Tag Archive: Tom Watson

The U.K. Goes Open Source

by Ellen Miller Feb 27, 2009 11:12 am

Here is some big news (a couple days late)! United Kingdom Cabinet Office Minister (for digital engagement) and Member of... View Article

Power Of Information Report

by Ellen Miller Feb 5, 2009 5:52 pm

Yesterday, I blogged about WriteToReply.org, a brand new site built by two smart and enterprising fellows to research online and... View Article

U.K.’s Directgov.com rises to the occasion

by Ellen Miller Feb 3, 2009 5:50 pm

Leena Rao at TechCrunch reports on how Directgov.com, the British government’s online portal providing information and services from across government,... View Article

CityDW

by Ellen Miller Oct 24, 2008 6:23 pm

Back in July, I wrote about Show Us a Better Way, a contest set up by the United Kingdom’s Power... View Article

Tom Watson

by Ellen Miller Apr 3, 2008 3:21 pm

Micah sez:

Go read British Cabinet Officer Tom Watson's speech on the "Power of information" and imagine a Member of Congress making a similar speech on how technology can radically reinvent government. Imagine one of our presidential candidates making it (even Barack Obama, who has done the most thinking on this topic.) You can't. But maybe, if we pay more attention to our cousins across the pond, soon someone will.

I have a meeting with Watson in the middle of April. Can't wait.

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