• Surprise! Only 5% of Websites Have a Twitter or Facebook Link - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
  How very dare they!
  (tags: websites research data statistics twitter facebook social media)
• Transit Stimulus Funds Handed Out - WSJ.com
  (tags: transport trains us government funding stimulus maps)
• Social Media Subcouncil / Guidance: Representing EPA Online Using Social Media
  (tags: epa social media gov20 environment federal wiki us government policy)
• DealBunch - Daily Group-Buying Deals Near You
  (tags: deals london uk social restaurants)
• Thriving too: Improving Education For Children in Care
  (tags: sg20 safeguarding2.0 childrensservices childprotection blog lgiu childrenincare)
• Thriving too: Monkeys with Typewriters
  (tags: books social media interview uk gov20 organisations networks enterprise2.0)
• New Data: Democrats and Republicans, Who Shows us the Stimulus Online? | techPresident
  via @participatory
  (tags: democracy democrats republicans stimulus techpresident participation recession)
• Technology for Transparency for Network |
  via @participatory
  (tags: transparency internet maps democracy research data government mashup civicsociety globalvoices)

• BBC News - Council Twitter users face rebuke
  Give me strength (via @iancuddy)
  (tags: twitter localauthority bbc cornwallcouncil social media gov20 government)
• Tony Blair at Iraq inquiry – the key points | Politics | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: tonyblair iraq guardian interview)
• P.A. 2.0: in Gran Bretagna più fumo che arrosto. Ma occhio alla social innovation… « Micromacchina
  (tags: futuregov dominiccampbell interview gov20 government italy europe)
• Gov 2.0: Gov 2.0 Hero: Dominic Campbell
  me saying things
  (tags: gov20 government futuregov internet dominiccampbell digitalengagement uk)
• Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Chris Matthews: One Scotch Away From Being Ron Burgundy
  (tags: race barakobama chrismatthews comedy video)
• Information is Beautiful Friday: Tory vs Labour voting records on gay rights | News | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: gayrights humanrights conservatives data labour guardian politics)
• Boris steps back on 2012 access — Disability Now
  OK time for action…
  (tags: olympics 2012 accessibility accesscity london boris uk disability)
• Fantastic design for a low-tech, zoomable paper map - Core77
  via @redjotter
  (tags: maps design accessibility accesscity cities london)
• Blairometer
  (tags: blair twitter sentiment seach guardian iraq)
• Lady Gaga’s Disability Project » Sociological Images
  h/t @carriebish
  (tags: disability design music culture photography pop video)

• UK online centres Funding
  (tags: digitalengagement digitalbritain funding ukoniine uk)
• HELLO! from FoD Team UK, Dom Joly, and Al_Campbell - Video
  Inevitable but hilarious
  (tags: video humour fun comedy ipad apple)
• Building a National Campaign for Transparency — Making Government Transparent and Accountable - Sunlight Foundation Blog
  (tags: transparency us government sunlightfoundation)
• Instant No Button! Star Wars funnies FTW!
  haahahahaa (via @samgf @lauraolin)
  (tags: fun audio internet cool humour comedy)
• Obama's Change Management Report Card - Ron Ashkenas - Harvard Business Review
  (tags: barakobama change changemanagement government us)
• Watching #ukgc10 from afar | arbitrary constant
  Very thorough and well though through piece from the frontline
  (tags: ukgc10 engagement participation barcamp frontline publicservices thirdsector ecdp)
• I Just Remembered Chris Matthews Was White - Ta-Nehisi Coates
  (tags: sotu potus barakobama race politics us)
• Obama's Budget Freeze and America's Economic Decline - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
  Always watch out for the quiet ones…
  (tags: barakobama potus us government policy economy recession banks)
• Debtonation » Blog Archive » Bankers failure to fulfil their role
  Boo banks (via @jobucks)
  (tags: banks recession creditcrunch finance)
• The Top 6 Government Social Networks - General News
  via @govdelivery
  (tags: social networking egov government gov20 us)
• ukgc - Local data the ugly way
  (tags: elections localelections localauthority democracy local opendata data ukgc10)
• Free Publicity: Who do we help? - Anil Dash
  probably my fave take on the state of the union address (via @derekeb)
  (tags: sotu politics apple technology government business culture society gov20 us barakobama)
• WordPress Bible: Aaron Brazell | Amazon.com
  (tags: wordpress books us opensource)
• Transparency Reforms on List of President’s Priorities — Making Government Transparent and Accountable - Sunlight Foundation Blog
  Transparency-tastic state of the union speech
  (tags: sotu transparency sunlightfoundation blog us federal opendata gov20 government)
• Government ICT Strategy
  Big news. Big ramifications.
