http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/10/the-ordinary-citizen-as-a-supplier-of-public-sector-information/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/10/the-ordinary-citizen-as-a-supplier-of-public-sector-information/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Community sites and active citizenship – a #LocalGovCamp roundup | Local Democracy Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:50:01 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=124#comment-180 [...] I’d suggest that Will’s position could be taken one step further: You could reduce local authorities websites down to the very bare bones: An unstyled bit of CSS that provides just the facts. This could be picked up by trusted service users and they could describe the councils services for them – providing information and a feedback loop in one go. As the Norwegians describe the whole Web 2.0 concept: “The ordinary citizen as a supplier of public sector information.” [...] [...] I’d suggest that Will’s position could be taken one step further: You could reduce local authorities websites down to the very bare bones: An unstyled bit of CSS that provides just the facts. This could be picked up by trusted service users and they could describe the councils services for them – providing information and a feedback loop in one go. As the Norwegians describe the whole Web 2.0 concept: “The ordinary citizen as a supplier of public sector information.” [...]

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