The NSW government has announced the launch of data.nsw.gov.au, a site that will shortly begin providing access to NSW government data feeds available for reuse online. It even has a Twitter stream at dataNSW that will provide notifications as data feeds are released. Announced at NSWSphere last Friday, alongside the release of the Apps4NSW public…
The Gov 2.0 Taskforce has launched a brainstorming site (via Ideascale) to source ideas that will help the Taskforce meet its goals. The first brainstorm is asking for ideas that consider the question, “How can the Government 2.0 Taskforce best meet its Terms of Reference?”, however is also capturing related ideas. There are cash prizes…
Fiat in Brazil is currently crowd sourcing the development of an concept car for 2010, the Fiat Mio. The concept is that the public (from anywhere in the world) can submit ideas for what they’d like to see in a car, these ideas can be voted and commented on by others and Fiat engineers will…
If you, like me, aren’t able to make it down to Parliament House in Sydney for Gov 2.0 NSW Public Sphere today, at least try to follow the Twitter stream (search on the hashtag #nswsphere), watch the video stream or listen to the audio stream for the day (details to be provided in the NSW…
In July the US Department of Defense launched a new blog, the Web 2.0 Guidance Forum, for the purpose of sourcing input from the public to be used as they develop a social media policy for the armed forces and their families. Reported in Nextgov, Defense asks the public for help forming social media policy,…
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When I wrote my first online community engagement strategy for Telstra’s Wireplay service in 1997, one of the factors I considered was how to ‘complete the loop’ – integrate inbound and outbound online channels to reach, engage and promote interaction across the widest possible audience. In those days we used mass media, product sponsorship and…
With all the hubbub about Gov 2.0 at present it’s often forgotten that a lot of what is being attempted is simply taking what is already done in other mediums and doing it online. For example, online engagement and consultation is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary step. Where governments used to host robust town hall…
The Sunlight Foundation has announced the three finalists for the Apps for America 2 competition. These finalists represent the best online social innovation sites developed by Americans to make the US government more transparent. I’m hoping that we’ll soon see a similar competition held here in Australia.
Jeff Bullas has written a fantastic post, 28 Reasons Why The CEO Is Afraid Of Social Media, which lists many of the reasons given by organisations when resisting getting involved with online social media. While he’s followed up with another great post addressing many of these concerns, 9 Ways To Convince The CEO To Use…
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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