  (tags: strategy government uk it publicservices cabinetoffice cio gcloud)
• The structured vs. unstructured data dilemma :: Blog :: Headshift
  Interesting one. A fan of Felix's comment at the bottom as well.
  (tags: data opendata data.gov.uk datagovuk uk)
• Tories may give councils power to set benefits | Politics | The Guardian
  Not a fan of this plan
  (tags: benefits localauthority local welfarestate uk government politics policy conservatives)
• Americans Sending 4X as Many Text Messages as Brits
  via @derekeb
  (tags: uk us sms text technology trends)
• Goverment 2.0 LA: Harvard Leadership Survey
  Do it
  (tags: gov20 gov20la events hks harvard us government leadership)
• Want to Advance Gov 2.0? Your Input Needed. Plz RT. - Wired to Share
  via @localpolitechs
  (tags: gov20 research government us harvard)
• Transparency, Public Participation, Collaboration – How to Craft Your Agency’s Open Government Plan — 1105 Government Information Group
  (tags: transparency events collaboration participation gov20 government washington us federal)
• London Rocks - 83% People Agree (8,893 opinions)
  (tags: london cities opinion)
• Petition to: To make CCSVI procedure available in the UK. | Number10.gov.uk
  (tags: epetitions petitioning number10 multiplesclerosis health uk government)

• Prospect talks to the father of the world wide web « Prospect Magazine
  (tags: timbernerslee uk gov20 government opendata interview)
• Mash the state « Prospect Magazine
  Opening up public sector data is an old geek hobbyhorse. But could the man who invented the web reinvent British government?
  (tags: timbernerslee opendata gov20 government uk internet)
• Appify | London - local apps for london
  Well that's that sorted then
  (tags: london apps iphone city opendata platform tool)
• Wordle - Republican Response to the 2010 State of the Union Address
  (tags: gop republicans us politics)
• Wordle - President Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address
  (tags: sotu us government barakobama politics)
• Labour creates first iPhone app to rally support
  (tags: iphone apps newlabour politics politicalparties uk)
• UKGov Camp 2010 « Baskers World
  (tags: ukgc10 gov20 government uk events)
• SOCIAL MEDIA: Your EIGHT step guide to getting started… « The Dan Slee Blog
  Spot on
  (tags: social media localauthority government gov20 blog howto twitter councillors guidance ukgc10)
• Customer Feedback & Ideas for Camden Research
  Have a word
  (tags: camdencouncil feedback uservoice)
• Turn Around | Barnardo's Campaign against Children's Sexual Exploitation in the UK
  "Forming part of our wider campaign highlighting Barnardo’s work in turning around the lives of thousands of children and young people every year, the TV ad focuses on an area affecting the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people – sexual exploitation."
