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1. Sort yourselves into two groups - Matthew Taylor on some of the problems of engagement and polarisation
2. U.S.Transparency: My Response: White House asks for OpenGov "Best Practices & Metrics" - "Here's my letter (below) in response to last month's White House request for input on "best practices and metrics" for Public Participation as it relates to its Open Government initiative"
3. Lessons in Direct Democracy from the American West | Involve - "I used to be a direct democracy sceptic. However I didn’t realize how many different ways exist to design, regulate and use direct democracy instruments, each of which will result in different outcomes."
4. Citizen lawmaking: Government by (all) the people - The Economist on eDemocracy issues
5. We the People - White House plans for an ePetition service
6. Is participatory budgeting losing ground? - "After exploding onto the funding scene a decade ago, participatory budgeting projects are at risk"
7. How a vote against capital punishment could help get it reinstated - Sensible ideas for a better ePetitions mechanism
8. Interview: Mark Thompson and Jerry Fishenden - "[T]he time is right for a radical shift in the approach to public services"
9. Government's data policy is neither consistent nor clear - Data alone is inert. What matters is its insertion into politics or management.
10. Bridging the faultline - Plans for developing eGovernment in 1996 looked much the same as they do today
11. Comment: E-petitions are coming to a parliament near you. Finally. - Andy Williamson on ePetitions and proper processes
12. Big challenges, squeaky solutions - Matthew Taylor on the need for strategy in government
13. Co-production, what’s that? - Matthew Taylor on the value of co-production
14. Emergent Democracy - Excellent analysis of the role of technology in reshaping politics, and other organisations
15. Becoming agile - A great intellectual framework around the concept of agility
16. Cabinet Office shakes up PSN - Changes to the way UK approaches IT policy, including use of social media
17. CivilPolitics.org - "At CivilPolitics.org, our mission is to find and promote evidence-based methods for increasing political civility."
18. Taking the myki - Melbourne’s transport policy failures show importance of good policy design
19. Duty to involve, meh - "So I would say, get rid of the duty to involve, and let’s hold ourselves to higher standards than CLG would ever impose."
20. On track to nowhere - How hard can consultation be?
21. From New Public Management to Open Governance - Emer Coleman's dissertation on open data, open government and open conversations.
22. Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen - Bitcoin is a P2P currency that could topple governments, destabilize economies and create uncontrollable global bazaars for contraband.
23. Principles for public engagement - Brilliant collection of lists of principles for engaging with the public
24. Liberation by software - "Now, every mobile phone, every document scanner, every camera, every laptop, are part of an immense network in which everything we see, we think, we know, can be transmitted to everyone else, everywhere, immediately. Democracy in its deepest sense follows."
25. Lawyers argue the public is 'sick of sham consultations' - The public is sick of sham consultations and local authorities must ‘clean out their stables’ if they want to avoid legal challenges, lawyers have warned

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