On the British "Headstar e-Government Blog", Stephen Hilton, Programme lead of Connecting Bristol write: "we need to understand why many in local government see "Web 2.0" as a threat." Noting that many British Councils regularly cite the same old excuses to justify their non-use of Web 2.0 (not enough bandwidth, security risks of information systems, lack of interest of the citizens, need to focus on the real work), he concludes that "the public sector's greatest fear of Web 2.0 is really loss of control".
At the head of e-Democracy programme in Bristol City (400,000 inhabitants in the West of England), Stephen Hilton said that the development of new services over the past decade has profoundly transformed local public services.
Bristol became the first British city, for example, to offer e-petition and citizens can sahre their views by adding text, audio or video comments.
- Read the article on Headstar e-Government Blog
- City of Bristol Website
