Thanks to Zara, plus a press release from David Cunnliffe, I’ve found out that government today started consulting on the second edition of the Digital Strategy.
55 people on the Digital Future Summit 2.0 facebook group received a short alert from Zara letting us know that we can have our say.
Using online tools has been a [...]
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Digital strategy 2.0 - online today
April 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Policy, stats, etc, eDemocracy
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Engaging young people online - whaddya reckon?
October 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment · eDemocracy
For government agencies seeking to bring a youth perspective into their policy work, the Internet seems to be a logical choice. Of course, not all young people are online but a high percentage are regular cyber denizens.
The 2005 Nielsen/ NetRatings eGeneration survey (2MB pdf) showed 78 per cent of people aged 6-17 had been [...]
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Wellington mayoral wannabes online
October 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Wellington, eDemocracy
With a week to go until voting in this year’s the local body elections close, the turnout has been pretty low. The Dominion Post reported last week that just 13.28 per cent of Wellington’s 132,051 eligible votes had been received, down 2.06 per cent from the same stage three years ago.
Most of the mayoral candidates [...]
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e-Petitions to Wellington City Council
August 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Wellington, eDemocracy
Listed in today’s Dominion Post alongside the normal array of city council notices about street closures, planning exercises and evensts like the Malaysian festival on Saturday, was a small notice about a new online tool for citizens. Now available on the Wellington City Council website is an e-Petitions generator.
This new online democratic tool allows [...]
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