Note this is purely my view of the situation – if I’ve gotten things wrong, please correct me so I keep it in mind when speaking to others.
Tim Davies from the UK has written an excellent post highlighting all the ‘small hurdles’ that government agencies face when attempting to engage online. Entitled OpenGov: One big challenge? Or a thousand small hurdles, despite coming from the UK, the list reflects many of the hurdles faced in Australian government that need to be overcome…
The Government 2.0 Taskforce are asking for the public to vote on their preference of user-submitted banners for the taskforce website. There are 24 banners to choose from, of a very high standard. While this vote is non-binding (meaning that the Taskforce reserve the right to pick a different banner to the public) the process…
In conjunction with the Data.gov launch, Sunlight Labs in partnership with Google has launched the Apps for America 2 competition to find the best mash ups using US Federal government data. Over US$20,000 is being given away for open source online applications using the Federal datasets at Data.gov based on the following criteria: Transparency: Does…
I’ve been rereading the ABC article about the two girls who got caught in a drain and used their mobile phone to update their Facebook status, rather than call Triple 0. A representative of the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) in Adelaide said that, If they were able to access Facebook from their mobile phones, they…
Everyone has war stories, observations and experiences working in or dealing with government agencies or departments. These aren’t necessarily whinges or complaints, they may be positive or learning experiences, or examples of where small changes could lead to large productivity gains. Previously there was’t really any way to share these stories, except by speaking with colleagues….
I’m beginning to see more and more organisations and their various advertising and PR agencies look seriously at social media as a core communications channel for their campaigns and other customer, client and citizen engagement activities. This is beginning to make me wonder how communications professionals who know little or nothing about social media will…
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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