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	<title>E-Democracy</title>
	<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy</link>
	<description>Creative ways to increase citizen participation in online public services</description>
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		<title>User experience in eGovernment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stepan Doubrava and Jakub Franc of ExperienceU (Czech Republic), argues on the Global User Research blog for the proper use of user-centred design principles in eGovernment projects.
&#8220;eGovernment, or the transfer of government activities to the Internet [...] brings with it a number of clear benefits for both citizens and civil servants. Electronic bureaus can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/user-experience-in-egovernment/</link>
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		<title>Challenging the limits of open society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anand Giridharadas is one of my favourite writers at the New York Times and this time his reflection on the merits of open societies is particularly thought provoking.
&#8220;A stunning idea has entered respectable American discourse of late: that China is not just an economic rival but also a political competitor, with a political system that, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/challenging-the-limits-of-open-society/</link>
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		<title>UK to put ALL public services online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the UK is to be given a personalised webpage for accessing Government services within a year as part of a plan to save billions of pounds by putting all public services online, Gordon Brown is to announce.
The Prime Minister has previously hailed the potential for the internet to slash the costs of delivering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/uk-to-put-all-public-services-online/</link>
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		<title>Government 2.0 aided by social networking?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 1990s onward, we heard plenty of discussion around “eGovernment,” and how it would put elected officials and public administrators in touch with their constituencies.
Here it is, more than a decade later in the eGovernment era. Do you feel any more in touch with your elected officials and public administrators?  Well, I can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/government-2-0-aided-by-social-networking/</link>
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		<title>Citizens to be at heart of European policy making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report published jointly today by the British, Danish and Dutch governments challenges the way European institutions make decisions and argues that smart EU regulation must mean that businesses and citizens are put at the heart of all European policy-making.
&#8220;The report, “Smart Regulation: A cleaner, fairer and more competitive EU” addresses this and shows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/citizens-to-be-at-heart-of-european-policy-making/</link>
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		<title>The digital dictatorship</title>
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It&#8217;s fashionable to hold up the Internet as the road to democracy and liberty in countries like Iran, but it can also be a very effective tool for quashing freedom. Evgeny Morozov, a fellow at Georgetown University and a contributing editor to Foreign Policy, reports in the Wall Street Journal on the myth of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/the-digital-dictatorship/</link>
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		<title>UK government e-petitions give power to the people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UK government plans to roll out e-petitions across the country could offer people a real say in the democratic process, a conference has heard (as reported by the BBC).
The legislation to make e-petitions compulsory for all councils in the UK comes into force in April 2010.
It could result in a national e-petition scheme and force [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/uk-government-e-petitions-give-power-to-the-people/</link>
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		<title>Is e-democracy a good thing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We need to think seriously about what digital democracy has to offer, says Bill Thompson on the BBC News website.
&#8220;One of the most important thinkers is Will Davies, who cut his teeth working with economist Will Hutton at the think tank The Work Foundation, where he was a lead on its groundbreaking iSociety project.
He is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/is-e-democracy-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<title>The case against government transparency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Lessig discusses the perils of openness in government in a long article in The New Republic.
&#8220;How could anyone be against transparency? Its virtues and its utilities seem so crushingly obvious. But I have increasingly come to worry that there is an error at the core of this unquestioned goodness. We are not thinking critically [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/the-case-against-government-transparency/</link>
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		<title>Informing communities: sustaining democracy in the digital age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[danah boyd, researcher at Microsoft Research New England and Fellow at the Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society, serving as a Commissioner on the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities (in the USA). 
She just announced the release of the report, entitled Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age.
We begin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/informing-communities-sustaining-democracy-in-the-digital-age/</link>
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		<title>Engaging citizens in government</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US General Services Administration (GSA) has just released its Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter.
Entitled &#8220;Engaging Citizens in Government&#8220;, all  of the articles in the current edition should be of interest to those working on the use of ICTs as a means to enhance citizen participation.
Table of contents
- Increasing citizen engagement in government
- By the people, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/engaging-citizens-in-government/</link>
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		<title>Participatory budgeting and mobile tech in Brazil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Tiego Peixoto, a researcher on participatory budget, sat down with MobileActive recently to discuss the use of mobile technology for citizens to participate in decision making about city budgets. This new and interesting field is showing some promise in several cities in Brazil. 
Tiego also wrote an article recently for the GSA Office of Citizen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/participatory-budget-and-mobile-tech-in-brazil/</link>
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		<title>Us Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Watch this excellent 1 hour documentary film about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet.
&#8220;In his student flat in Colchester, Jack Howe is staring intently into his computer screen. He is picking the team for Ebbsfleet United&#8217;s FA Trophy Semi-Final match against Aldershot . Around the world 35,000 other fans are doing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/us-now/</link>
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		<title>Government 2.0: how social media could transform government PR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A long article by PBS&#8217;s Mark Dupreau:
&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to see governments as nameless, faceless monoliths, something impersonal or, even worse, untrustworthy. Much of that is because government culture remains steeped in traditional ideas about public relations and outreach work, notions that have become archaic in an Internet-enabled, hyper-connected world. Just as private companies are learning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/government-20-how-social-media-could-transform-government-pr/</link>
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		<title>Citizen participation and the internet in urban planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Citizen participation and the internet in urban planning
In this final paper for the Masters of Community Planning degree at the University of Maryland, Rob Goodspeed decided to focus on the history and theory of participation to guide the development of a new model. How have urban planners engaged with the public in the past? What [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/citizen-participation-and-the-internet-in-urban-planning/</link>
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		<title>BBC to launch &#8216;Democracy Live&#8217; political webcasting service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is to launch a political webcasting platform known as Democracy Live, Helen Boaden, Director of News at the BBC, told delegates at Headstar&#8217;s E-Democracy &#8216;08 conference in London this month.
The site &#8220;will offer live and on-demand video from all the main UK institutions and the European Parliament. Users will be able to search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/bbc-to-launch-democracy-live-political-webcasting-service/</link>
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		<title>With text-messaging, government goes mobile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Going online from a personal computer to access government services has been commonplace in some countries for several years. Now, in Estonia, Singapore and many countries in between, many of those same services are available through your cellphone.
&#8220;In emerging markets in particular, governments understand that E-gov services simply won&#8217;t reach the masses unless they become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/with-text-messaging-government-goes-mobile/</link>
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		<title>Participative democracy &#8211; European civic days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When young activist associations met up in September 2008 at La Rochelle, democracy and engagement proved to be further slices of the &#8216;Eutopia&#8217; cake.
Read full story
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		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/participative-democracy-european-civic-days/</link>
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		<title>Internet for everyone in Jun, Granada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past ten years, the Granada locality of Jun has become a cybernetic laboratory for the whole of Europe. 
Based on the premise that &#8216;everybody has the right to the internet&#8217;, the city council of this 3, 500 strong town is a perfect example of the optimisation of resources and effective administration: no more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/internet-for-everyone-in-jun-granada/</link>
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		<title>E-democracy: who dares?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Council of Europe Forum for the Future of Democracy hosted by the Government of Spain and the City of MadridMadrid, Spain, 15–17 October 2008
Conclusions by the General Rapporteurs
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		<link>http://www.experientia.com/edemocracy/e-democracy-who-dares/</link>
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