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Facipulator uploaded a PDF file: Lean and Systems Thinking in the Public Sector in Wales 2 days ago.
Just wanted to share some academic research commissioned by the Welsh Audit Office and carried out by Cardiff University. Here's some of the blurb from the report. Cardiff University’s Lean Enterprise Research Centre (LERC) was commissioned to undertake an evaluation of systems thinking in the public sector on behalf of the Wales Audit Office as part of its programme focusing on efficiency and the constrained public sector financial environment. The Wales Audit Offic... -
Paul Johnston commented on An Experiment in Open Government or What a Brave New UK Government Might Do 24 days ago.
Certainly, a detailed conversation with anything like 50 mln people is not viable, but I certainly think there is scope for a more structured debate with citizen involvement. That could include allowing voting on packages of options, but personally I would not want to go to direct democracy and simply say "here are 100 possible budget measures; we will take the Y most popular measures subject to the overall budget impact of the different measures adding up to X".
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wherewithall (New User) commented on An Experiment in Open Government or What a Brave New UK Government Might Do 28 days ago.
I don't think a conversation with 50m people is viable. But how about a voting system for budget options?
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Paul Johnston created An Experiment in Open Government or What a Brave New UK Government Might Do about 1 month ago.
Problem statement: Governments have improved consultation processes and experimented with other ways of getting citizens involved in policy-making, but policy-making is still seen as a black box that people feel excluded from. Also despite government efforts to listen more to outside voices including frontline public sector workers, the process of agreeing a change package can encourage a bunker mentality where potential problems (or implementation improvements) are missed in the dri... -
Tiago Peixoto edited Directory of Online Budget Simulators / Games about 1 month ago.
Obviously it is not participatory budgeting, but this rather short list that I have compiled provides an idea of the variety of online initiatives type budget simulators / games. This might be useful to some of those interested in the use of ICTs in Participatory Budgeting experiences. If you know of other similar initiatives please let me know. (originally posted in Facebook's Participatory Budgeting group) The Maryland Budget Game http://iat.ubalt.edu/MDBudgetGame/budgetmap.html ... -
Tiago Peixoto edited Directory of Online Budget Simulators / Games about 1 month ago.
Obviously it is not participatory budgeting, but this rather short list that I have compiled provides an idea of the variety of online initiatives type budget simulators / games. This might be useful to some of those interested in the use of ICTs in Participatory Budgeting experiences. If you know of other similar initiatives please let me know. (originally posted in Facebook's Participatory Budgeting group) The Maryland Budget Game http://iat.ubalt.edu/MDBudgetGame/budgetmap.html ... -
Tiago Peixoto edited Directory of Online Budget Simulators / Games 3 months ago.
Obviously it is not participatory budgeting, but this rather short list that I have compiled provides an idea of the variety of online initiatives type budget simulators / games. This might be useful to some of those interested in the use of ICTs in Participatory Budgeting experiences. If you know of other similar initiatives please let me know. (originally posted in Facebook's Participatory Budgeting group) The Maryland Budget Game http://iat.ubalt.edu/MDBudgetGame/budgetmap.html ... -
Tiago Peixoto edited Directory of Online Budget Simulators / Games 3 months ago.
Obviously it is not participatory budgeting, but this rather short list that I have compiled provides an idea of the variety of online initiatives type budget simulators / games. This might be useful to some of those interested in the use of ICTs in Participatory Budgeting experiences. If you know of other similar initiatives please let me know. (originally posted in Facebook's Participatory Budgeting group) The Maryland Budget Game http://iat.ubalt.edu/MDBudgetGame/budgetmap.html ... -
jezzagreen commented on Transparency and Daily Life 3 months ago.
Very interesting. I'm guessing you know about this: http://www.mashthestate.org.uk/ already. My own personal whinge is bus information - not strictly government, I know, but since the bus operators are licensed by the government, why can't provision of schedule information at least, and eventually real-time location, be a licence condition?
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JAIME QUESADO created The last Tango in Lisbon 3 months ago.
The symbolical act of the formal ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon on the 1st December in the Portuguese Capital is at the same time a point of arrival and a point of departure. When the different leaders of Europe will sign this “contract for the future” in the beautiful Belem Tower from where some centuries ago the Portuguese Navigators started a very long trip to give new worlds to the existing world, a last tango will be danced in Lisbon. A tango of trust and c... -
JAIME QUESADO edited The idea of a Europe 2.0 3 months ago.
The 5th E-Government Ministerial Conference held in Malmo, integrated in the Swedish Presidency, reinforced the strategic importance that the new tools of a more transparent, capable and flexible Government have in the consolidation of the trust of citizens in the role of the State. As Dan Tapscott clearly said, “there is no more time for the lack of capability in a society where the State must be the central enabler of Trust and Ambition for Society”. That ´s it. In... -
Paul Johnston tagged Transparency and Daily Life with the tag Transparency 3 months ago.
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Paul Johnston created Transparency and Daily Life 3 months ago.
I am a strong advocate of transparent government, but sometimes it can seem very remote from daily life - how much do things like Obama's data.gov really mean to people in the street? Well, the excellent Sunlight Foundation did a blog recently that answers that question really well. The basic theme is what data might be relevant to you as you shop for your Thanksgiving turkey. Here's a sample of the blog, focussing on the main ingredient: Turkey. What are the results of the latest federal sa... -
JAIME QUESADO created The idea of a Europe 2.0 3 months ago.
The 5th E-Government Ministerial Conference held in Malmo, integrated in the Swedish Presidency, reinforced the strategic importance that the new tools of a more transparent, capable and flexible Government have in the consolidation of the trust of citizens in the role of the State. As Dan Tapscott clearly said, “there is no more time for the lack of capability in a society where the State must be the central enabler of Trust and Ambition for Society”. That ´s it. In... -
gcharles edited A Public Sector Where Digital Natives Thrive 4 months ago.
Digital Natives (people who have grown up in a connected world) have different attitudes, approaches and habits than those in preceding generations and will soon be a major part of society’s workforce. How does the public sector need to change to attract these people and provide them with a working environment which will let them fulfill their potential? This session will compare and contrast Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, and Digital Skeptics and explore how the public sector mig...