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5000+ Watch Bristol’s Live Council Webcast

by Kevin 09/11/2009 in People

The Bristol City Council (November 4) meeting to decide the stadium application received the most viewers in the history of UK council webcasting. 5,624 people witnessed the debate live and online. Not only would this crowd fill 25 council chambers. It would also leave very few seats at Bristol City’s famous Dolman stand.  View the [...]

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Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox talk about Bristol the Digital City

by Stephen Hilton 25/08/2009 in Bristol

Bristol City Council’s Leader Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox, Champion for the Governments Digital Inclusion Task Force, discussing the potential impact of Digital Inclusion across the City.

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Citizen-Driven Innovation in Government IT in Bristol?

by Stephen Hilton 27/05/2009 in Bristol

The Washington D.C.-based Apps for Democracy has a collection of 47 Web, iPhone and Facebook applications for various democracy-related pursuits. Many use the city’s crime, safety, transport, tourism or parking data to create citizen-focussed benefits.
What’s particularly interesting is that these applications were developed by citizens in a competition. Apps for Democracy say they [...]

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Noise Action Week 18-22 May …. more details

by Bryn 19/05/2009 in Bristol

South Bristol Digital Neighbourhoods have been working with Bristol City Council to provide local residents with ICT training, giving people confidence in using the internet and showing them how they can use the council’s consultation site www.askbristol.com. This website allows citizens to influence local decisions, and is part of an EU e-participation project called Citizenscape.
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Street Art …. just for the (web) record

by Bryn 18/05/2009 in Bristol

Street art has become a much debated topic in Bristol, but whatever your opinion it is hard to deny that it has influenced the city in someway.
Back in 2007 an online petition on Bristol City Council’s e-petition portal collected over 3′000 signatures in support of keeping the Banksy street art at the bottom of park [...]

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Can you think of a way to stimulate public discussion?

by Stephen Hilton 05/08/2008 in Bristol

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Building Democracy Programme has £150K available to develop about 10 projects that will use innovative approaches to help stimulate public debate.
MoJ is following MySociety’s approach by inviting potential bidders to float their initial ideas online and to strengthen their proposals through open discussion before making a final submission.
It will be [...]

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Do we need an Elected Mayor in Bristol?

by Kevin 18/07/2008 in Bristol

Since the introduction of the Local Government Act in 2000 districts across England and Wales have had the option of directly electing their Mayor. Whilst traditional Mayorships have been largely ceremonial positions, Elected Mayors assume a far more active political role, with powers similar to those of the Councils executive committee.
A few of the early [...]

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Bristol Competes for Honours in the NOMINET Best Practice Challenge

by Stephen Hilton 07/07/2008 in Bristol

You can wait a lifetime to be nominated for an award… and then two come along at the same time.
The NOMINET Best Practice Challenge is a competition that recognises British organisations, groups or individuals who have embraced the challenge of making the Internet a secure, open, accessible or diverse experience for all.
Connecting Bristol and Bristol [...]

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BCS Search for the Best MP Websites 2008

by Stephen Hilton 26/06/2008 in People

The British Computer Society (BCS) is searching for the best MP website 2008.
We the citizens are invited to suggest MP websites that successfully engage, excite, and usefully inform us. They also have to be easy to navigate, accessible and make effective use of modern media techniques such as blogs, pod or video casts and instant [...]

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