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“The objective of this study is to assess the impact of web 2.0 trends on the field of learning and education in Europe and to see where Europe stands in terms of using web 2.0 innovations in the domain of learning.”

• An Interview with the Founder of GovLoop, Steve Ressler | Social Media Strategery
• data.australia.gov.au – beta – “data.australia.gov.au is the home of Australian government public information datasets. We encourage you to make government information even more useful by mashing-up the data to create something new and exciting!”
• The MashupAustralia Competition will be open for entries from 10AM Wednesday, 7^th October 2009.

• Our Data | Giving an European overview of public government data, existing mash-ups and policy initiatives – “Giving a European overview of public government data, existing mash-ups and policy initiatives”
• Santa Cruz Budget – Platform for the citizen budget process in the City of Santa Cruz
• Zebralog – Fachaustausch zu Internetplattformen für Vorschläge, Beschwerden und Petitionen – Ende August fand ein interessantes Treffen bei dem Unternehmen Zebralog in Berlin statt. Diskutiert wurde über verschiedene Plattformen für Beschwerden und Petitionen. Auf der Seite werden einige Ergebnisse und weitere Informationen zur Verfügung gestellt.
• Why Government Is Not A Platform – Andrea DiMaio responds to the “government as a platform” vision created by Tim O´Reilly. He sees several reasons, why government is not a platform. The ensuing interesting discussion concludes that both views are actually complementary, summed up in the senctence: Government should act in some areas as a platform.

• VanTrash – “VanTrash helps you manage your neighbourhood garbage schedule in Vancouver more effectively. You can find out your garbage schedule, download the schedule to your calendar or set a reminder to your email. Never forget to take the garbage out again. “
• Vancouver’s Open Data Portal: Use it, or Lose it. | eaves.ca – David Eaves thanks those involved in opening up city data in Vancouver and calls for more support/ideas/action on the now available data.
• SAHANA | Free and Open Source Disaster Management System – “Sahana is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management system. It is a web based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, managing volunteers, tracking camps effectively between Government groups, the civil society (NGOs) and the victims themselves.”
• Germany’s Election and the Digital Dark Ages by Clay Risen, Washington Post – “With Germany’s national elections Sept. 27, the campaigns are in high gear. But for all the leading parties’ talk of digital politics, their Web strategies are just that: talk. Their blogs are Potemkin Web sites — the posts are just rehashed news releases — and their Facebook groups often have fewer friends than the average American teenager.”

• FixMyStreet in Brandenburg – DEMOS-Monitor: “In Brandenburg ist Maerker eine Dienstleistung der Landesverwaltung, in der jede Gemeinde Brandenburgs ihre Mängel in der Infrastruktur online melden kann, damit diese so schnell wie möglich behoben werden können.”
• Department of Defense – Aristotle – “Aristotle is a social networking system that provides government and contractor personnel with transparent, but appropriate, access to information regarding tens of thousands of science and technology projects, topics of interest, and collegial networks.”
• What can go wrong with web2 in public services – David Osimo on barriers and threats to the application of Web 2.0 values, applications and technology in the public sector