The Cabinet Office released "Participation online Guidance for civil servants" today. It has been some time in gestation but the really good news is that it is only one page long. In fact the guidance has been boiled down to 5 main points and a paragraph on how it relates Read more…
I’ve been following the Lord (Clive) Soley instigated group blog for a few days now and despite the awful design, name, and technical set-up it is working well at the moment. In my opinion it is because the blogging Lords are writing in a very natural language. Of the nine Read more…
When we start a new project we also start a blog. I’m a Scientist has started. Cllr2.0 has been going a little longer. It is good practice. It helps us market the project, it helps us communicate with a wider group of stakeholders and it helps us define what we Read more…
Shane Richmond from the Telegraph is hosting another Open House event and this time focussing on Political Blogging. In the interest of the Cllr2.0 project, Andrew and I are going along to take the pulse and add a ha’penny. (hat-tip to Simon Dickson for highlighting it)
As part of a Ministry of Justice funded Innovations Fund project, we’re involved in giving a presentation tomorrow to a group of Councillors at Norfolk County Council on the ways that are / could be used to engage with constituents via the internet. Here’s the long list I have at Read more…
Cheltenham Borough Council have been driven (or perhaps a creative employee has taken the opportunity presented) by floods to innovate with their communication strategy using some key web technologies. Due to the fear that Council servers and workers would be flooding and stop working the council decided to launch a Read more…
Richard Brunstrom is the Chief Constable for North Wales. If you read the Daily Mail (and other seemingly respectable newspapers) Richard Brunstrom is the "Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban", a manic obsessive determined to raise revenue through speeding fines, and determined to make criminals out of motorists. I’ve been Read more…