  (tags: sg20 safeguarding2.0 barnados video campaign)
• Government to set up its own cloud computing system | Technology | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: government gov20 gcloud uk cloud opensource guardian technology)
• Leadership services - Leadership 20:20 | National Council for Voluntary Organisations
  (tags: leadership civicsociety ncvo uk thirdsector volunteering)
• Gov 2.0: How to pick a citizen idea platform
  Nice analysis
  (tags: ideas crowdsourcing gov20 government govfresh)
• BBC News - Don't offer bog-standard services, councils warned
  a swipe at easyBoroughs everywhere
  (tags: localauthority easyborough publicservices government uk policy)
• Family conflict significantly harms children’s happiness, says groundbreaking study
  h/t @carriebish
  (tags: sg20 safeguarding2.0 family research)
• Serious apps | Kable
  (tags: apps gov20 government uk localauthority iphone)
• Want to get ahead with the Cameroonians? Learn Eton – Telegraph Blogs
  (tags: conservatives politics politicalparties government uk)
•   Open data is not a panacea – but it is a start by brian hoadley
  (tags: ukgc10 opendata linkeddata government uk gov20)
• Transparency Camp East: March 27-28, 2010 — Making Government Transparent and Accountable - Sunlight Foundation Blog
  Just do it
  (tags: transparency barcamp washington events gov20 government us)
• The relevance of Open Government (or why UK Government 2010 Barcamp was a success) « The Envisioners
  (tags: microsoft ukgc10 barcamp gov20 government internet uk)
• To all you cynics out there | EchoDitto
  An inspiration
  (tags: echoditto campaign inspiration publicservices nonprofit volunteering service us)
• NASA - STS-130 Space Shuttle Mission Tweetup in Houston! Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010
  How cool is that?
  (tags: twitter nasa tweetups space us government gov20)
• Google Public Policy Blog: The Digital Playbook: Top 5 strategies for political campaigns
  (tags: google campaign strategy politics)
• Gov 2.0 Kit
  (tags: gov20 sharepoint government websites microsoft)
• City Director, London | William J. Clinton Foundation
  (tags: london jobs climatechange green clintonfoundation uk)
• Networked government - could reboot Britain | SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore
  (tags: government gov20 appsforamerica blog data.gov marketing uk)
• FedScoop » One Stop for All Your Government Business News
  (tags: fedscoop government news media blogs federal gov20 information web)
• Creative hope in recession-hit Middlesbrough | Business | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: middlesbrough video guardian games virtualreality university teesside hyperlocal local uk)
• Enabled by Design | "We Are Enabled by Design" event coming soon! - Blog
  Want to get involved? Can you help us make it an event never to forget? We'd love to hear from you.
  (tags: ebd enabledbydesign events design productdesign servicedesign disability olderpeople)

• UKGovCamp 2010 / we are social
  (tags: wearesocial govweb barcamp ukgc10 events uk gov20 government)
• Rich-country recessions: Not much of a party | The Economist
  via @albertonardelli
  (tags: recession economy countries visualization)
• The world economy turns the corner | Business | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: economy guardian recession visualization)
• Applications: the real stars of the data.gov.uk launch
  (tags: apps uk gov20 data.gov.uk datagovuk cabinetoffice)
• UK Geographic Data Consultation
  Get on it. It's important.
  (tags: geography consultation engagement petitioning uk gov20 government)
• YouTube - Cory Booker on using social media
  (tags: mayorofnewark localauthority gov20 government cities us video)
• So who really is winning the battle and influencing on twitter? – Tory Radio
  (tags: conservatives politicalparties politics uk government)
• What do we value? - Third Sector Foresight
  (tags: civicsociety thirdsector charity government policy privatesector)
• Labour's top influencers on twitter | Left Foot Forward
  (tags: newlabour influence twitter politics politicalparties uk)
• Mandatory adult safeguarding boards on the cards - 26/01/2010 - Community Care
  Hmmm
  (tags: safeguarding2.0 sg20 olderpeople socialcare localauthority)
• State of the Union 2.0 | The White House
  (tags: iphone apps gov20 government politics us video youtube sotu potus)
• The search for leadership. Who are social care's leaders? - 26/01/2010 - Community Care
  (tags: leadership socialcare college education government)
• How do we make the UK Government Barcamp become its title? | Public Strategist
  "Conferences – even unconferences – cannot exist in isolation from the world they are seeking to influence, the event itself can be only one part of a much bigger process."
