Maybe not – if this ITnews article Study says the 2007 ‘YouTube election’ is a misnomer is correct.
Of course, even using YouTube, Australia is a long way behind the eObama campaign in the US.
One area of Gov 2.0 I really think hasn’t been thoroughly considered or adopted by many governments, including in Australia, is the process of having citizens help in the creation, exploration and analysis of data. Is it due to a lack of time, money, imagination or courage? I don’t know, but I would dearly love…
The US Air Force is one of the most proactive users of new media amongst government organisations globally, seeing the internet as another channel for engaging potential recruits, the public and for conducting military operations. The approach being taken by the US Air Force, and increasingly by other US government agencies, is that all of…
This post by Steve Radick was brought to my attention by Steve Davies of OzLoop. I thought it was worth flagging here and noting that these are not simply Gov 2.0 villains, but are the opponents of innovators and change-leaders in every organisation. The six villains of Gov 2.0. How many of these villains have…
I still encounter a large number of public servants – from a variety of agencies and at a range of government levels (local to federal) – whose experience of social media is limited to Facebook and Twitter – or less. Most appear to be unaware of the steps the Government has taken to integrate social…
Step Two will be running a free information session discussing the winners of the 2008 Intranet Innovation Awards in Canberra on Tuesday 11 November from 2-4pm. According to James Robertson of Step Two, the event will include a look at, Transfield Service’s uniquely effective approach to rolling outSharePoint team spaces. Highly successful collaboration amongst cabin…
I’ve just found the UK civil service’s Principles for participation online and are mighty impressed. As a result I’ve slightly modified my profile, I’ll also be promoting this in my office where I know we have at least several other bloggers and quite a bit of online engagement coming up. In Australia, while we have…
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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