After reading about RSS use in U.S. Government, Fredrik of Corporate Blogging decided to look for feeds from the European Union. He was semi-impressed with what he found.
"Most interesting, I think, is the feeds of the European Environment Agency's State of the Environment Reporting Information System (SERIS). It is a bit difficult to find the feeds, but if you choose any of the countries or biogeographical regions you will find a button that says 'For Webmasters / XML' (example UK). Basically SERIS is an environmental report system.
More examples:
The portal to European Union law, EUR-lex, offers channels for news and information from the Official Journal of the EU.
The European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) has a number of different feeds, for example news releases and announcements.
Finally Interchange of Data Between Administrations - a European programme using advances in information and communication technology to support electronic exchange of information between public administrations across Europe - is also publishing RSS."
As far as I know, the Chicago government hasn't jumped on the RSS bandwagon yet, but I can think of at least 10 departments where it would be really helpful. Everything from when the DMV is going to be open to deadline reminders for property taxes and city stickers. How about releasing the City Council minutes via RSS? Or an immigration information feed? The list goes on and on...
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