Results 1-17 of 17 for mysociety
- Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Legislation: Internet (21 January 2010)
Francis Maude: ...of Commons Commission if the House of Commons Commission will bring forward arrangements to ensure that legislation introduced in the House is published on the internet in the format recommended by mysociety.org in its Free Our Bills campaign.
- Written Answers — Leader of the House: Legislation: Electronic Publishing (16 June 2009) See 1 other result from this answer
Tom Watson: To ask the Leader of the House what recent discussions she has had with representatives of mySociety on methods of electronic publication of bills by the House; and if she will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Justice: Charities (12 February 2009)
Maria Eagle: ...Trust 53,000 Multi Agency Problem Solving (MAPS) Team; East Lancashire Women's Refuge Association in Partnership with Burnley Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) 20,000 My Sisters place: 20,000 mysociety 17,626 N Derbs WA, Derbs VS, Next Steps multi-agency IDVA service 20,000 Nacro 2,413,104 Neath Women's Aid 20,000 New Pathway 23,660 Newport...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Power of Information Task Force (14 January 2009) has video See 1 other result from this debate
Jo Swinson: Is the Minister aware of mySociety's five priorities for how the Government deal with the internet, particularly those concerning how the Government can free up data, create large-scale e-consultations, and open up a variety of Departments and public bodies to the internet for constituents to interface with? [Interruption.] Will the Minister listen to those experts, and make sure that their...
- Parliament: Communication with the Public — Debate (18 December 2008) See 1 other result from this debate
Lord Brabazon of Tara: ..., these pages received 118,000 unique visitors who generated 210,000 visits. Further enhancements are planned, such as the introduction of plain English updates after each Bill stage. I am aware of mySociety's Free Our Bills campaign, which the noble Lord, Lord Norton, mentioned. Many of the issues it raises have already been addressed through improvements to the website. For example,...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Electronic Government (10 December 2008)
Jonathan R Shaw: Starting in January 2009, we will be conducting a trial of a hyperlink between the Directgov website and MySociety's FixMyStreet.com. The trial will run for up to three months, against a set of agreed evaluation criteria, and will allow us to gather evidence of the benefits and issues arising from associations between services of this nature and Government's digital channels. This evidence...
- Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Information (7 October 2008)
Tom Watson: I have been asked to reply. The Power of Information report was written by Tom Steinberg (MySociety) and Ed Mayo (National Consumer Council). It was published on 7 June 2007. The Government accepted the recommendations of the Power of Information Review in the Official Response, published on 25 June 2007. The response can be found online at:...
- Leader of the House: New Technology (8 May 2008) has video
Helen Goodman: ...website and must not be downloadable. The reason for that is to ensure that it is not re-edited or reused inappropriately for campaigning or satirical purposes. The hon. Lady raised the issue of mySociety's "Free our Bills" campaign and it is obvious that great strides have been taken recently in improving the parliamentary website. She is right to suggest that if our constituents can gain...
- Written Ministerial Statements — Cabinet Office: Power of Information Review (Government's Interim Progress Report) (31 March 2008)
Tom Watson: On the 25 June 2007, the Government published their response to the Power of Information Review (Cm7157). The review was an independent study by Tom Steinberg, director of mySociety and Ed Mayo, chief executive of the National Consumer Council to: "explore new developments in the use and communication of citizen and state-generated public information in the UK, and to present an analysis and...
- Written Answers — Justice: Electronic Government: Finance (29 February 2008)
Michael Wills: ...plus VAT) n/a Gallomanor Communications Ltd.—Councillor 2.0 n/a 14,500 Involve—Teleparticipation n/a 15,000 (plus VAT) Milo Creative Ltd. "mPower" n/a 15,000 (plus VAT) MySociety—GroupsNearYou.Com n/a 15,000 (plus VAT) Digital Dialogues 80,435 54,000 e-voting projects at the 2007 local elections in May 2007 Project Cost (£) ...
- Public Information (Commercial Use) (12 November 2007)
Gareth Thomas: ...were consistent. I pay tribute to the work of the power of information review, which was led by Ed Mayo, chief executive of the National Consumer Council, and Tom Steinberg, director and founder of mySociety. I suspect that in the time that I have left I will not be able to do justice to the quality of the work produced by Mr. Mayo and Mr. Steinberg. They produced an important piece of...
- Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Public Information (25 June 2007)
Lord Davies of Oldham: ...today publishing the Government's response to The Power of Informationreview. In February 2007 my honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster commissioned Tom Steinberg, director of mySociety, and Ed Mayo, chief executive of the National Consumer Council, to: "explore new developments in the use and communication of citizen and State generated public information in the UK,...
- Written Ministerial Statements — Duchy of Lancaster: Power of Information Review (25 June 2007)
Hilary Armstrong: In February 2007 I commissioned Tom Steinberg, Director of mySociety and Ed Mayo, Chief Executive of the National Consumer Council to: "explore new developments in the use and communication of citizen and State generated public information in the UK, and to present an analysis and recommendations to the Cabinet Office Minister as part of the Policy Review"(1). Their report 'The Power of...
- Public Bill Committee: Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill: Schedule 15 (8 March 2007)
David Burrowes: The Committee would do well to consider the evidence session of the Public Administration Select Committee today which was looking at that very point, with evidence taken from mySociety. The problem is not so much the media, but ourselves. We are in the dark ages in terms of electronically communicating the affairs of the House and, in particular, Standing Committees, in a consistent manner....
- Democracy: Power Inquiry (15 June 2006)
Lord Gould of Brookwood: ...their world, not try to force them to join us. In the history of political change, it was ever thus. As we speak, probably the biggest single catalyst for political change in this country is the mySociety website, which is attempting to facilitate a conversation between every elected or unelected representative in this country and every citizen. From HearFromYourMP.com, every MP will have...
- Community Websites (18 March 2005)
Ms Yvette Cooper: ...community engagement modules, which include software requirements, system architecture documents and code and installation instructions. The Department is also supporting an organisation called mySociety.org, which is working in partnership with West Sussex county council to build tools and applications to enable people to organise community activities. One such project is PledgeBank,...
- Written Ministerial Statements — Deputy Prime Minister: e-Innovations Fund (16 March 2004)
Mr Phil Hope: ... 130,000 Knowsley MBC Exploiting Information Management 75,000 Lewisham LB Electronic Invoicing 135,000 Uttlesford DC Uniting Services For Our Community 78,000 West Sussex CC The Mysociety Partnership 250,000 e-Learning East Northamptonshire DC Elp (E Learning Programme) 75,000 Lambeth LB Web Wise And Web Watch 150,000 Lancaster CC The...