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		<title>ECI4all sytem: Replacement of OCS announced &#8211; but who are they?</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/eci4all-sytem-replacement-of-ocs-announced-but-who-are-they/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[e-participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be aware that the European Commission has been supporting the development of an online collection systems for online signatures for the European Citizens Initiative &#8211; it&#8217;s called OCS and hosted on the JoinUp platform. Now, the OCS has a &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/eci4all-sytem-replacement-of-ocs-announced-but-who-are-they/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1874&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disconnected Democracy: what Scotland&#039;s Community Councils aren&#039;t doing online</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/1872/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Links]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Idea15 Blog: This summer the Edinburgh-based researcher Peter Cruichshank, assisted by volunteer intern Bruce Ryan, carried out the first-ever study of online presence and engagement amongst Scotland's 1370 Community Councils. Their work has now been completed and published &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/1872/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1872&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The resistible rise of Facebook</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/the-resistible-rise-of-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On a completely different subject: it&#8217;s interesting to compare the almost complete dominance of Facebook now with the situation as I found it a couple of years ago. From the Next Web, 10 June 2012: Facebook is eating the world, except for China and &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/the-resistible-rise-of-facebook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1860&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Facebook FTW!</media:title>
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		<title>What are community councils doing online in Scotland</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/what-are-community-councils-doing-online-in-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/what-are-community-councils-doing-online-in-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[e-democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Diary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Councils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-participation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the summer, I have been working with a volunteer intern Bruce Ryan carrying out an update of a study carried out 2004-2006 which investigated how technology could be developed to help regenerate democracy at the local community level. We're getting to the data analysis and report drafting stage, so now seems a good idea to start sharing our progress. <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/what-are-community-councils-doing-online-in-scotland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1852&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Identity, local citizenship and a modest proposal</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/identity-and-local-citizenship-a-modest-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/identity-and-local-citizenship-a-modest-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[e-government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Starting from  the overlap of geography, identity and citizenship online – and how it relates to e-identity. Raises questions including: what does it mean to be a ‘citizen’ of a place (city) when you’re online? Can a location decide you are not a citizen? How can a city know if it's dealing with a real person? How do we define who is entitled to participate in a local space, and to what extent? <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/identity-and-local-citizenship-a-modest-proposal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1841&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social media and The Lives of Others&#8230; Stasi Media?</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/social-media-and-the-lives-of-others/</link>
		<comments>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/social-media-and-the-lives-of-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[paranoia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been getting the feeling that you need to be very careful what you say online  for fear the police or media will take things the wrong way and land you in a load of unnecessary trouble? Especially knowing &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/social-media-and-the-lives-of-others/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1821&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open source,  open data, open options?</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/open-source-open-data-open-options/</link>
		<comments>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/open-source-open-data-open-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[opensource]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking at open source in government and e-participation in particular for a while now, and this seems a good time to try to get into shape my thoughts on some of the reasons why open source is still &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/open-source-open-data-open-options/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1800&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Risk &amp; control issues around social media in local government</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/control-issues-social-media-local-government/</link>
		<comments>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/control-issues-social-media-local-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[e-government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;in Scotland I was invited to do a brief talk about the changing risk environment in local government caused by the continuing impact of social media. What made the invitation particularly attractive was that I would be speaking to SLACIAG, which you &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/control-issues-social-media-local-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1783&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online citizen engagement in Scotland: The independence referendum</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/online-citizen-engagement-in-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/online-citizen-engagement-in-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[e-democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh University&#8217;s public participation network has been hosting The Citizen Participation Series. Last night, it turned to the digital world to explore how it is opening up new possibilities for democratic participation in Scotland and beyond. I was invited to &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/online-citizen-engagement-in-scotland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1774&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want a Smart City? Take the people out!</title>
		<link>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/want-a-smart-city-take-the-people-out/</link>
		<comments>http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/want-a-smart-city-take-the-people-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Cruickshank</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent news: An international technology company plans to develop and operate a massive technology testing and evaluation centre in New Mexico. The state Economic Development Department announced Tuesday that Pegasus Global Holdings is conducting a study on the best New &#8230; <a href="http://spartakan.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/want-a-smart-city-take-the-people-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spartakan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=170419&#038;post=1765&#038;subd=spartakan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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