open up: how to "chairify" democracy by: tracy green (uk), parliament
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How Parliament works… in 60 seconds
http://www.parliament.uk/education/teaching-resources-lesson-plans/how-parliament-works-60-secs/
”The internet has fundamentally changed the structure of all organisations
and industries”
Mike Bracken, Head of the Government Digital Service
“Only 16% of 18 to 24 year olds in the UK say they are
certain to vote in the general election”
Hansard Society Audit of Political Engagement 2015
http://www.auditofpoliticalengagement.org/media/reports/Audit-of-Political-Engagement-12-2015.pdf
“the debate as to which medium would be used to deliver significant
computer applications and information services to users is over, and the internet has emerged as the
winner.”
Tom Steinberg, mySociety, Review of Parliament’s Online Services, 2014
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/news/2014/mysociety-report-on-online-services.pdf
“Technology in itself is not a panacea and it will not in itself correct existing
practices…we need to look beyond new digital tools to existing processes that do
and do not work, and then critically explore how technology can help us to
make democracy work better .”
Democratic Society
http://www.digitaldemocracy.parliament.uk/
• By 2020…
• Ensure people understand what Parliament does
• Be fully interactive and digital
• New forum for public participation
• Online voting as an option for UK voters
• All published information and footage available as open data
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
"Unless we have an open, neutral internet we can rely on without worrying about what's happening at the back door, we can't have open government, good democracy, good healthcare, connected communities and diversity of culture. It's not naive to think we can have that, but it is naive to think we can just sit back and get it.”
http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_a_magna_carta_for_the_web?language=en
Martha Lane-Fox
“There has been a reinvention of the internet and the behaviour of users in the last few years. Digital Services are now more agile, open and cheaper. To take advantage of these changes, government needs to move to a ‘service culture’ putting the needs of citizens ahead of those of departments”
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60993/Martha_20Lane_20Fox_s_20letter_20to_20Francis_20Maude_2014th_20Oct_202010.pdf
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/commons-order-papers/id691958985?mt=8