localgovernment – Dave Briggs

Link roundup

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Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to:

HELLO CAMPERS: Three years on from the first localgovcamp… so whats changed? – Nice bit of reflection from Dan Slee ahead of Saturday's shindig.
Knowledge Hub: A response – Steve Dale gives part of his side of the story.
Refocusing our efforts and investments | Talis Systems – Interesting. Is there really no market for open linked public data? Probably not.
Exactly how digital do we need our leaders to be? – "This is an agenda that I would like to the see the LGA, the political parties as well as SOLACE take up more seriously in the future as we need our senior teams to take a central role in exploring and shaping what happens when we become ‘digital by default’ as a result of both financial pressures and social change."
What makes Twitter Twitter? – alt.adrianshort – Adrian's blogging is the best there is at the moment! A great discussion of the issues facing the service.

What I’ve been reading

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SOCIAL PLAN: 11 Golden Rules for Social Media in an Organisation – Some nice tips from Dan.
OGP Take Aways : Tim’s Blog – "In an attempt to use reflective blogging to capture thoughts from the Open Government Partnership meeting in Brasilia I’ve jotted down ten key learning points, take-aways, or areas I’ve been musing on. "
Will Apps Kill Websites? – Pros and cons of apps v websites
Neighborland – Interesting hyperlocal effort in the States.
Is the deluge of data good for government? | LGiU’s local democracy blog – "Over the past couple of weeks, however, a series of news reports have underlined the growing importance of open data to the mainstream contemporary political conversation but have also revealed some ambiguities in our attitude towards it. "

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Exploring how digital technology can support young people to engage socially and economically in their communities : Tim’s Blog – Tim is "launching an open research project to find key messages for youth-focussed digital innovation"
A manifesto for teaching computer science in the 21st century – John Naughton tells Michael Gove what's needed.
Knowledge Hub architects defend switchover as lever is thrown. – "The architects of the new local government Knowledge Hub, an online platform for exchange of ideas between council officers, politicians and the public, have defended the switchover from its predecessor Communities of Practice (CoPs) after criticism from some users."
Bring your own device to be piloted at Cambridgeshire council – "Four week trial will initially be restricted to Android and Apple operating systems"
The Emerging Government App Store: IT Public Procurement Nirvana? – "Over the last couple of weeks I have had numerous conversations with government executives and IT leaders about cloud computing, open source, shared services, software reuse. These are all different perspectives on IT sourcing, and they are often made problematic by clumsy public procurement procedures."

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Nelson Mandela Digital Archives – "Our aim is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela. This is a work in progress. Here is a selection of materials arranged in exhibits for your enjoyment."
Talk About Local » Developments in UK hyperlocal scene – "It’s a great few days for the UK hyperlocal scene as several blue chip organisations reveal new projects."
Control issues around social media in local government – "I would argue that in terms of capability maturity, most local governments are just starting up the ladder and it would be more effective to focus on a few key controls and use a bit of common sense, and allow for a lot of process improvement and lessons to be learned"
The Digital Engagement Guide | Ideas and practical help to use digital and social media in the public sector – "Ideas and practical help to use digital and social media in the public sector"
WE LIKE: Ideas for a good Facebook page timeline « The Dan Slee Blog – "It’s the easiest thing in the world to create a Facebook page. It’s a lot harder to do it effectively."

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Ministry of Lorem: filler text generated from UK government press releases – Bonkers but strangely compelling site from @lesteph
Social media can help riot-hit communities recover – "In all the furore over social media's inflammatory role in the riots, little has been said about how local networks can bring neighbourhoods together"
LinkedGov is hiring! – Jobs for geeks
Leaders Blog – Nice blog from the Leader of Oldham Council
LocalGovCamp & Green Flags « Word on the Street – Nice blog post by Sandwell Council's Chief Exec Jan Britton.

