Post in Public information review

2007 Apr 10 10:28 UTC

I'm still not entirely clear on the scope of this review and what you're
interested in. The Guardian article refers to, "permitting civil
servants to post information on sites" in the first paragraph. I assume
this means government going to where people are talking and joining in
that conversation, instead of government setting out it's stall and
expecting people to visit?

I told the story on our blog about accidentally being in Nepal for the
revolution. I met a guy from the British Embassy who thought it was
ridiculous that he couldn't post travel advisory information on the
Lonely Planet forum. That was where travelers were discussing the
situation, desparate for info and clarification, but it wasn't foreign
office policy to join in.

This example stuck in my mind, but there's obviously lots more. Is that
the kind of interaction you're considering? Or are we talking about
repackaging of data? Or government funding grassroots forums? Or all of
the above? The Guardian article seems to be pretty vague.

And would you prefer this as a blog post?

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