  (tags: ukgc10 gov20 government uk barcamp)
• Lithium Launch Europe: London #lti10 - Eventbrite
  (tags: lithiumtech europe events scrm social crm medua)

• Google Reader Can Now Track Changes to Any Website - Even if it Can't Find a Feed
  (tags: google rss content googlereader tools)
• World Government Data | guardian.co.uk
  Pretty crazy cool
  (tags: data statistics government opendata database search data.gov.uk data.gov datagovuk guardian)
• Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » Sources of data on data.gov.uk
  (tags: okfn opendata datagovuk uk government gov20)
• Slides from GovCamp: Making the Political Sell | The Democratic Society
  How to guide for the gov20 salesman
  (tags: gov20 government politics uk ideology)
• UKGovCamp as the future | The Democratic Society
  Beautiful piece of writing
  (tags: ukgc10 events barcamp democracy politics uk government gov20)
• Wordle - #ukgc10
  via @exmosis
  (tags: ukgc10 wordle gov20 government uk)
• London Borough of Sutton: Find it - XML and CSV
  Never thought I'd see the day. The end of GIS teams in local government though?
  (tags: gis localauthority opendata datagovuk government gov20 uk)
• Government Jobs Direct: links to jobs and vacancies in UK government and public sector organisations
  via @hubmum
  (tags: jobs civilservice government gov20 uk)
• The tough issues in user involvement - Social by Social
  Nice debate worth participating in
  (tags: socialreporter socialbysocial userinvolvement engagement gov20 government)
• "Yes I Can": Obama, The Transactional President | techPresident
  Total respect for pushing the President for more.
  (tags: barakobama potus techpresident transparency us government politics)
• Combatting the Hype: 76% Don't Access the Mobile Internet
  Sounds about right. If not fewer.
  (tags: mobile internet cities statistics digitaldivide)
• Codeathon 3.0 / FrontPage
  Ready, steady, code!
  (tags: code us development wiki)
• UK Gov Camp | Wiki
  Everything together
  (tags: ukgc10 government barcamp uk gov20)
• UKGC10 round-up by Michele Ide-Smith
  Best of the blogs
  (tags: blog events ukgc10 gov20 uk government)
• Govcamp 2010 | YouTube
  (tags: ukgc10 barcamp video)
• That was the ukgc10 that was
  (tags: ukgc10 barcamp gov20 uk government localauthority)
• Obama and the superbranding of politics | SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore
  "Obama is not the first, but is in fact, the last of a kind? Is he our bridge, Our gateway to something different."
  (tags: politics barakobama government branding us)
• The data is free - now what? — Digital Public
  (tags: datagovuk opendata gov20 government uk)
• 'No evidence' that communications spend boosts satisfaction, states commission | News | Local Government Chronicle
  (tags: lgc communications performancemanagement satisfaction)
• The IdealGovernment Wiki: Public Data
  via @williamheath
  (tags: idealgovernment wiki opendata gov20)
• Government rewards council that rejected ICS grant - 25/01/2010 - Community Care
  (tags: ics safeguarding2.0 sg20 government gov20 childrensservices childprotection kensingtonandchelsea)
• WikiCFP : Call For Papers of Conferences, Workshops and Journals
  (tags: research wiki science academia database list)
• Let’s start taking stock of gov20: a call for papers | Personal Democracy Forum
  Get your ideas in
  (tags: gov20 eups20 europe pdf)
• we have we need
  via @klondike
  (tags: haiti community resources technology apps crisiscamp earthquake gov20 government aid)
• Feds get new tool for online public feedback | Geek Gestalt - CNET News
  via @faheyr
  (tags: government gov20 ideas opengovernment us)
• David Cameron facts
  (tags: humour politics davidcameron conservatives uk)
• PlayPolitical.com - Conservative Party: David Cameron responds to Tim Montgomerie's invitation to join Twitter
  Sounds like a MaybeYes
  (tags: conservatives davidcameron twitter communications microblogging)
• Barnet Council FixMyStreet
  Good to see
  (tags: fixmystreet mysociety opensource barnetcouncil customerservice)
• Jailbrake
  Get your ideas in!
