Comments on: How much does government “get it” about the web? http://idealgovernment.com/2007/01/does_the_government_get_it_about_the_web/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam http://idealgovernment.com/2007/01/does_the_government_get_it_about_the_web/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 Sam Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:50:32 +0000 http://does_the_government_get_it_about_the_web#comment-1392 To be fair to them, the new platform seems to be far cleaner underneath, and will hopefully have been built bearing in mind all the things they want it to do in the future. It should be far easier for them to diverge and improve. Switching it in so that it looks identical may prevent are any immediate huge steps forward, but does seem a reasonable way of preventing any irrecoverable huge steps backwards. As with many things, the proof of the change is not immediate, but will come over the medium term. But they've got the platform off to a reasonable start. To be fair to them, the new platform seems to be far cleaner underneath, and will hopefully have been built bearing in mind all the things they want it to do in the future. It should be far easier for them to diverge and improve.

Switching it in so that it looks identical may prevent are any immediate huge steps forward, but does seem a reasonable way of preventing any irrecoverable huge steps backwards.

As with many things, the proof of the change is not immediate, but will come over the medium term. But they’ve got the platform off to a reasonable start.

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