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Register now for the first free Gov 2.0 lunchtime event in Canberra for 2013

Bycraigthomler 22 January 2013

Canberra’s free Gov 2.0 lunchtime events continue for the fourth year in 2013, with the first monthly event featuring two great presentations:

“R.I.P. to the media release, hello crowd sources” on the use of social media in real-time emergency communications by Darren Cutrupi of the ACT Emergency Services Agency, and
“The British Invasion – how Gov 2.0 is taking the UK by storm” on the state of Government 2.0 in the UK, from British-based Ben Fowkes of Delib UK.

Update: Note that Ben isn’t able to give a presentation on the UK GovCamp that was scheduled on 19 January as it was delayed due to snow.

For more information, or to register, please visit the Eventbrite page at: http://gov20february2013.eventbrite.com/

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Information held by the Government is a national resource
Bycraigthomler 27 March 2009

Information held by the Government is a national resource and should be managed in the public interest. Access to government information increases public participation, and leads to increased scrutiny, discussion, comment and review of government activity. It would be great to hear an Australian government make a statement like the above, acknowledging that much of…

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Twitter as an opinion tool – as used to follow the US election
Bycraigthomler 13 October 2008

Just as organisations are beginning to listen to the conversations about them on forums, in blogs and in online newspaper comments, Twitter has become a powerful and important mechanism for tracking US public opinion during the US Presidential election. In a custom-built application, Twitter has used its search and trending tools to build an updating…

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NSW Police now officially on Twitter
Bycraigthomler 27 May 2009

Encouraged by the success of a imposter claiming to be the NSW Police on Twitter, the NSW Police have now taken over the account and are using it to constructively communicate information to the public. Reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, Twitter con gives police tweet idea, the NSW Police Twitter account is being used…

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Freedom of information advocacy: a global snapshot, from Open & Shut
Bycraigthomler 11 July 2013

I’ve had no time to blog this week due to family commitments, however thought it worth drawing attention to Peter Timmins’ fascinating post on freedom of information, over at his Open & Shut blog. Titled Freedom of information advocacy: a global snapshot, the post provides information on the recent report from the Freedom of Information Advocates…

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My Speech at the Sir Rupert Hamer Record Management Awards
Bycraigthomler 26 May 2014

On 22nd May 2014 the Public Records Office of Victoria hosted the 16th annual Sir Rupert Hamer Record Management Awards. While Records Management is not often highly regarded by people outside the field, however it plays a vital role for organisations in retaining a history of their activities and interactions and, when their actions and decisions…

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Artificial Intelligence isn’t the silver bullet for bias. We have to keep working on ourselves.
Bycraigthomler 5 March 2023

There’s been a lot of attention paid to AI ethics over the last few years due to concerns that use of artificial intelligence may further entrench and amplify the impact of subconscious and conscious biases. This is very warranted. Much of the data humans have collected over the last few hundred years is heavily impacted…

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Anonymous says:

23 January 2013 at 4:36 am

Is this video-conference able?
Thanks

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