they use, and end the ‘get what you’re given’ culture. People will be given more choice to shape the public services they use, putting control in the hands of individuals and neighbourhoods so everyone can benefit from the best public services available, [...]