I’ve been too busy and tired this week to really commit to putting much content into eGovAU – which doesn’t mean I’m not listening and thinking about what is happening in the wider egovernment world. So instead of a regular post I thought I’d share some thoughts that have particularly stuck with me this week….
I’ve come across some interesting situations recently where technology is far in advance of legal frameworks, placing governments in a position where agencies may be breaking – or at least bending – laws by using certain online tools. Twitter is a case in point. The technology was invented after the Spam Act was passed and…
A report has been co-published by the Hansard society and Microsoft discussing how UK Members of Parliament are using the internet and providing strategies on how they can better use the internet to engage with their constituencies and with interest groups. It’s been highlighted already in the Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre, and discussed widely in…
This is my first go at liveblogging so bear with me. A more professional liveblog of this event is on over at Stilgherrian’s blog. Politics and Technology Forum Here’s a picture of the panel
Everyone knows what brands are, ‘products’ that have been strongly linked to a specific (brand) name, lifestyle, belief or emotional attachment in order to establish their relative value to consumers. As defined by David Ogilvy, a brand is: The intangible sum of a product’s attributes: its name, packaging, and price, its history, its reputation, and…
The NSW Board of Studies has launched the 2009 Premier’s ANZAC Memorial Scholarship students blog. The blog features personal accounts by senior high school students selected to go to Gallipoli to participate in ANZAC Day commemoration activities. The blog is a very personal way of connecting students with Australia’s past, supporting the scholarship goal of…
It’s uncommon (at least in Australia) to see a government-related initiative promoted as a leader in innovation. It’s even rarer to see publications such as Fast Company, with its focus on the most innovative companies in the world, feature government-related initiatives. However this year Fast Company’s profile of “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” is…
Jakob Nielsen, often considered one of the world’s leading thinkers on usability, has discussed the mobile web in his latest Alertbox monthly update, equalling the state of mobile websites today as similar to the state of the desktop internet in 1998. I tend to agree that for many organisations this is the case, with Nielsen’s…
Crispin Butteriss from BangTheTable has released his presentation from the recent International Association for Public Participation Australasia (IAP2) event in South Australa. It’s well worth a review. IAP2 South Australia – Bang the Table Presentation View more presentations from BangtheTable. (tags: bangthetable online)
The ATO has begun a two month trial of allowing the use of credit cards to make payments of all tax liabilities (up to $10,000 in value) via the government easypay site. Details of the trial are on the ATO website. When looking at egovernment, supporting credit cards payments is one of the few ways…
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