Local Government 2.0
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These are some important reports and guides related to Local Gov 2.0. Many are related to the use of social media by local governments and elected officials. In particular, we are looking for reports that suggest what a government should (or could) do with the Internet to support democracy. Connect with fellow readers on the CityCamp Exchange.
- 1. Connected councillors: a guide to using social media to support local leadership
- 40 pages - by Ingrid Koehler , March 2010 - http://twitter.com/Ingridk
- Info: http://socialmedia.21st.cc/
- Direct: http://socialmedia.21st.cc/wp-content/uploads/connected_councillors.pdf
- Ingrid's blog post and Twitter: http://ideapolicy.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/connected-councillors/
- Note: http://ideapolicy.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/building-britains-local-digital-future/
- 2. Local by Social: How local authorities can use social media to achieve more for less
- 48 pages by Andy Gibson, March 2010 - http://twitter.com/gandy
- Info: http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=17770779
- Direct: http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/aio/17801438
- Andy's blog and Twitter: http://sociability.org.uk
- 3. Making the Most of Social Media: 7 Lessons from Successful Cities
- By Chris Kingsley, Fels Institute of Government, March 2010
- Info: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/news/making-most-social-media
- Direct: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/sites/www.fels.upenn.edu/files/PP3_SocialMedia.pdf
- 4. Designing social media policy for government: Eight essential elements
- By Center for Technology in Government, May 2010
- Info: http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/guides/social_media_policy
- Direct: http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/guides/social_media_policy/social_media_policy.pdf
- Related project: http://www.ctg.albany.edu/projects/socialmedia
- 5. Government Online
- By the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 47 pages, April 2010
- Read: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Government-Online.aspx
- 6. Neighbors Online
- By the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 15 pages, June 2010
- Read: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Neighbors-Online.aspx
- Further analysis: http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/858
- 7. Sidewalks for Democracy Online
- By Steven Clift, 2008
- Text: http://stevenclift.com/?p=152
- PDF: http://rebooting.personaldemocracy.com/files/StevenClift.pdf
- Also see Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support for Democracy: http://stevenclift.com/?p=146
- 8. European eParticipation Summary Report
- 30 pages, November 2009
- European eParticipation Portal: http://islab.uom.gr/eP/
- Direct: http://islab.uom.gr/eP/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=106&&Itemid=82
- 9. U.S. Municipalities E-Governance Survey (2008) - A Nationwide Assessment of U.S. Municipal Websites
- 10. State-of-the-art review: transparency indicators - Excellent
- By Lasse Berntzen et al eGovMon project, Norway
- Info: http://www.egovmon.no
- To Review: http://www.egovmon.no/upload/downloads/d2.1.2-final-v1.0.pdf
- Also see "E-Transparency Presentation" tied to journal article - looked at local gov websites in 2006: http://www.slidefinder.net/E/EGOV2006_Berntzen/9970018
- 11. Urban E-Government Report 2004
- By Darrell West, (then) Brown University - Reviewed over 1800 city websites
- Info: http://www.insidepolitics.org/PressRelease04city.html
- HTML: http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovt04city.html
- PDF: http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovt04city.pdf
- 12. What does Government 2.0 look like?
- By Mark Drapeau, May 2010 - http://twitter.com/cheeky_geeky
- HTML: http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/05/what-does-government-20-look-l.html
- 13. Using Technology to Promote Transparency in City Government
- By Julia Pulidindi, National League of Cities, 4 pages
- Info: http://www.nlc.org/articles/articleItems/NCW080910/transpguide.aspx
- PDF: http://www.nlc.org/ASSETS/1BE77210BCB844B0B7308D6F66AF2FA1/Using%20Technology%20to%20Promote%20Transparency%20in%20City%20Government.pdf
- 14. Ten Principles for Opening Up Government
- By the Sunlight Foundation, August 2010
- HTML: http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/
- PDF: http://assets.sunlightfoundation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/policy/papers/Ten%20Principles%20for%20Opening%20Up%20Government%20Data.pdf
- 15. Technology for Transparency: The role of technology and citizen media in promoting transparency, accountability and civic participation
- By Global Voices, May 2010 - While this looks at developing democracies, the technologies are the same and lessons extendable
- Info: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/05/27/report-technology-for-transparency/
- PDF: http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Technology_for_Transparency.pdf
- 16. Accessing Government: How difficult is it?' - An Analysis of Open Government Laws in the Midwest
- By Citizen Advocacy Center - Midwest Democracy Network (Note: Article is not about Gov 2.0.)
- Info: http://midwestdemocracynetwork.org/index.php/projects/article/midwest_open_government_project_2009/
- 17. FCC National Broadband Plan - Civic Engagement
- 18. Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age
- Info: http://www.knightcomm.org/read-the-report-and-comment/
- Promoting Public Engagement: http://www.knightcomm.org/part-ii-c/
- Taking Stock: Are You a Healthy Information Community? (Some Measures): http://www.knightcomm.org/appendix-i/
- 19. Civic Leadership Blogging: How to use weblogs as an effective local leadership tool - 25 pages, 2005
- 20. Information Management: Challenges In Federal Agencies' Use of Web 2.0 Technologies
- By Government Accountability Office
- Info: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-872T
- PDF: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10872t.pdf
- 21. A Call to Action for State Government: Guidance for Opening the Doors to State Data
- By NASCIO - National Association of State Chief Information Officers
- PDF: http://www.nascio.org/publications/documents/NASCIO-DataTransparency.pdf
- Info: http://www.nascio.org/newsroom/pressRelease.cfm?id=46
- 22. E-Democracy in Bristol (UK)
- 23. E-Democracy Benefits Study - Major summary of findings from UK Local e-Democracy National Project - 2006
- Other Report Directories of Note
- UK Local e-Democracy National Project Guides: http://www.icele.org/site/scripts/downloads_index.php
- Whitepapers & studies on social media, public interest, Internet use and mobile - http://www.socialbrite.org/sharing-center/reports/?d=1
- Top Ten Technology and Social Media Resources for Nonprofits - http://blog.techsoup.org/node/1407
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