  (tags: prisons crime youth youthoffending sicamp nesta)
• Twitter 'dominated by Labour': ePolitix.com
  (tags: twitter tweetminster epolitix politics uk government)
• BeGrand.net | The website for grandparents
  (tags: grandparents family sharing storytelling olderpeople social networking)
• Crowdsourcing Optimistic Futures: The Power of 8 | FutureGov Network
  (tags: futuregovnetwork futuregov events exhibition art culture uk)
• Zoom in on Team Cameron. At best it's a blotchy close-up | Jackie Ashley | Comment is free | The Guardian
  A mood for change has allowed vast holes in Tory policy to go unexamined
  (tags: conservatives davidcameron gordonbrown guardian labour policy politics uk elections election2010)

We seem to be in a run of telling you about new projects we’re involved in at the moment. This time round, we’re partnering with our associates Snook to work with the Scottish Government on their groundbreaking ALISS project. Here our project lead, Lauren Currie, tells more…

• David Barrie: Designing public participation
  Wow
  (tags: participation civicsociety engagement socialenterprise socialinnovation local hyperlocal)

• Parking Mobility
  (tags: accesscity accessibility apps disability opendata travel us iphone parking)
• Charter 2010
  via @maxwellinever
  (tags: charter2010 parliament elections election2010)
• Usability & User Experience Testing Tool | Online & Unmoderated | Loop11
  (tags: usability tools analytics design research webdesign web)
• SchoolGuru
  (tags: school education gov20 government choice performance uk)
• Welcome to myguide - myguide
  "myguide is a website designed to help people take their first steps with computers and the internet." (via @mypolice)
  (tags: training learning education resources free government digitalengagement digitaldivide uk)
• Vulnerable Tories' campaign in "tatters" and families policy in "chaos" | LabourList.org 2.0 | LabourList.org
  "new numbers would give the Tories 312 seats to Labour's 257, resulting in a hung parliament"
  (tags: newlabour conservatives family campaign politicalparties uk elections election2010 government)
• W. David Stephenson: Obama Can Revolutionize Government Through Democratizing Data
  (tags: data4all twitter opengovernment opendata data data.gov us government barakobama)
• County of Santa Clara to Launch Webcasting Technology | SCC Public Portal
  via @craignewmark
  (tags: localauthority government gov20 webcast meetings committee us)
• Hardwired State
  (tags: hardwiredstate gov20 government procurement process technology suppliers uk)
• For God's sake, blog!, pope tells priests - Yahoo! News UK
  via @marxculture
  (tags: pope religion bloggers)
• Jake Brewer: Bringing Local Government into the 21st Century
  via @govloop
  (tags: data empowerment cities us opengovernment opendata community citycamp localauthority gov20 government)
• Local priorities welcome and search page
  via @mypolice
  (tags: performance government laa local clg performancemanagement policy)

• Gok Wan presents disability issues in a microcosm | arbitrary constant
  Fascinating and extremely well argued
  (tags: disability channel4 tv enabledbydesign)
• Socialreporter | Open data good - plus open comms even better
  "Geekery is too important to leave to the geeks. My take on that would be: If most people can’t understand what you are doing for them, you may be doing it to them. How about doing it with them?"
  (tags: futuregov dominiccampbell opengovernment opendata data.gov.uk datagovuk uk government)
• Data.gov - Featured Datasets: Open Government Directive Agency
  As Anil Dash said on Twitter: "The @whitehouse gave cabinet-level agencies 45 days to release open data sets. Every single one did it."
  (tags: whitehouse gov20 government federal us data opendata ogd opengovernment)
• Serve.gov | Stories of Service: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Largest Turnout Ever…with the help of AmeriCorps
  A-mazing.
  (tags: service serve.gov us government americorps community hyperlocal)
• Welcoming data.gov.uk - honestlyreal
  Good stab at making it all a little more human
  (tags: data.gov.uk datagovuk data opendata government gov20 strategy uk)
• Rob Whiteman moves to IDeA | News | Local Government Chronicle
  Barking and Dagenham LBC chief executive Rob Whiteman is to be managing director of the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA).
