Cabinet Office Minister Tom Watson yesterday announced the creation of the Power of Information Task Force, which will drive forward the Government 's pledge to meet rising aspirations of modern communications practice and improve engagement with citizens through social media.

This has come about as a result of the publication of the Interim Progress regarding the implementation of the recommendations in the original Power of Information review undertaken by Tom Steinberg and Ed Mayo, published in June 2007.

This is particularly interesting for the users of peoplenadparticpation.net, and it is worth reading through the original review (also available in the participation library) as well as the current thinking from Central Government in the Interim Report.

And as another reminder, we have our User Survey up and running for feedback from yourselves on what you think of peopleandparticipation.net. We would really appreciate it if you could spend a couple of minutes to let us know your thoughts.

Involve is proud to announce the launch of the Community Power Pack , a document that Involve has developed for Communities and Local Government (CLG).

 
The Community Power Pack contains all the information you need to run a participative event on Empowerment and is aimed at groups who would not normally take part to let their views and experiences be known. Involve will be updating the pack based on user feedback so please send any practical thoughts and ideas on the pack to edward@involve.org.uk

 
Furthermore, if you haven't done so already please take the time to fill in our User Survey to give us your thoughts on how peopleandparticipation.net is doing and any areas for improvement.