If you excuse the suggestive language, this slideshow provides an excellent birds-eye view of the extent of the social media landscape. It is worth comparing with the version released a year ago to see some the growth and changes that have driven social media into mainstream society. View more documents from Marta Kagan.
Priorities from the recent Government 2.0 Public Sphere are now available for public comment via the Australia 2 BETA website before being handed over to the Government 2.0 Taskforce for consideration. For a recap of the Public Sphere visit Senator Kate Lundy’s website. To comment and vote on the top Government 2.0 priorities visit the…
Charlene Li, one of the writers of Groundswell and ex-Forrester analyst, has launched a new initiative which compares the financial success of organisations with their level of online engagement and allows organisations to compare how engaged they are online. Named Engagementdb, the site provides graphs and case studies on how various organisations have engaged the…
Microsoft Australia has launched a trial site ‘Ask a Pollie‘ which allows citizens to watch and potentially participate in topic-based discussions around set topics between politicians and expert panels. While the intent may be to promote dialogue between politicians and their constituents, as Ron Lubensky points out in his Deliberations blog, the site is more…
The UK government has released a 20-page Twitter templated strategy guide to assist departments in using the channel to engage and support citizens. Adapted from the strategy used by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) by Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at BIS, the guide provides a comprehensive view on…
While open government advocates are calling for governments around the world to be more transparent and accountable, one of the issues that has to be worked through is how to ensure that the data made publicly available is complete and accurate. Generally transparency costs dollars – even online. Therefore there needs to be suitable commitment…
The Government 2.0 Taskforce has released the final version of their official issues paper,Towards Government 2.0: An Issues Paper. Some of the key questions raised include, How can we build a culture within government which favours the disclosure of public sector information? What government information should be more freely available and what might be made…
Due to the efforts of volunteers, a Google Wave Hackathon is being held in Canberra at the ANU on Saturday 8 August to explore coding possibilities for the new Google Wave platform. The free and unaffiliated event will feature a Google representative giving an introduction to Wave’s API, followed by an opportunity to work with…
I’ve posted previously about whether it is time for government departments still using the nine-year old Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 to upgrade to a more modern web browser. This topic has become a matter of political interest in the UK, raised in a question to British Parliamentary Ministers last week and reported in an article…
No-one really knows how many blogs are operated by Australians. However it could be up to 4 million, if you refer to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere report 2008, which reported that 3% of global bloggers were Australian and over 133 million blogs had been created since 2002. Likewise Forrester’s Groundswell research found in late…
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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