I’m happy to come chat to any government agency or council on these topics if it adds value to what you’re trying to do.
Viral content – content which gets shared across the internet and media very quickly (like a virus) – is often a controversial area of communication for organisations. While the approach can result in massive attention and awareness it can also lead to massive risks. What if the content doesn’t go viral, wasting your investment? (Like…
This morning at the Drupal Downunder event I learnt about the New Zealand Features site which shares recipes for re-usable Drupal code and patterns across NZ government. To me this is representative of one of the significant opportunities I’ve seen for government in Australia emerging out of Gov 2.0 thinking and tools is the ability…
As a follow-up from my post yesterday,South Australia bans anonymous election comments online, South Australia Premier Mike Rann has twittered that the South Australian government has decided to repeal the January 6 amendment to the state’s Electoral Act which made it illegal to publish anonymous comments online during an election campaign. Reported in a post…
Just as organisations can use social network sites to judge the relative merits of potential staff (per my post Locating and learning about future public employees), websites are allowing people to judge the relative merits of potential employers. How does your department rate?There’s no doubt that people research potential employers online, and in a ‘seller’s…
Here’s some notes useful for a business case justifying an upgrade from Internet Explorer 6 to a more modern web browser that I prepared last week for a colleague at another organisation. It supports the priority in Australia 2 to Upgrade all government web browsers. Please add to them in the comments if you see…
A recent report from talent management companies Human Capital Institute and Saba indicates that a majority of US government agencies are using social media. The report estimates that 66% of US government agencies use social media tools, with 65% using more than one tool. A graph from the report (see below) indicates that the US…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
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