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As an outcome of the Government 2.0 Public Sphere Camp last Monday, the points raised by speakers have been aggregated into a wiki for public comment prior to being submitted to the Australian Government as a briefing paper for the new Government 2.0 Taskforce. If you attended Public Sphere and wish to contribute your perspectives,…
Last week the Clean Energy Regulator released a calendar that illustrates when other government agencies use National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting data. Called the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting publication calendar, this is useful data for locating government reports on energy and climate change. It also serves a secondary role in highlighting the importance of the…
Google will be hosting a hack session in support of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s MashupAustralia competition in Sydney on 14 October. In case you’re unaware, MashupAustralia is a competition being run by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce based on Federal and state government datasets released via data.australia.gov.au. There are cash prizes on offer for developers who…
It’s come to my attention that the BushfireConnect team were unsuccessful in securing a small grant under the National Disaster Resilience Grant Scheme to support their work in providing emergency support during Australia’s bushfire season. I’ve been told that the reason the grant was rejected was that, “as the VIC Emergency Services do not yet have a Social…
The Centre for Policy Development, a non-partisan Australian think tank, has released the Upgrading Democracy Edition of Insight, their enewsletter. With a foreword by Minister Lindsay Tanner and articles from Senator Kate Lundy and Gov 2.0 Taskforce member Martin Stewart-Weeks – amongst a set of other fantastic essays, I recommend reading this Insight to gain…
Around the world governments are struggling to understand and adopt social media and other digital tools into their business operations. In Australia many agencies are quite advanced in adopting social and Gov 2.0 tools – with digital firmly integrated into communication programs and, to a lesser extent, into program delivery and policy development. In fact…
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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