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Tag Archives: Open Government
My supermarket can teach the government some relationship lessons
I recently wrote about the potential for crowd-sourcing as a useful and productive way for the government to engage further with voters. I’ve also recently suggested that a corollary for the transparent government agenda should be greater use of crowd-sourcing, … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Accountability, Crowd-sourcing, Internal Politicking, Open Government, Public services
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How can the state simultaneously cut budgets, provide better services, and promote growth? “By adopting an Open Government mindset”.
All truth passes through three stages, said the philosopher Schopenhauer. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Just over a week ago the Financial Times paraphrased the formula I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Public Services
Tagged Open Government, Open Source Government, Post-Bureaucratic Age, Procurement
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Open Government: The Cabinet Office should publish, publish, publish
Whitehall’s plans to outsource public services are going to be ‘scaled back’. That is James Landale’s interpretation of a leaked document. A Cabinet Spokesman counters by saying that said document does not indicate a shift in Coalition policy. This is … Continue reading
The Government’s actions need to speak as loud as their words
Rhetoric is important. David Cameron, Steve Hilton and the movers behind the Big Society project must be given full credit for championing what is an extremely difficult concept to sell – particularly during a time when we are facing austerity. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Society
Tagged Big Society, Conservatism, Economy, Funding, Open Government, Public services
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The Government can save millions, but only if it is open to having open IT procurement processes
This Tuesday (15th March) the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) held its second evidence session as part of it’s Inquiry into the Government’s use of IT. It is beginning to seem like open season on ‘the Government’s use of IT’, … Continue reading