Showing posts with label open government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label open government. Show all posts

Monday, December 22, 2008

UK Parliament and Bloggers: a change is gonna come?



After initial scepticism at Westminster, the view now seems to be that e-journalism is here to stay and these bloggers should have passes, even though the print journalists take a broadly sniffy attitude to the likes of the Mole, while being happy enough to follow his lead.

Back to the green paper. It is likely it will make it easier for people to sue for libel by slashing the disproportionate costs of legal action, possibly by establishing a small claims court for libel.



More on small claims libel cases and a possible "blogger clamp down" here. From The Mole.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

All I want for Christmas is a transparent system of politics, and perhaps technology can help



Is it the case that government - and democracy - suffers because it it described by bureaucrats rather than it’s users? Is there a case that ‘Open Government’ would be better served by employing a trusted third-party mediator (with a ‘public service’ remit) and asking them to describe government for the rest of us?



From Local Democracy. Maybe technology can do it?


GuidoFish, anyone?