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FYI See the presentation I gave – Game Design (from the school of hard knocks) A colleague alerted me to the upcoming Canberra BarCamp at the ANU the other week and it was fortunately on an otherwise free weekend. While I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, and my colleague fell sick at the last…
Following on from the Canberra Barcamp last week, a subset of the organisers and a group of other volunteers are busy organising a government 2.0 event in Canberra. The event, which is in initial planning stages, aims to bring together a group of government online professionals to share their experience and knowledge, building a reference…
New Zealand’s government has just launched a Creative Commons-based approach for the standardisation of the licensing of government copyright works for re-use. Named the New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL), the approach outlines the licensing government agencies should use when releasing copyright works and non-copyright material for re-use by third parties (preferablt…
Stepping into the fifth year I’ve operated the eGovAU blog, I wanted to take a look back into its history, and a look forward to what readers can expect in the next year. I started eGovAU in 2008 to help access and share information and experience across the online communications space within government, as I…
Some departments block them totally, others just monitor usage, is there a case for allowing or even supporting public social network use in government offices?The other day the Sydney Morning Herald published an article on The pain and potential of Facebook in the office where Nick Abrahams, a Deacons law firm partner provided his personal view…
Following AGIMO’s Web 2.0 in government seminar this morning, what is your opinion on how well Australian government has been implementing Web 2.0? I’m writing this before the event and will not be attending due to other commitments (but are sending several of my team), and so are very interested in what others thought.
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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