Later this week, a document will be published outlining what civil servants can and can’t do with social media during the election ‘purdah’ period. I’ve been given an outline of what guidance it includes and I’m here to tell you now that – when you see it, I think you will agree with me – [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bureaucracy’
Ken – speaking his mind
Iain Dale has a roustabout interview with Ken Livingstone. Here’s a snippet: “…although there will be mistakes, a real, massive devolution would start bringing good people back into local government, but there’s got to be financial change as well. 97 per cent of all tax collected in Britain is collected by Gordon Brown. When I [...]
How to get techies to give you what you want (while Doing The Right Thing at the same time)
Here’s a bit of music made using assistive technology to cheer you up. It was sent to me by my old mate and colleague Amanda – the best usability consultant and website project manager that I’ve ever worked with. [youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuna2AWvqk] What’s this got to do with local democracy? Well, I’ve worked with a large number [...]
MPs websites – politics on the rates?
As there are a couple of good posts in the mainstream political blogosphere touching upon the qualities that are needed to promote an effective representative democracy, today is a good day to start a blog on the subject. This post will focus on the most topical: Both Puffbox and Spartakan are chewing over the fact [...]