The Department of Health and Ageing is holding a free half-day information briefing for public servants on Google’s products on Thursday 9 December in Canberra. At the briefing Google representatives will demonstrate how Google’s search service can provide insights into top searches, interesting trends and the use of search in behavioural analysis and prediction, such…
It has been a big year for Government 2.0 in Australia, both at the federal and state levels. The Victorian Government in particular has committed to releasing the majority of public sector information under an open copyright license, continued to improve its whole-of-government intranet and released the Government 2.0 Action plan: a comprehensive strategy for…
I’ve just updated my list of Australian government blogs, checking the list I had is still valid, looking for others (frankly they’re not that easy to find, you need to promote them and link to them from your sites guys) and checking the post frequency and level of comments. My assessment is that Australian public…
If organizations that used Facebook to disseminate their message were actual people, NASA would be the captain of the football team and the class president, the White House would be his cheerleader girlfriend and the the Department of Commerce would be the nerd they both pushed into a locker… Technews Daily Digital IQ Index: Public…
Most organisations wouldn’t hire unskilled people to manage their financial accounts. They wouldn’t (normally) allow untrained staff to respond to customer phone calls or be interviewed on a television chat program. However how much experience and training do they expect their social media leads to have before they begin commenting online publicly? That is –…
Governments around the world are struggling to manage the dual challenges of maintaining IT security while also enabling their staff to do their jobs in a digital world. The Australian government has endorsed social media engagement by staff in its Open Government Declaration, stating that; Agencies are to reduce barriers to online engagement, undertake social…
On a recent visit to Melbourne (for pleasure) my partner and I stayed in a hotel near the curious sculpture pictured below. Great Petition by Susan Hewitt and Penelope Lee. Burston Reserve, Melbourne. Photo: Diana Diiorio Source: Arts Victoria Reading the plaque, we learnt the sculpture was a representation of the “the great petition”, a…
What do you think Australia’s Government 2.0 future will look like? Today Kate Carruthers and I have launched a new project; one we’d like you to be part of. Government 2.0 is gaining momentum around the world. Not a fad management approach or minor adjustment to policy and processes, Government 2.0 is underpinned by one…
The internet is increasingly defining the 21st century. It has become the primary medium used to find and share information, the most commonly used news and entertainment medium and has unleashed an outpouring of creativity which commentators, such as Clay Shirky have described as “the greatest in human history”. Equally there have been pressures to…
At an event with colleagues last week, I overheard several talking about their surprise at the levels of caution and fear they still encountered amongst various professionals regarding Gov 2.0 and social media. “It’s as if they were still living in the early 1990s,” said one. “Some people just don’t seem to understand how far…
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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