Well, the Power of Information Taskforce appears to have reached it’s conclusions. The job has been advertised. Dominic Campbell has a few very perceptive bits of advice for whoever the successful candidate may be.
This phrase leaps out of the job ad:
” …the job requires someone who would be acknowledged by their peer group to be [...]
Posts on ‘February 17th, 2009’
Director of Digital Engagement
Conservative 'localism' approach announced
It is very hard to take the UK Conservative Party’s claim to be a localist party seriously today. Many of these steps will seriously weaken the powers and status of local elected representatives without providing any empowerment of ordinary citizens by way of compensation.
All of the following issues are features can be portrayed as fitting [...]
Listening leadership
Ingrid at IDeA has a post on whether digital inclusion increases social inclusion. Near the end of it, she says:
There’s little point in encouraging people, especially people who already feel outside the sytem, to get online and get civically active if there’s no direct plug-in to local government service and policy-formation. Officers and [...]
A blog about representative democracy, social media and a conversational politics. How will peer-to-peer communications change local democracy? How is representation changing? 
