In the course of my online travels tonight, I discovered that part of the Scottish Parliament’s web site had been hacked: HACKED BY DR_TROX BU SITE CEZA’YA MAHKUMDUR … It’s hardly a security crisis for the Parliament’s webcasting...
New DO-Consult subscriber Katherine Beavis points out that e-consultation has now been enshrined in the Canadian government’s official communications guidelines. The new (revised) Government of Canada communications policy was released today. One of the only...
I did some treasure hunting today on H20, an innovative online exchange sponsored by the Berkman Center for the Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. H20’s self-description says it: aims to apply Internet technologies to the underlying aims of the...
After years of being marginalized by the online marketplace, Canada is finally getting access to a wide range of online retailers — thanks to Borderfree, a service owned by Canada Post. Borderfree lets online retailers easily sell their products in international...
A recent discussion on DO-Consult turned to the question of how we can evaluate the success of electronic citizen engagement projects. One list member pointed out that the issues probably aren’t too different from the challenges of evaluating off-line engagement...
As posted on Cairns: Our last day began with a panel of elected politicians discussing the role of civic engagement in their work. Listening to their experiences and comments, I was struck by how much of the burden of civic engagement seems to be laid at their feet....
As posted to Cairns: Today was the first day of the North American Summit on Citizen Engagement, sponsored by The Whistler Forum for Dialogue. It’s a remarkable gathering of experts, practitioners and thoughtful commentators in the field of public engagement and...
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