Cisco’s global strategic consulting arm (IBSG), has released an interesting white paper on Government 2.0 (PDF). It takes a long hard look at the opportunities for the public sector in using online media to engage the public, arguing that, In a world where sharing information is so easy, public agencies should aim to improve citizens’…
The European Union’s annual egovernment awards are now accepting submissions (online only naturally) at www.epractice.eu/awards. I find the various egovernment awards around the world a great source of inspiration as to different ways the online world can be used by governments to save money, improve access to services and information and involve citizens in the…
I’ve had a long time interest in Ice TV. In fact about five years ago I was considering investing in the company, or encouraging my then employer (ActewAGL/TransACT) to invest in it as an extension to their cableTV service. For anyone unaware of the company, they sell electronic program guides (EPGs) for free-to-air channels for…
Beth Noveck, director of President Obama’s open government initiative, said in a recent essay, Our institutions of governance are characterized by a longstanding culture of professionalism in which bureaucrats – not citizens – are the experts. Until recently, we have viewed this arrangement as legitimate because we have not practically been able to argue otherwise….
The APH website team are currently holding a survey seeking views on how they should redesign their site to better meet the needs of users. As reported in Senator Kate Lundy’s blog, Redesign of the APH website – your thoughts, The website for Parliament of Australia – www.aph.gov.au is about to be redesigned. The first…
Below is my liveblog of the PublicSphere event. PublicSphere 1
This morning I am presenting at Public Sphere #1 – High bandwidth for Australia in a personal capacity. The event will discuss what high speed bandwidth can do for Australian society, business and government. I have previously posted some ideas on this topic and will be talking today about how the killer applications and services…
Mumbrella has reported that Tourism Australia’s www.australia.com website has won a People’s Voice Winner in the Tourism category of the 2009 Webby Awards. More information is in Mumbrella’s article, Webby Awards for Tourism Australia and Lonely Planet. I’d like to congratulate the Tourism Australia team for doing a great job creating a world-class website.
US federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, has outlined a blueprint for government data at the 2009 Government Web Managers conference. As reported in GCN, Kundra advised that, Government data prepared for public reuse should be offered in multiple-formats, be machine-readable and adhere as closely as possible to lightweight standards This is likely to be…
The title of this post was used recently in the White House blog to announce the expansion of their online presence to reach into a range of social media including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, adding to their presence on Flickr, Youtube, Vimeo and iTunes. Named White House 2.0, the post also quoted President Obama calling…
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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