Louise Ferguson reminds us of the Ideal Government discussion being run by William Heath of Kable as a blog brainstorm with multiple authors. William posed the question: "You're a web user. What do you think ideal e-enabled public services should look like?"
The discussion is nearing the end of its four-week programme, and there's now lots of good stuff on the site. Louise reports a public meeting last week where:
Some discussion revolved around user v citizen v 'consumer', and we made plain to all that user research is not all about focus groups. A major discussion issue was Ian Whatmore's remit and powers.
... which sounds interesting if a little tantalising. No matter, because William will be posting the presentation on the site as well as highlights from the blog discussion. The site - by the Big Blog Company - has clear categories, author archives, links to other resources, and of course RSS feeds and seems to me a better e-discussion space than most email lists or classic web forums. A relatively simple model for one aspect of public e-enablement, and a good one to show to Mr Whatmore - head of the UK e-Government Unit when they meet. I'll be looking out for other successful blog-based discussions like this, and the one on Delivering race equality managed last year by Headshift. I'm sure we'll see further follow through from the burgeoning IPPR Manifesto for Digital Britain, who feel they may have inspired the Ideal Government discussion. Next month they are holding a joint event with the TUC: Organising Online: where Next for Unions and the Internet?
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