• DIGITALEUROPE
  "DIGITALEUROPE is dedicated to improving the business environment for the European digital technology industry, and to promoting the digital technology industry's contribution to economic growth and social progress in the European Union"
  (tags: eu digital business economy europe)
• Dabbleboard - Online whiteboard for drawing & team collaboration
  "Dabbleboard is an online whiteboard that will help you visualize, explore and communicate ideas." via @carriebish
  (tags: tools opensource interactive collaboration whiteboard drawing)
• Free PowerPoint Templates and Backgrounds
  via @philippalatimer @carriebish
  (tags: tools design office software presentations presentation free resources)
• The little page of TRANSPORT CHAOS
  "The little page of transport chaos looks at Transport for London's real time tube status to tell you which lines aren't working. It looks at National rail's live departure boards and monitors train journeys between London, Cambridge, Reading and Basingstoke, between London and Guildford, between Enfield Chase and Moorgate, between Flitwick and Kings Cross Thameslink, and between Farnham and Aldershot. It measures by how much the last two hours of arrivals have been delayed. It finally looks at the Highways Agency's Events Table to look for chaos on the A1, the A14, the M4, the M5, the M6, the M11 and the M25" (via @adriana872)
  (tags: london uk travel visualization transport accesscity tube)
• One Tweet Over the Line - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com
  "Is there such a thing as overuse of social networking tools? In the online world, is the notion of a public/private divide simply not applicable?"
  (tags: facebook twitter enterprise2.0 social media organisations us youtube trends culture clayshirky privacy nyt)
• States for a Transparent and Accountable Recovery
  "STAR Coalition is a network of groups working at the state and local levels to ensure that the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is transparent, accountable, fair and effective."
  (tags: us government policy transparency recovery.gov accountability gov20 stimulus)
• Apps for Democracy Citizen Insights Summary | Apps for Democracy
  (tags: publicservices apps washington appsfordemocracy)
• Globalchange.com - Patrick Dixon official site
  Futures blog
  (tags: media video technology business science innovation trends future)
• Federal Education Budget Project
  Transparency for schools spend data
  (tags: us education school data statistics finance transparency resources)
• Opening Up Education Data
  "Funding, Demographic, and Achievement Data for almost 14,000 U.S. Public School Districts | Development Seed". American open data continues apace…
  (tags: us government education data statistics opengovernment gov20)
• Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web.
  All your content and comms in one place
  (tags: communications google aggregator im)
• Vaguely live map of trains in the United Kingdom
  Via William Perrin
  (tags: maps google uk travel mashup transport traffic trains)
• Helsinki City Transport
  Live Vehicle Locations (via @stig)
  (tags: maps google projects mashup transport public helsinki finland)
• DisabilityGuide.org - the ultimate disability resource
  "DisabilityGuide.org is the Washington, DC and New York City metro area's premiere online disability information resource, and it's FREE."
  (tags: accessibility disability cities washington)
• Sunlight Labs: Blog - What I'd Change about Data.gov
  (tags: politics us government data transparency gov20 sunlightfoundation data.gov)
• Transport for all › Accessible Transport in London
  "Transport for All believes in a fully accessible, reliable and affordable transport network for disabled and older Londoners. We provide specialised advice, information, advocacy and training to both service users and providers of accessible transport in the capital."
  (tags: accessibility london uk transport accesscity londoncouncils)
• Help Me Learn? Tweeting for an Organization « Government 2.0 Beta
  (tags: twitter enterprise2.0 organisations howto us government engagement gov20)