  (tags: IDeA localauthority government uk)
• Baby P prisoner loses toddler-rape appeal - Crime, UK - The Independent
  (tags: babyp childprotection prisons crime sg20 safeguarding2.0)
• ‘Baby P effect’ could cost taxpayers extra £226m as social workers intervene to take more children into care - Telegraph
  (tags: sg20 safeguarding2.0 babyp localauthority childrensservices childprotection government uk)
• BREAKING: Twitter Launches Location-Based Trending Topics
  Big.
  (tags: twitter trends local cities microblogging)
• Independent Trustee (CfPS) - CfPS
  Interested?
  (tags: scrutiny politics localauthority governance government uk)
• How bad are things really? - honestlyreal
  Heavy. In a good way. Sort it out.
  (tags: hmrc tax gov20 government uk)
• Google - UK political resource centre
  (tags: tweetyhall politics google analytics analysis uk)
• Stretching Resources 3: Using new technology | Opinion | Local Government Chronicle
  (tags: sg20 safeguarding2.0 children dominiccampbell futuregov gov20 localauthority government childrensservices childprotection uk)
• Precedent Charity Give-Away
  (tags: charity consultancy technology video precedent uk)
• Hillary Clinton on internet freedom, January 21 | Foreign Policy
  Strong, in a good way.
  (tags: internet censorship freedom speech politics government foi china google)
• Social Media stats update « UK Parliament Labs
  (tags: parliament statistics uk government gov20)
• Bringing Innovation to Universities « laurenivory
  (tags: barcamp university academia)
• And the general election winner is … Cameron (David) | Politics | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: conservatives libdem elections election2010 polls uk)
• Liberal Conspiracy » Tory Whip labels Cadbury workers ‘whingers’
  (tags: conservatives politics politicalparties uk)
• Campaign Intern | Blue State Digital
  (tags: bsd london jobs uk newmedia)
• Guide to Creating Your Own Apps for Democracy | Apps for Democracy
  via @govloop
  (tags: appsfordemocracy apps howto us washington opendata gov20 government cities localauthority)
• Child database security breached | News | Local Government Chronicle
  (tags: westminster localauthority contactpoint lgc childprotection)
• Climate Safety
  (tags: climatechange sustainability blog resources visualization)
• Paying for soaring safeguarding costs | News | Local Government Chronicle
  (tags: lgc sg20 safeguarding2.0 expenditure finance recession publicservices childrensservices childprotection)
• Whitehall’s web revolution: the inside story « Prospect Magazine
  (tags: opendata data government uk data.gov.uk internet linkeddata datagovuk)
• David Cameron: Teen Torture Case Part Of What Is 'Wrong' In Society | Politics | Sky News
  (tags: davidcameron conservatives uk politics sg20 safeguarding2.0)
• Video: Panel Discussion - the Power of Apps | News | guardian.co.uk
  From launch of data.gov.uk
  (tags: datagovuk data.gov.uk data opengovernment government)
• Government posting wealth of data to Internet - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: data data.gov us government opengovernment)
• They Gave Us The Beatles, We Gave Them Data.gov | The White House
  Seems a fair trade
  (tags: data data.gov data.gov.uk government opengovernment us uk)
• http://www.creativecollaboration.org.uk/
  Go Lloyd!
  (tags: art media social university london uk llyoddavis)
• Google Trends
  via @anthonypainter
  (tags: trends google tools seo search marketing statistics research)
• Feature: Is Twitter dumbing down politics? - politics.co.uk
  "Politics is possibly getting diluted and dumbed down but that is not always a bad thing. There needs to be varied spaces online for different kinds of debate" say Dominic
  (tags: politics twitter conservatives kerrymp newlabour uk government gov20 politicalparties futuregov dominiccampbell)
• Airbrushed for change - MyDavidCameron.com
  (tags: conservatives campaign politics uk election2010 government election fun humour)