• Building Britain’s Future | Number10.gov.uk
  Part of the new New Labour manifesto?
  (tags: politics blog government policy uk downingstreet newlabour)
• VDAY.org
  "V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls."
  (tags: social media politics community activism networks ning feminism women)
• FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right
  Pollster for the modern age
  (tags: politics us news government statistics visualization polls voting)
• Digital media. Sustainability. Bashing down walls. It’s all the same. « The West Diaries
  Report back on our Gov2Gov session last week
  (tags: us government events uk futuregov canada socialmediaclub g2g gov2gov gov2govuk statedepartment)
• Rebuild the Party | A Plan for the Future
  (tags: social media politics us mccain community government activism conservatives ning republicans)
• Grassroots Labour - Social democracy meets social networking
  (tags: politics community newzealand ning)
• ThisIs50.com : IF IT'S HOT IT'S HERE!
  Fiddy does Ning
  (tags: opensource music ning cms hiphop 50cent fiddy rap)

• joannejacobs.net » Blog Archive » Global networks, local action
  Live blog of our event last Friday - thanks Joanne!
  (tags: social media blog government futuregov gov20 g2g foreignpolicy)

• Dominic Campbell, FutureGov | Parity Podcast
  Me chatting about social media adoption in local government
  (tags: social media localauthority uk podcast adoption)

• The RSA - do you get it? : Matthew Taylor’s blog
  Thoughts at the core of the work FutureGov is helping the RSA with at the moment
  (tags: blog london policy uk thirdsector rsa matthewtaylor)
• Digital Britain report
  Commentable version (not the policy, but the implementation)
  (tags: government uk broadband engagement digital digitaldivide digitalbritain)
• The Europas: Voting opens in the European tech awards
  (tags: techcrunch internet events technology awards europe)
• LGA slates delayed satisfaction survey | LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK Local Government
  (tags: government localauthority uk surveys clg LGA auditcommission satisfaction)
• Social London Week? | Chris Heuer's Insytes
  Chris is in town
  (tags: social media events london uk socialmediaclub)
• Social media in public service: ideas for the Capital Fund at LocalGovCamp « Policy and Performance
  (tags: social media events localauthority IDeA list localgovcamp)

• FAST - Foundation For Assistive Technology
  (tags: enabledbydesign accessibility disability products assistivetechnology fast)
• How not to use Twitter: HabitatUK as a case study
  Oh dear. Drama.
  (tags: twitter marketing business branding corporate advertising spam fail habitat)
• Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet
  "More than 200 million people—about one-fifth of all Internet users—have Facebook accounts. They spend an average of 20 minutes on the site every day."
  (tags: facebook internet google statistics future wired)
• Social capital and social networks - what are we talking about? : Connected Communities
  (tags: rsa blog socialcapital social networks connectedcommunities)
• Capitol Scoundrel » Blog Archive » Heralding “Crisis Management 2.0″ at CrisisCamp DC May Lead to Actual Crisis
  (tags: us government management innovation washington gov20 crisiscamp crisis)
• Social Innovation Conversations
  (tags: social sustainability community innovation podcast socialinnovation)
• Lee Bryant: People power can reboot Britain - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent
  (tags: newspaper events business headshift independent rebootbritain)

• White House Changes the Terms of a Campaign Pledge About Posting Bills Online - NYTimes.com
  "Five months into his administration, Mr. Obama has signed two dozen bills, but he has almost never waited five days. On the recent credit card legislation, which included a controversial measure to allow guns in national parks, he waited just two."
  (tags: consultation politics us barakobama government legislation transparency whitehouse)
• Westminster is yours
  London borough of Westminster Free Community Website
  (tags: blog community london uk local westminster hyperlocal)
• Cypp’s Blog | Tower Hamlets
  (tags: youth blog government localauthority strategy publicservices childrensservices)
• My Home Life
  Improving quality of life in care homes
  (tags: olderpeople sharehome bupa helptheaged carehome)
• Gapminder.org
  Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view.
  (tags: tools politics world data statistics visualization information)
• Project Fund « Government 2.0 Taskforce
  $2.45 million fund - wow
  (tags: government australia competition finance gov20)
• Government 2.0 Taskforce
  Australia does a Power of Information review 18 months on
  (tags: government data australia poi gov20)
• Public Sphere #2 – Government 2.0: Policy and Practice | Kate Lundy
  (tags: politics government policy australia gov20 canberra publicsphere)
• Wee Day Out
  (tags: maps google publicservices sicamp3 sicamp scotland weedayout)
• Google Wave Preview
  (tags: tools social media google video collaboration communication googlewave)
• Sicamp: Scotland » MyPolice win Social Innovation Camp June 2009
  (tags: events uk socialinnovation sicamp3 sicamp scotland mypolice)
• Agencies Get Competitive With Data.gov - GovTechNerd
  (tags: us government data opengovernment gov20 data.gov)

• RebootBritain : It's Time to Reboot Britain
  Looks like a stunner. We've got a session on the future of local government in the afternoon so be sure to drop by!
  (tags: social politics government london education localauthority uk innovation collaboration future change futuregov event gov20 rebootbritain)
• Tom Watson: Crack open the lobby cartel, rip up the rules, and let a new era of accountability begin - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent
  (tags: politics government policy uk tomwatson transparency opengovernment gov20)
• The Future of Tory Thinking on public service reform? « Policy and Performance
  (the last quote might just be me then…)
  (tags: blog government policy uk IDeA innovation nesta demos publicservices future event progressiveconservatism)

• Beyond the downturn « Town Hall Matters
  (tags: government policy localauthority future recession)
• Government 2010: Government 2.0 Events
  (tags: social media government events video gov20)

So we have just gone live with the FutureGov Nework social networking site! We have developed this site as a really straight forward, open and easy to use place to start to capture those things that we all do to improve public services - share stuff we’re all working on wherever we are, look at what other people are doing and, most importantly, talk.

• Amazon.com: The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition: Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, David Weinberger, McKee Jake: Books
  (tags: enterprise2.0 social networking media society cluetrain)
• Elder Wisdom Circle - Advice From Those Who Care
  "Need advice? This is the place where people in their teens, 20s, 30s, and beyond connect with Cyber-Grandparents for confidential, personal, and compassionate guidance. Ask our Elders for advice and get a FREE and PERSONALIZED e-mail response."
  (tags: social howto us community geny genx networks life free olderpeople advice resources ageunltd)
• SCHED: Reboot Britain: Schedule for Monday July 6 @ London, UK
  Come see us at 2.30pm (loving sched.org btw)
  (tags: democracy politics government events uk nesta timeline rebootbritain)
• IdeaFactory - Department of Homeland Security
  "IdeaFactory has led to the implementation of more than 40 innovative ideas in two years—ideas that have improved TSA culture and operations—including changes to Standard Operating Procedures and new initiatives that have improved job satisfaction, increased retention and improved the quality of work life. To date, there are almost 9,000 ideas on the site and more than 25,000 employees have visited the site."
  (tags: us ideas government innovation workforce creativity gov20)
• Digital Britain report: few surprises, many fudges – but a new era has begun | Technology | The Guardian
  (tags: media newspaper government policy uk digital publicservices guardian digitaldivide digitalbritain)