Call For Nominations: The Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics 2011

PoliticsOnline and the 12th Worldwide Forum On Electronic Democracy are calling for nominations for the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the twelfth year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world will help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.

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The 10 Who Are Changing the World of Politics & the Internet in 2009 - winners of the eDemocracy Awards announced

PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum have announced the winners of the e-Democracy Awards for 2009.

Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics Nominations open now

PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are calling for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics in 2010.

Vote now for the Top 10 Who are changing the world of Internet and Politics in 2010

PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are proud to announce the list for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the eleventh year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world are invited to help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.

Vote now for the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics in 2011

PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are proud to announce the list of nominees for the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the twelfth year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world are invited to help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and/or companies that are having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics. This prestigious award seeks to recognize the innovators and pioneers, the dreamers and doers who bring democracy online. This year marked another tough year in choosing the top finalists. The integration of politics and the Internet are reflected in this year's diverse, international nominees.

We the People - Your voice in our government [Video]

Take a look behind the scenes at the White House petition program, "We The People", its one way to be sure issues you care about are on the radar of the US administration.

E-Democracy.Org

"E-Democracy.Org is a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer-based project whose mission is to expand participation and build stronger democracies and communities through the power of information and communication technologies and strategies." Goals include: Online citizen engagement, Information and civic education, Best practices and tools, Promote active citizenship and Organizational capacity and sustainability.

One-third of We the People petitions are Six Months Old

By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 27 March 2012. "The White House protested last week that it listens closely to citizen grievances posted to its We the People online petition site. The statement was in response to a We the People petition titled "Actually take these petitions seriously instead of just using them as an excuse to pretend you are listening," which gained the 25,000 signatures necessary for an official White House response..."

A Conversation About Social Media, Open Government and eDemocracy

by Alex Howard. Gov20.Govfresh, March 8, 2012. "... At the end of Social Media Week 2012, I moderated a discussion with Matt Lira, Lorelei Kelly our Clay Johnson at the U.S. National Archives. This conversation explored more than how social media is changing politics in Washington: we looked at its potential to can help elected officials and other public servants make better policy decisions in the 21st century..."

New bar for responding to We the People petitions may be too high

By Joseph Marks. Nextgov, 14 December 2011. "The White House could have overshot the mark when it raised the bar for an official response to petitions posted to its We the People website to 25,000 signatures in one month. White House officials increased the threshold Oct. 3 after more than 30 petitions topped the original 5,000-signature barrier during the site's first week. In more than two months since then, however, only two new petitions have crossed the 25,000 signature threshold. If that rate continues it could put the site's longevity into question..."

Minister Clement Announces Open Government Consultation

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, News Release, December 6, 2011. "Ottawa – The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, today launched an online consultation on Open Government and invited Canadians to participate. "We want to hear from Canadians on how we can advance the Open Government initiative in Canada," said Minister Clement. "The valuable input we receive will help us develop an action plan for the International Open Government Partnership, and help make the Government of Canada more accessible to Canadians."..."

Open Government Consultation, Twitter Townhalls & Doing Advocacy Wrong

by David Eaves, 13 December 2011. "Earlier this week the Canadian Federal Government launched its consultation process on Open Government. This is an opportunity for citizens to comment and make suggestions around what data the federal government should make open and what information it should share, and provide feedback on how it can consult more effectively with Canadians. The survey (which, handily, can be saved midway through completion) contains a few straightforward multiple choice questions and about eight open ended questions which I've appended to the end of this post so that readers can reflect upon them before starting to fill out the form..."

Tories to take questions in inaugural Twitter town hall

The Canadian Press, December 11 2011. "Ottawa - The Conservatives are finally putting the social into their use of social media. Treasury Board President Tony Clement will host the government's inaugural Twitter town hall this Thursday, taking questions for 90 minutes on the subject of developing an open government strategy for Canada..."

Government reveals cost of e-petitions

Public Technology, 1 December 2011. "Who says there's not a price to pay for democracy? The e-petitions website, set up to build confidence in the British democratic process, will cost around £180,000 over the next three years, the leader of the House of Commons told MPs yesterday.."

Evolving Democracy for the 21st Century

by Beth Noveck, Cairns Blog, November 18, 2011. "... The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves. But to achieve the twin goals of more participatory and effective governance, we must innovate in how we govern. Thanks to technology, if we have the will to do so, we also now have the opportunity..."

e-petitions: the first 100 days

by Peter Herlihy. Government Digital Service, 15 November 2011. "Last Saturday marked 100 days since the new e-petitions service was launched by GDS and the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons. The service continues to be incredibly popular -on average 18 people have signed an e-petition every minute since the service started. e-petitions also maintains a very high social and mainstream media profile, with significant television and press coverage, especially when a petition nears or reaches the 100,000 signatures threshold required to trigger a debate in Parliament..."

MPs going wobbly on e-petitions?

Posted by John Lamb. Public Technology, 7 November 2011. "MPs may be at odds with the public over how legislation proposed in e-petitions is actually handled in the House of Commons..."

White House defends We the People petition responses

By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 4 November 2011. "The White House took umbrage Thursday with comments and blog posts claiming it hasn't taken its responses to petitions posted on its new We the People website seriously..."

We the People Update

Posted by Macon Phillips. The White House Blog, November 3, 2011. "... We the People is averaging nearly 20,000 new users and 31,000 new signatures every day. Our most active day for new users and signatures was the day of our launch, but we certainly haven’t slowed down: more petitions were created on October 26 than any other day since We the People has been active. Not surprisingly, we saw a spike when we started posting responses -- it was important to show people that we would follow through on our commitment to respond to petitions that meet the threshold..."

White House issues first online petition response

By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 26 October 2011. "The White House responded Wednesday to its first We the People online petition -- a request to forgive all student loan debt to stimulate the economy -- with changes to the government's income-based repayment program that will significantly lower monthly payments for some borrowers. The plan -- detailed in a letter from Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy Roberto Rodriguez -- was posted on the We the People website and sent by email to the petition's roughly 32,000 signatories, White House New Media Director Macon Phillips said. The White House will be responding to more petitions in coming days, Phillips said..."

White House grapples with a flood of online petitions

By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 4 October 2011. "The true test of We the People, the Obama administration's online petition site, won't be how many petitions are launched through the Web page, but how well the White House is able to respond to them, experts told Nextgov this week. If it looks as if federal officials are ignoring the site or only issuing pro forma responses, that could undermine the operation, they said, and make people feel more alienated from their government..."