“Parliamentary Metadata Language” Could Transform Political Research
A project to create a standard way of formatting data on Parliamentary proceedings, from politicians’ speeches to committee papers, could open up major new areas of democratic research, the...
View Article‘Health Hubs’ To Use Digital Inclusion As Fitness And Wellness Tool
A series of ‘digital health hubs’ are being set up across the UK to teach digital skills and train people to use the internet to improve their knowledge about health, nutrition, wellness and fitness...
View ArticleKenya Law Committee To Probe Election Technology Failures
Major failures in two pieces of high-profile technology that were intended to make the recent Kenyan national elections run more smoothly are to be investigated by a special committee of the Law...
View ArticleFew Council Websites Ready For Mobile Revolution
Only 17% of UK local authorities are creating websites that can be viewed adequately on a mobile device, despite the fact that almost a third of people accessing online council information are now...
View Article“Don’t Ask Me To Register” For Online Public Services, Expert Warns
Public sector websites should not ask citizens to register with them or create accounts just to carry out simple transactions or tasks, a leading private sector web specialist has said. “My advice for...
View ArticleFunding Boost for Global Corruption Accountability Tool.
A mobile phone app allowing citizens in developing countries to fight corruption in development projects is one of four £500,000 winners of the Google Global Impact Challenge, which recognises...
View ArticleElectronic Petitions In New Book Analysing UK Democracy In Modern Age
Electronic petitions have ushered in a new age of popularity for citizen petitioning unseen since the early nineteenth century, according to a new book by E-Government Bulletin editor Dan Jellinek. The...
View ArticleOpen Innovation Platform ‘GitHub’ Expands into Government
The whole of the public sector can be seen as “one giant open source project” whose development can take place collaboratively between citizens and officials, a former US White House official told a...
View ArticleDigital Inclusion Charity Mounts Skills Boost for North East England
An intensive programme to boost digital inclusion work in the North East region of England has been launched by UK digital inclusion charity Go ON UK with the aim of improving basic digital skills in...
View ArticleOnline Campaigning Struggling for Focus, New Book Finds
Online democratic campaigning is still in its infancy, with governments and campaign movements struggling to direct the large but unfocused support generated behind causes on social media, according to...
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