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UK Government Gets A Guide To Twitter
Government departments should spend less than one hour a day managing their Twitter streams, and should respond to direct messages, according to the guide, which is online for any other organisation to use, and was written by Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). [...] The UK government has already hired a so-called Tsar of Twitter, or digital engagement director, Andrew Stott. [...] Twitter use by Government departments should speak with an authentic voice on their day-to-day activities, and provide useful links, perhaps gathering smaller communities that are interested in a par particular part of a department's work, said Watson, the former Minister for Digital Engagement, who stood down in a reshuffle in June. [...]
UK Government Hires Tsar Of Twitter
The UK Cabinet Office has created the new role of director of digital engagement , and appointed a Twitter-using CIO. But critics say the government is very behind when it comes to using the web. [...] Digital engagement means Web 2.0, of course, and to show that Stott is fully engaged with the tech zeitgeist, the government announced that the public can follow him on Twitter. Twitter.com/DirDigEng. At the time of writing, he has 590 followers, is following one person, and has tweeted twice. [...] You can follow Andrew Stott, the former government deputy CIO, now appointed as digital engagement director. [...]
Government Continues Online Public Services Drive
In May the Cabinet Office created the new role of director of digital engagement , and appointed a Twitter-using CIO Andrew Stott to take up the role. [...] So that Government information is accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people, I have asked Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who led the creation of the world wide web, to help us drive the opening up of access to Government data in [Sic] the web over the coming months, the Prime Minister said in a statement at the time. [...] The publication of the report is the latest move in a concerted attempt by the government to use the internet to help improve access to public services and presumably reduce costs and staff in the civil service. In June, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that Sir Tim Berners-Lee had been appointed to help the government better engage with citizens via the Internet. [...]
Salesforce.com - All A Twitter?
There's a question that Twitter asks. What are you doing' Frank Eliason, director of Digital Care for Comcast, said during the presentation. There's a lot of great data, data that marketers pay a lot of money for, and it's there for free. . [...] We've seen Google and Cisco and Omniture all come out and say the same thing, said Benioff, during a 23 March appearance to partially promote Salesforce's deal with Twitter. Platforms are moving to a service. It's not just about apps. it's about platforms. . [...] On 23 March, Salesforce announced that it was integrating Twitter into its Service Cloud, where it would operate alongside Facebook connections, Google search, online communities and other applications to provide a cloud-based customer service channel. [...]
Government: Communications Minister Always Meant To Go
Some of Watson's role involved trying to improve how well the government engages with the populace via the Internet - duties that will now be handled by several recent government appointments in the shape of web pioneer Sir Tim Berners Lee, Andrew Stott - recently appointed director of Digital Engagement at the Cabinet Office, and Lastminute. [...] According to reports, Lord Carter could be being lined up to take over from Michael Grade as head of ITV when he leaves government. His departure follows the resignation of several government minsters including Minister For Digital Engagement Tom Watson who stepped down amid the recent reshuffle after citing pressure on his young family . [...] Rather than being yet another high-profile name to step down from Gordon Brown's government, it will always intended that Lord Carter would leave after the completion of his Digital Britain report according to a government statement. [...]
Could Britain Lead The Digital Revolution?
The government cannot plan to deliver every service online, and simultaneously plan to disconnect families after allegations of minor copyright offences, said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group. The only consistent and reasonable way forward is to drop clauses 11-18 of the Digital Economy Bill, that would allow thousands of families to be cut off the Internet. [...] Politicians are going to have to do a lot more to prove that they are serious about digital innovation in the UK, but time could be running out for this government. Whether Gordon Brown's vision of Britain as a digital leader is powerful enough to keep the Tories out at the next general election remains to me seen but, if nothing else, technology and the Internet have been brought to the forefront of British politics for the very first time - and that is a significant step towards a true digital economy. [...] While all these steps aim to position Britain as a global leader of digital innovation, there are several conflicting strategies that will continue to hold the government back. In particular, the government's own Digital Economy Bill, which threatens to disconnect illegal file-sharers from the Internet, contradicts the ideal of universal Internet. [...]
UK Public Sector Asks for £1 Billion For Radical IT Change
The package was originally proposed by public-sector IT provider Logicalis in January, and has been backed by other vendors including CA and IBM, as well as SOCITM. Since then, despite developing the country's infrastructure in moves such as Digital Britain, the Government has ignored more local IT efficiency projects, said Chris Gabriel, marketing solutions director at Logicalis. [...] The Government's response to the financial crisis will leave the public sector with less money, at the same time as a commitment to reduce global warming will require major changes, warned Trewin Restorick, director of Global Action Plan, the charity co-ordinating the campaign. [...] From 2010, companies and public sector organisations will feel the pinch directly, from the government's carbon reduction legislation. This cash-neutral law will penalise those lower down the table of polluters, and reward those higher up. So health money may go to Tesco, said Restorick. [...]
Martha Lane Fox To Lead Directgov Review
The review covers four main areas, asking what central government's objectives in digital delivery should be, who should do what, how the platform should be shared and what key trends the government should consider when designing digital services. Responses can be added to the Directgov website, or emailed privately to directgovreview@betransformative.com. [...] The government's digital champion, Martha Lane Fox, has launched an online review into Directgov the government's central web portal. [...] Directgov is the UK government's digital service, designed to bring information and practical advice about public services together in one place. The site is visited by 26 million people every month, looking for advice on anything from booking a driving test to finding a local NHS clinic. [...]
BT: Digital Britain Needs New Thinking
BT has plenty of ideas to help meet the Digital Britain plans for a universal broadband service - but the government needs to work out what services users need, says BT's corporate strategy director. [...] BT's current plans for rolling out broadband services predate the Government's Digital Britain initiative. Digital Britain, announced in April, proposes that some money leftover from the switchover to Digital TV could be used to bring everyone in the country up to a universal service of 2Mbps, while a £6 levy on all phone lines will go towards rolling out the next generation of super-fast (20Mbps) services. [...] The next couple of years could be genuinely transformational in the UK, says BT's corporate strategy director, Dr Tim Whitley. But while the speeds available get faster, the government - and service providers - will have to be more precise about what services people will use, and what performance is needed. [...]
MoD Loses 340 Laptops In Two Years
While it's worrying that there is still so much data going missing through lost devices, what's even more alarming is that so few of the devices were encrypted, said Eb Adeyeri, Digital PR Director, LEWIS PR. Surely it's incumbent on government departments to take the issue of computer security far more seriously and at the very least ensure all devices are adequately encrypted. [...] Lost and stolen equipment is rarely recovered, so the new Government needs to act now and ensure data is protected, regardless of human error. There is no excuse for mishandling public information. Major Government reports published in 2008 on information security and data handling, appear to have had little effect on practice. [...] People should also remember that the MoD has thousands of people, far more than comparable government departments, the spokesman said. He said that the MoD has 46,000 laptops in total. [...]
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