I spent two very intense weeks in the US and Canada, meeting hundreds of clients at all government levels on the topic of social media. I started in Orlando with chatting in the backstage and then on stage with Vivek Kundra, the US CIO, then I had countless one-on-ones and round tables with clients from [...]
Why North Americans Will Get Government 2.0 and Europeans Won’t
October 30th, 2009 · 8 Comments
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Why So Many Are Getting Government 2.0 Wrong
October 16th, 2009 · 26 Comments
Over the last several months I have stressed both the promise and the danger of the many activities around the use of web 2.0 technologies in and by governments, currently nicknames as “government 2.0” (incidentally, I am working on a research note with a formal Garner definition of this term).
Most of my criticisms to some [...]
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What Do The European Elections Mean To The IT Industry?
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Isn’t this a fascinating question? It goes without saying that I have little clue about the answer, but I’m sure this is something European policy-makers need to look into pretty soon, especially as they work toward a new set of policies for the post-2010 Information Society.
There are two facts that stem out of this election.
First [...]
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Why EU-funded R&D Fails
May 29th, 2009 · 5 Comments
I’ve been pondering about this post for a long time, actually even before I was one of the Gartner bloggers. This position of mine has developed over almost 20 years, since when I started being involved in cooperative research & development projects funded by the European Union under the so-called Framework Program for Research and [...]
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