David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, launched a transparency website for the British government on the 8th of November. This new government portal enables citizens to track departmental progress along with details of job listings, salary information along
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David Cameron launches a transparency websiteNovember 9th, 2010Microsites: a cheap and effective way to inform citizensSeptember 27th, 2010
The costs of government websitesSeptember 20th, 2010
The United Kingdom published the list of the costs of the major government websites on its Open Data portal data.gov.uk. USA: The White House launches an innovation contests platformSeptember 10th, 2010This week the White House unveiled an online platform known as Challenge.gov, govtech.com reported. The site is a user-friendly aggregator of technology and innovation contests, most of which have cash prizes available for contest winners. Ireland: losingyourjob.ie gets a Taoiseach awardSeptember 9th, 2010The Taoiseach Brian Cowen (the Head of Government of Ireland) gave a Public Service Excellence Award to the Citizens Information Board (CIB) for the losingyourjob.ie website. USA: Boston launches a mobile version of its websiteSeptember 7th, 2010After the launch during the summer 2009 of an iPhone application called Citizens Connect, the city of Boston decided to launch a mobile version of the city’s official website, in order to bridge the digital device divide |
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