Tag Archives: policy crowdsourcing

Spending Challenge wraps up; government takes ideas forward

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Gez Smith

So on Friday the Treasury’s public ideas-gathering/crowdsourcing Spending Challenge site wrapped up, having collected more than 44,000 suggestions from the public. You can read more on the Treasury’s website or watch this quick BBC interview with George Osborne. Both the … Continue reading →

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What’s smart for honeybees is smart for groups of people too

Posted on September 1, 2010 by admin

We (humans) think we’re a clever bunch, and always assume we’re the fonts of innovation and inventors of new solutions to problems – whether that’s a new technology or a new theory. However, often it’s the case that we’ve been … Continue reading →

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Delib on BBC Radio Newcastle

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Gez Smith

On Friday I had a surprising text from Gez which read, “Youre going on the radio in fifteen minutes” (kthxbai). Once I had established that this was actually true, and had a quick chat with Jonathan Miles’s producer at BBC … Continue reading →

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‘is [Your Freedom] the silliest new govt website or the most inspired?’

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Gez Smith

That was the question posed by Krishnan Guru-Murthy of http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/ on his Twitter account yesterday – and it nicely encapsulates the ability for an exercise and site like this to polarise opinion. There’s been a lot of coverage and comment … Continue reading →

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Looking after ‘Your Freedom’ site as it’s strained by intense demand

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Gez Smith

So at Delib towers, we’re still here, looking after the http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk website we set live earlier today. We’re excited to be working on this project, which really does look like it could be, as Nick Clegg said this morning, ‘the … Continue reading →

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Great Reform Act 2.0 is GO!

Posted on July 1, 2010 by ChrisQ

Some political ideas just make sense. And the Coalition’s Great Reform Act 2.0 (or “Your Freedom” as it’s officially called) is one of those. I was lucky enough to be invited along to the launch event this morning (at the … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing quick wins for government ICT strategy with SOCITM

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Gez Smith

I went along to a SOCITM South West event in Exeter last Friday where local authority IT managers were encouraged and challenged to think about the role of ICT in the new world of budget cuts and the big society; … Continue reading →

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