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Gov 2.0 Taskforce announces second project round – asks for quotes

Bycraigthomler 18 September 2009

The Gov 2.0 forum has released a second round of projects for quotes including for a Whole of Government Information Publication Scheme, Online Engagement Guidance and Web 2.0 Toolkit for Australian Government Agencies, Framework for Stimulating Information Philanthropy in Australia and Hypotheticals — Ethical and Cultural Challenges of Digital Engagement by Government – amongst other projects.

Full details of the projects are available at the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s blog in the post, Submit a quote for our round two projects.

If only I didn’t have a full time job already 🙂

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We need to stop talking about social media disasters and talk about management failures
Bycraigthomler 20 February 2012

I am beginning to get a little tired of all the headlines in the media about ‘social media disasters’. A social media disaster is when Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Blogger or another social media service goes offline for an extended period of time, has user account information stolen or loses data. These are all situations where…

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Rethinking government IT to support the changing needs of government
Bycraigthomler 15 January 2014

We recently saw a change in the federal government in Australia, with a corresponding reorganisation of agency priorities and structures. Some departments ceased to exist (such as Department of Regional Australia), others split (DEEWR into two departments, Education and Employment) and still others had parts ‘broken off’ and moved elsewhere (Health and Ageing, which lost…

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A blueprint for making government data reusable online
Bycraigthomler 5 May 2009

US federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, has outlined a blueprint for government data at the 2009 Government Web Managers conference. As reported in GCN, Kundra advised that, Government data prepared for public reuse should be offered in multiple-formats, be machine-readable and adhere as closely as possible to lightweight standards This is likely to be…

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Social media in government – the five stages of acceptance
Bycraigthomler 1 July 2008

My experience in both the public and private sectors has been that organisations often face enormous resistance against the introduction of social media channels for staff. Given how new social media tools are, this, in my view, reflects similar resistance to other new innovations, such as the introduction of: phones on every desk (staff could…

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Guest post: Request for Participation in Research Survey – Current Government use of Twitter in Australia
Bycraigthomler 7 May 2012

I’ve published the following guest post because I think the research Aletha is doing is important and useful for agencies. Please let the right people in your agency know about it. Guest post My name is Aletha and I am a Communications Master’s student currently completing a short research project as part of my personal…

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The first language of the internet is now Mandarin
Bycraigthomler 28 July 2008

The China Internet Network Information Center has reported that China’s online population has now reached 253 million people, a smidgen more than the US’s 223 million, coming from a Sydney Morning Herald article, China steals internet crown from US. Of course the 300 million English speakers in India will help redress this balance as more…

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