• UK | iPhone apps or no iPhone apps? That is the question...
  A couple of weeks ago the British government started reviewing its 820 websites as part of a bigger plan of efficiency in the Public Administration. As it turned out from a BBC Freedom of Information request, a big expense (£10,000 - £40,000) is related to the development of iPhone applications.

• EU | Best of European TechPolitics at PDF 2010
  During PDF Europe conference many presentations featured the best of American techpolitics. So - as PDF 2010 is approaching - PDF Europe speakers Jon Worth and Bente Kalsnes decided to reverse the situation and show the best European cases to an American audience next June. They also set up a website to gather ideas in four sections: government, public data, political parties and campaigns. If you have examples and best practices to share, write them (also: on Twitter you can use the hashtag #besttechpol). And see you at PDF 2010!

• Spain | Net Neutrality: a controversy that needs a political intervention?
  In Spain there's lot of talking about Internet business models and the neutrality of the operators that provide the connectivity infrastructure. And things might change quickly, according to what César Alierta, president of the telco Telefónica, declared last month: "Clearly, Internet search engines use our networks without paying anything, which is lucky for them and a curse for us. But that can not continue, we are the networks (...), we do it all. That will change, I believe it”.
  But some public servants don't seem to agree: Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra, former president of the Spanish region of Extremadura, wrote an op-ed on El País, asking the government and politicians to work on the controversial topic.

If you can sign an electronic pad at the supermarket to pay your credit card bill, why can't you sign the touch-screen of your iPhone to sign a political petition? That question is now being put to the test by the Citizen Power Campaign in California, working with technology developed by a company called Verafirma.