William H. Dutton

I hope many from civil society attend the UK Internet Governance Forum & Best Practice Challenge Launch Thursday 6 March 2008 16.00 – 18.00 Followed by drinks reception Location Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster The event is presented by Nominet in collaboration with the Rt Hon Alun Michael MP and the Department for Business, Enterprise [...]

NCeSS/OII Survey on ICTs in Social Research The Oxford Internet Institute (OII), in collaboration with the UK’s National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS), would like to invite you to take part in a short (20 minute) survey. The survey focuses on the role of information and communication technologies such as the Internet in social research. [...]

The OII’s Barriers to e-Government project has come to a close, although our work in this area will continue. For coverage springing from the end of award report, see: On University website: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080116.html Our own press release is available at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/about/press/releases.cfm

Here is a call for participation in a conference, entitled ‘The Future of the Internet’ ( see: http://www.fi-bled.eu/programme.php) scheduled for the 31st of March 2008, which is organized by the Slovenian Presidency with the support of the European Commission – DG Information Society and Media. Among others, I will be speaking. The call notes: ‘The [...]

Here is your opportunity to contribute to the debate on the design and significance of e-petitions. The Rt Hon Greg Knight MP, Chairman of the Procedure Committee of the UK Parliament writes: “Welcome to the Procedure Committee’s eConsultation on e-petitions. The Committee has been asked by the House of Commons to propose an e-petitions system [...]

A number of people outside the US have often suggested that they should be able to vote for the US President, since the world is influenced by the choice. You may feel the same, wherever you reside. Well, you can do so on this site. Post your preference for US President online now, on this [...]