Guide to using Social Media – only one page

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…

Speak up, minister listening.

Tom Watson, blogging MP extraordinaire, was promoted in the Peter Hain aftermath to be a junior minister in the Cabinet Office. According to his blog he has some responsibility for technology projects, which is a good thing because Tom is certainly interested in technology, and he wants to hear from Read more…

Why politicians should blog

Tom Watson MP has given a great illustration of why politicians should blog.  A constituent of his was having problems with a utility company.  Tom used his blog to ask his network for information about the company.  Unsurprisingly that post featured quite highly in Google searches for the company.  The Read more…