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New Whitehall innovation hub

There's nothing explicitly technological in the announcement today by the National School of Government that 'the Sunningdale Institute has established an Innovation Hub to develop know-how on stimulating and supporting innovation in government and the public services' - as announced in the DIUS Innovation Nation white paper. (See Steph's interactive version.) But since the Hub's [...] read on »

Government in competition

Two articles in what looks like a special edition of the The Economist this week, which sum up exactly where e-government falls down. In 'Government offline', they write (rightly): Governments have few direct rivals. Amazon.com must outdo other online booksellers to win readers' money. Google must beat Yahoo!. Unless every inch of such companies' websites offers [...] read on »