Round two of the Delib/Henry Jackson Society series of debates on British politics is just around the corner

pictures of our last Henry Jackson and Delib Parliamentary debate

The next debate to be held on Monday 18th January in the Grand Committee Room in Westminster Hall. Titled: "Technology not Policy will win Election 2010"...

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Is this Gordon Brown's Open Gov memo moment?

On 7th December at the RSA Gordon Brown announced his "Smarter Government" initiative - a package of proposals and ideas to launch what he described as the "Third generation of government services".

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National Audit finds progress being made with local citizen engagement online

The research, which we undertook between April and August this year, was designed to help UK Local Authorities see where they currently stand in comparison with one another, and where they could do better in the future.

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Consulting on Cuts

Adam says: "As I've been speaking to people about our Budget Simulator this year, it's become clear that many councils and other authorities are facing difficult decisions on their budget plans."

TweetBeat - effective use of social media by the UK police

Chris says: "I was interested to discover the phenomenon of Tweeting Policemen - the most interesting subset being the "Beat Tweeter" - those bobbies that tweet whilst out the beat."

Public participation in Fire Service delivery - reflections on Fire brigade consultation processes

We keep banging on about how social media is changing the traditional relationship between organisations and individuals - and with quite a reason - because it's true..!"

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Empower or lose power - business and government crowd-sourcing

Chris says: "In November, I wrote a piece for PR Week entitled "Empower or Lose Power", discussing how crowd-sourcing can be used as a way of turning social media into an engine for business / organisational innovation."

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Introducing Whychester - the new Budget Simulator demo release

Michaela says: "Our online budget consultation tool Budget Simulator has always been customized and tailored to suit the different consulting needs of the Councils, Police Authorities and other organisations that use it...".