I’ll be liveblogging the presentations today and may liveblog parts of tomorrow, when I am chairing, speaking and on a panel.
CNET has published what looks to be the first picture of the Google Chrome browser in an article, Google Chrome update: First screenshot, and live-blog alert. The release looks to be scheduled for 11am US Pacific time.
Reading up on one of my favourite eGov blogs, In the Eye of the Storm, I found this post from February with some great slides and commentary on how far e-government has gone, but how little has changed in the last few years, e-government 3.0. Edited 16/06: This article is further reinforced by this article…
I’ve posted previously about the initiatives begun by John Culberson and several other congressmen to use new media technologies, such as social networks, to more directly connect with and engage their constituencies in the democratic process. It appears that sections of the US government are finding it difficult to come to terms with the changing…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has pre-announced the launch of his new Climate Change blog with the following Tweet via the KevinRuddPM Twitter stream, Starting my blog tomorrow on Climate Change. Like to hear your ideas on practical action. KRudd Another step for the Australian Government into the online consultation space, it will be interesting to…
Back in July 2008 I wrote a blog post asking whether government websites should feature paid advertising. No, four and a half years later, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has taken the step of adding paid advertisements to its highly popular website (one of the top 20 sites in Australia) in a trial detailed in…
To kick-off this week, I thought it might be useful to link to an excellent video from the US’s Sunlight Foundation providing a glimpse into why there’s growing interest in making public information collected and managed by governments public. It doubles as an introduction to the Public = Online campaign, which is being used in…
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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