• Sicamp: Scotland » June 09 ideas
  This round's ideas (we're throwing our support mostly behind Jumb.le, Knowyourmind and Plan Your Nan but they're all great as ever)
  (tags: events uk socialinnovation sicamp3 scotland)
• VRM and the public sector « News from a Nerd
  "We can be residents, citizens, customers, clients, patients, victims, criminals, volunteers and donors to name just a few, and we can be all of those things simultaneously. In some cases, lives are at stake. If we could understand more about our interactions with the state then we’d become better citizens – more informed people can take better decisions and maybe even provide for themselves, easing pressure on an already burdened system."
  (tags: government uk data publicservices privacy identity vrm gov20)
• 10 Golden Rules of Social Media
  (tags: social media howto rules)
• BBC NEWS | Politics | Cameron in 'people power' pledge
  "David Cameron has pledged to bring "big change" to politics, including looking at introducing fixed-term Parliaments."
  (tags: politics government uk change transparency accountability)
• nGOmobile
  "Taking mobile technology to the grassroots" (via Derek Baird)
  (tags: social technology sms mobile activism development africa campaign crisis crisiscamp crisiscampuk)
• Open Government Brainstorm - by IdeaScale
  "On January 21st, the President issued the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, calling for an unprecedented level of openness in government. In the memorandum, the President outlined three principles for promoting a transparent and open government: transparency, participation, and collaboration. Now, the President is calling on you to help shape how that commitment is fulfilled. This online brainstorming session, open from May 21st to 28th, 2009, will enable the White House to hear your most important ideas relating to open government." (via Ellen Miller)
  (tags: community government deliberative engagement voting opengovernment)
• Ideascale
  "IdeaScale offers a way for companies to solicit ideas and allow customers to rate, discuss, and brainstorm for the company."
  Idea Management - Innovation Management - Crowdsourcing - Suggestion Box - Customer Feedback
  (via Ellen Miller)
  (tags: tools enterprise2.0 organisations community ideas innovation crowdsourcing collaboration feedback)
• Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge
  OK UK time to get on it…
  (tags: us government data mashup apps gov20 sunlightfoundation appsforamerica data.gov)
• Fugitive snap
  via @Lovisatalk
  (tags: us government data mashup api gov20 fbi data.gov)
• SAP Introduces Software Package to Help Public Sector Customers Optimize Economic Stimulus Funds
  (tags: sap recession recovery.gov stimulus)

• slide:ology
  how to do presentations (via @lovisatalk)
  (tags: tools blog events blogs design presentations books oreilly inspiration resources)
• Scotweb2
  (tags: uk data scotweb publicservices gov20 scotland goverment)
• kiwanja.net
  "Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development"
  (tags: research social technology sms mobile development nonprofit africa crisiscamp crisis crisiscampuk)
• Public engagement. Public empowerment
  Extensive and spot on GOVIS keynote from Stephen
  (tags: social media government empowerment engagement publicservices australia gov20 govis)
• Government 2.0 Definition - GovLoop - Social Network for Government 2.0
  (tags: us government govloop gov20)
• The lottery game: or 100K for social media « Policy and Performance
  "What if I could lay my hands on £150K of public money? And what if it were earmarked around social media for improvement in local government. What could you do?"
  (tags: social media localauthority IDeA improvement)
• Flipping the circle: social capital approaches to digital inclusion : Connected Communities
  "Getting 30 top thinkers on community development, digital inclusion and social capital together for a two-hour seminar at the RSA earlier this week was bound to generate lots of insights and ideas…."
  (tags: community events london uk digitaldivide rsa inclusion)
• the disposable memory project
  "we're leaving disposable cameras around the world. hopefully, people will pick them up, take a few photos and pass them on, eventually returning home - so we can tell their stories." (via Laura Whitehead)
  (tags: participation fun photos culture photography art flickr)
• London's Poverty Profile
  "The first independent, comprehensive source of information about poverty and inequality in the capital." (from the City Parochial Foundation and New Policy Institute)
  (tags: maps london uk economy statistics poverty)
• Spot the Difference | modrex
  Documenting highrise council housing in Hackney over 20 years (via Emily Webber)
  (tags: london localauthority uk photos housing hackney)
• Crisis Camp UK - Eventbrite
  Tickets available now
  (tags: events london uk demos crisiscamp crisis crisiscampuk)
• Beneath a British Scandal, Deeper Furies - NYTimes.com
  A view on MP expenses row from the US
  (tags: politics us government uk nyt mpexpenses)

A view from the US on a political system “in urgent need of a root-and-branch overhaul that restores the accountability of politicians — and of the government — to the people”.

• Social Innovation Camp » Social Innovation Camp goes global
  Great news for friends of FutureGov, the Social Innovation Camp
  (tags: barcamp global socialinnovation sicamp)
• Regulations.gov Exchange
  Crowdsourcing website development
  (tags: us barakobama government websites regulation)
• Doodle: Easy Scheduling
  "How does Doodle work? 1. Create a poll. 2. Forward the link to the poll to the participants. 3. Follow online what the participants vote for."
  (tags: tools social collaboration calendar productivity planning free tool)
• Data.gov
  Big and bold move
  (tags: politics us barakobama government data statistics transparency api whitehouse)
• Open Government Innovation Gallery
  "The Innovations Gallery celebrates the innovators and innovations who are championing the President’s vision of more effective and open government."
  (tags: government innovation transparency opengovernment whitehouse inspiration gov20)