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2011 London Social Business Summit – Great content from this event.
Introducing South West LocalGovCamp #swlocalgc « Carl’s Notepad – This should be a good one!
’100 million comments a year’ – mutual support and advice in a shrinking state – How government could be making better use of online communities – great stuff from Will Perrin.
Misleading money-saving claims help no one – Ben Goldacre exposes the lazy thinking involved in some "research" about council spending – curiously promoted by CLG.
BBC News – Google’s Chromebook – lost in the cloud? – Interesting review of the new Chrome based laptops.
A little local difficulty – honestlyreal – A very useful primer on Local DirectGov
How To Run A News Site And Newspaper Using WordPress And Google Docs – Really nice workflow system.

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Bookmarks for April 28th through May 18th

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Local Government Graduate Gripes – "How would a networked, open, innovative, tech-enabled, social recruitment scheme for government work?"
10 things Alpha.gov.uk gets wrong (Part 1) | Helpful Technology – Nicely contrarian points from Steph on the new government website prototype.
Would you like sauce with your policy? – Steph's writeup on recent stuff coming out of the government on consultation and open policy making.
Is this really the death of political blogging? – Interesting overview of the political blogging scene.
Supporting an Epic Swindle « Digital Social Innovation – Nice post from Manny about Liverpool football supporters using the web to organise their campaigns.
The ongoing need for openness in government – A quick bit more explaining from me about what the hell Kind of Digital does.
Three great posts about micro-participation – Links to some great writing on micro-participation.
How can Kind of Digital help you? – A blatant bit of advertising.
LINKED SOCIAL: Eight steps of social media evolution in local government « The Dan Slee Blog – Nice overview from Dan.
There is no such thing as IT | Public Strategist – Great notes on government IT and agile.
Agile for communications « Sharon O’Dea – Brilliant, comprehensive overview from Sharon.

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Bookmarks for April 6th through April 27th

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How to beat Apple – Interesting read.
Micro-Participation In Online Consultations – NIce summary and contribution to the discussion.
Coté’s People Over Process » 3 Tips on Scaling Agile Development – "At some point, adopting Agile development becomes an organizational change management exercise that has little do with Agile itself."
Cash for QuangoCamp – Great work @jukesie getting this going
How to waste public funds and alienate voters – How to spot box ticking exercises. Good stuff from Edward at Involve.
The New Guy’s Computer – (37signals) – Nice list of handy Mac tools.
Recipe For Baked WordPress – Quick guide to making your WP site a bit more stable.
Open Compute Project – Facebook opens up their infrastructure.
On innovation: How to make trouble productively – Ten nice tips.
I’m worried about the Social Media Folk in Localgov – How to get by in from the powers that be, from @carlhaggerty

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You can also see all the videos I think are worth watching at my video scrapbook.

Bookmarks for February 23rd through April 4th

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Reaping the benefits of shared services – Interesting interview with @terryhuggins on the shared services arrangement between South Holland and East Lindsay councils.
UK IT Strategy Sets the Pace for All European Governments, But Can They Deliver? – Interesting coverage of the new UK gov IT strategy
NESTA – Innovation in Public Sector Organisations – "A pilot survey for measuring innovation across the public sector" – interesting read
Loosemore leads Lane Fox vision work | Puffbox.com – Nice update from Simon on some interesting developments.
Things about Blogging – Great blogging tips
COI is dead, long live the GCC? – Good coverage of the future of COI from Andrew.
Seldom a love story: IT and end users – O’Reilly Radar – "Prioritization must be determined by the business, not an IT staffer who's just trying to do the right thing."
Fear of Facebook: Thoughts On The Meaning of Social – "Things aren’t getting any better in terms of privacy related fears."
The zero cost CMS | Stephen Hale – "The digital communications teams I’ve worked in have all spent too much of their time finding ways around the CMS, and not enough time actually communicating."
Citizen journalist or citizen? – Good stuff on bloggers reporting on councils by @podnosh

You can find all my bookmarks on Delicious. There is also even more stuff on my shared Google Reader page.

You can also see all the videos I think are worth watching at my video scrapbook.