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Five things we can already learn from Queensland Police use of social media |...

via benproctor.co.uk Ben Proctor reviews the police and local government use of mainstream social media tools in Queensland, Australia. A really good breakdown of Twitter and Facebook in emergency...

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Saving heart attack victims? There's an app for that

via flickr.com Adriel Hampton writes at Gov2.0 Radio about the Arizona fire service using an iPhone app which will allow trained, vetted volunteers to go to the aid of heart attack victims in the...

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WhereNSW - location strategies in New South Wales

via flickr.com New South Wales is developing a strategy for better use of location information, which is nice. But the way that they're doing it is even nicer. It's starting out with crowd sourcing of...

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Sunderland's social media

via flickr.com Missed it at the time, but there's a nice write up of Sunderland's use of social media featuring Lee Ridley. Sunderland City Council has a long history of developing a range of...

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How Open Data Initiatives Can Improve City Life

via mashable.com The online tech "magazine" Mashable has highlighted 5 North American examples of cities doing cool things with open data. Featuring Ottawa's open data app contest with $50k in prizes,...

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NYC Condom - Get Some!

via facebook.com Earlier this week - on Valentine's Day (which happens to be Condom Awareness Day as well, apparently) New York City launched a new free condom location app. Available for Android or...

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Ranking transparency: An A+ in Anderson, South Carolina

via flickr.com The Sunshine Review is an organisation in the US which is evaluating transparency on state and local government websites in the US. They have a clear set of criteria for publishing...

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Open data in Catalonia

via flickr.com The region of Catalonia has an amazing open data site with an English version! In a quick look around the beautiful and easily navigable site, it appears to be acting as more than a...

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My urban angel: City Camp Brighton

via flickr.com The CityCamp movement is sweeping the UK....Starting at CityCamp London, now CityCamp Brighton this past weekend and other plans are afoot elsewhere. CityCamps combine a teensy bit of...

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Directgov: Find out about details of council expenditure over £500

via local.direct.gov.uk Just a quick one! Type in your postcode, address or council name and be taken to your council's expenditure data. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

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Are you in? Obama and Facebook connect

via picasaweb.google.com Normally, the LocalGov2.0 blog is reserved for matters local, sometimes state and regional. But never national! Oh dear, making an exception. But this is a good one, this is...

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Speak out Sutton!

via flickr.com The London Borough of Sutton, like a number of other councils, is using an online engagement tool to get residents' views and ideas - Speak Out Sutton It's a dialogue app powered by...

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Mobile phone touring

via flickr.com One cool thing I've seen on my hols in America is mobile phone tourist info stops. You simply phone the number and get the info that you might have had to get from one of those audio...

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NYC digital road map

via flickr.com "NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne today unveiled Road Map for the Digital City – a comprehensive strategy to make New York the nation’s leading...

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Election tales

via flickr.com As part of a community reporters project, local people used a variety of social media to cover the local elections in Kirklees. Some really interesting coverage of election night,...

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Transparency and text: Cllr Iain Roberts and council agendas

via flickr.com To be honest, I don't really understand why a councillor should have to do this, but it's good that one is. Councillor Iain Roberts (Lib Dem) of Stockport council is republishing...

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Digitalkoot | fun in the archives

via digitalkoot.fi Lots of talk these days about 'gamification'. Turning mundane tasks into games, making them fun. Getting lots of people to do little bits and pieces of work, like tagging imagines...

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Digital marketplace: campaigns and creativity

via portfoliocreative.org All councils do campaigns to raise awareness and prompt action on everything from adoption to direct debit on council tax to what's on and more. And although details and...

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Stirling poo - bag it and bin it

via flickr.com Is there anything ickier than dog poo in your path? Stirling Council has a print/radio/social campaign to remind people to bag it and bin it. And there's a great council web page which...

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Open Data Challenge - Ireland

via data.fingal.ie Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council and a range of other partners recently hosted Ireland's first Open Data Challenge. An 18 hour event using local open data to create useful...

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