• Innovation Exchange
  Snazzy new innovation platform for UK public and third sector services
  (tags: enabledbydesign social networking community policy uk charity thirdsector innovation headshift innovationexchange)
• The Play Ethic: Pat Kane keynote at Media140: the challenge of Twitter to News Media
  From Media140 event
  (tags: twitter events theplayethic media140)
• Vancouver enters the age of the open city | eaves.ca
  City government's motion on "Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source"
  (tags: opensource data standards canada opengovernment vancouver)
• How To Make A Difference
  "How do you make a difference, to your own life, to your family, neighbourhood, society or to the world? Join us for an inspirational evening led by Maurice Glasman, who will outline the steps you can take to turn the world from the place that it is to the place that it should be."
  (tags: events london uk schooloflife publicvalue)
• National Strategies, Inc. - about bright ideas
  "The Bright Ideas book is a collection of innovative thought-starters on how government leaders can invest Stimulus funds to jump-start their state and local economies."
  (tags: ideas economy books recession)
• Social Networking and National Security: How to Harness Web 2.0 to Protect the Country
  "Computers have changed how Americans do almost everything. Soon they may alter national security"
  (tags: security resilience2.0 government policy)
• Mashups Using Government Data: A White Paper
  "This white paper offers background on mashups, examines why government entities may want to make public data available for mashups, and how government data may be enhanced by mashups…"
  (tags: mashup government data)
• Public engagement. Public empowerment. | acidlabs
  "keynote from GOVIS 2009 - User Centred Government: More than meets the eye."
  (tags: barakobama government policy empowerment engagement australia digidirector gov20 stephencollins)

• Social Innovation wins backing of President Obama and Barroso | The Young Foundation
  "This week social innovation moves from the margins to the mainstream with the launch of President Obama's new Office of Social Innovation and a new push in Europe from President Barroso to link innovation strategy to social goals"
  (tags: politics us barakobama government policy innovation publicservices socialinnovation)
• Free public WiFi rolled out across UK today! | Techfluff.tv
  (tags: internet wifi digitaldivide access northeast)
• Peashoot — Start, Grow and Track your Campaigns
  "Peashoot creates special short URLs, tracks your campaign progress and listens for people on the web talking about your campaign." (via Merici)
  (tags: social marketing media statistics advertising analytics campaign)
• Wanna Start a Commune?
  "We think the commune idea deserves a much broader audience. Sure, many commune experiments failed. We say don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! Let's learn and move forward. The commune is an idea too good to waste. Let's take this old idea and give it a new attitude."
  (tags: wiki social community design planning commune cooperative)
• the dc project
  "the dc project helps catalyze green job training and sustainable living for the homeless"
  (tags: sustainability green economy jobs)
• Starck on Design | Businesweek
  Starck on Design: Philippe Starck on why he still designs
  (tags: enabledbydesign design business podcast products)

• Social Marketing Bullshit Bingo » raena.net
  "You should totally evangelize this to your tribes by giving up some link-love:" Hahaha
  (tags: tools social marketing media fun humour trends advertising)
• Gov't IT projects: Billions at risk | IT Project Failures | ZDNet.com
  "In our analysis of the high-risk projects in June 2008, we found that of the 472 IT projects that were categorized as high risk, at least 87 had performance shortfalls—collectively totaling about $4.8 billion in funding requested for fiscal year 2009."
  (tags: us government technology gov20)
• Disaster Theory for Techies « iRevolution
  (tags: community government technology resilience2.0 crisiscamp crisis crisiscampuk)
• Op-Ed Contributor - All Disasters Are Local - NYTimes.com
  "Despite billions spent since 9/11, we are still not well prepared to react to disease outbreaks, terrorist attacks and natural disasters" (via @cglusky)
  (tags: us community government localauthority resilience2.0 crisiscamp crisis crisiscampuk)
• Cars parked illegally in bike lanes in New York - MyBikeLane.com
  (tags: blog activism cars photography cycling law nyc accesscity traffic)

• makerfaire.com: Maker Faire
  "A two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology." (via Chris Thorpe)
  (tags: us events technology design travel science art creativity event)
• Disabled-friendly property: 'Estate agents don't get it' - Property, House & Home - The Independent
  "There are almost 8.4 million people registered as disabled in Britain, but very few ways for them to find suitable housing."
  (tags: enabledbydesign accessibility disability housing accesscity)
• The Design State
  "Design State is a weblog about government web design and its attendant subtopics: accessibility, usability, and web standards. In addition to these nuts and bolts, Design State will also focus on higher level issues and project challenges that affect government and public-sector web design."
  (tags: accessibility blog government design egov nonprofit usability)
• 10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media
  "Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop. And they’ll take for granted that they are connected and interconnected with hundreds of millions of people at any given moment."
  (tags: social media activism future socialaction)
• Maps of Recent Earthquake Activity in California-Nevada
  (tags: tools maps news data science visualization usergenerated california crisiscamp crisis)
• "cc all your emails to Jacqui Smith" Day
  Anti-email tracking initiative (via Jonty Oliff-Cooper)
  (tags: politics government uk activism security privacy email campaign)
• The Power of mass collaboration | Governing People
  "Only when the use of these tools becomes second nature to elected representatives and policy makers, will the behaviors associated with social software begin to inform and impact serious governmental changes. That day is coming, but the policy revolution is still some time away."
  (tags: review film usnow governingpeople)
• YouTube - Liam Daish - Ebbsfleet Football Club Manager
  (tags: sharing football ebbsfleetunited)
• How Football clubs could be owned by their fans | Never Trust a Hippy
  (tags: organisations sharing finance football peering)
• Digital Engagement gets a director « andrewlewin: let me think about that …
  "I think many – including myself, if I’m honest – expected a new face from the private sector to make a bold splash and shake everything up. Which, to be honest, wasn’t a very appealing prospect to those of us who have been plugging away at this for a while now and thinking that we were finally getting some real progress on many fronts."
  (tags: social media government engagement digital digidirector gov20)
• Digital Engagement | Director of Digital Engagement
  Good to see this launch - start of a new era in UK gov engagement?
  (tags: government uk engagement digidirector gov20)
• They Want To Work For You Wiki
  They work for you for candidates
  (tags: wiki politics uk elections usergenerated)
• Can Social, Participatory Gov 2.0 Work? - GoV-log: Editor's Video Blog
  "Government's current approach to developing feedback mechanisms via social networks aren't well managed in terms of converting citizen input into outcomes." But here's some great advice on 'how to'…
  (tags: howto us communications participation government engagement whitehouse gov20)
• Interruption vs Engagement Marketing | George Benckenstein
  (tags: marketing engagement branding advertising)
• The Rise Of Social Distribution Networks
  "Over the past year there has been a rapid shift in social distribution online. I believe this evolution represents an important change in how people find and use things online." (via Richard Tyrie and Mark Earls)
  (tags: facebook twitter social marketing networks search advertising distribution)
• Harvard Kennedy School - Leadership for a Networked World, Government 2.0 Group Launch Online Film
  "Students and faculty gathered at Harvard Kennedy School Tuesday (12 May) for the online release of “Us Now” – a film about democracy through mass collaboration. The event was co-sponsored by the Leadership for a Networked World program, the Government 2.0 student PIC, the British Council, FutureGov and banyak films."
  (tags: social media us government engagement film futuregov usnow harvard gov20)

• Pop!Tech Hub
  "The Pop!Tech Hub is a place for people working on the forefront of innovation to connect and collaborate with people who are working to make the world a better place."
  (tags: social media community projects innovation collaboration change poptech)
• Mobilising society’s networks | Opinion | Local Government Chronicle
  "A critical factor determining whether councils are able to shield their citizens from the worst effects of public service austerity will be their ability to sustain and enhance civic capacity…"
  (tags: government localauthority publicservices rsa LGC civicsociety)
• Pop!Tech - Accelerating the positive impact of world-changing people and ideas
  (tags: community ideas events video technology design science trends culture recession poptech)
• Progressive Conservatism Project | Demos | Projects
  "The Progressive Conservatism Project will establish itself as the leading centre of contemporary conservative thinking in the UK, developing policies and ideas that are independent, rigorous and radical."
  (tags: thinktank demos conservatives progressiveconservatism)
• Social Networking Will be the Biggest Priority by 2013, Says Forrester
  "Social networking services are changing scenario on the Internet, how people used to socialize with each other. Youth today use technology which has constantly blurred online & offline interaction." (via Mark Drapeau)
  (tags: tools enterprise2.0 social networking media trends forrester)
• People are Talking
  "Anticipate product performance through online discussions" (via Derek Baird)
  (tags: buzz monitoring marketing products future)
• Open House Film Club - The OHFC Story
  "The Open House Film Club has been screening films for homeless and vulnerably housed people in Central London since 2005. In this time we have welcomed filmmakers including Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Pawel Pawlikowski to introduce their work, answer questions and lead discussion."
  (tags: film homelessness housing london uk)
• What’s the ROI of Social Media? / we are social
  (tags: social media communications engagement customerservice roi)