Instantiate has posted an audio interview (MP3 podcast – 34Mb) with the founders of OpenAustralia, a non-partisan, website run by a group of volunteers site which aims to make it easy for people to keep tabs on their representatives in Australian Parliament. The interview provides an insight into why volunteers establish this type of site,…
It has taken me a little while to post about this report, as when I first saw the media release in my webfeed I mistakenly thought this was news about the previous survey. However having finally caught up, thanks to the eGovernment Resource Centre, I’m pleased to see that the 2008 eGovernment survey shows the…
I’ve been engaged in an interesting discussion in GovLoop regarding the definition of Government 2.0 and Web 2.0. Initiated by Jeffrey Levy, who managed the official blog of the EPA, the discussion is around the proposition that Gov’t 2.0 is a set of ideals. Web 2.0 is a set of tools. Jeffrey contends that, Gov’t…
I was recently alerted to the Queensland government’s Share My Story website, which invites individuals to share their stories of road tragedies in order to help others rethink their conduct on the road and avoid future traffic injuries and deaths. In my opinion Share My Story is an amazingly good website and a model for…
The UK has announced 11 winners and 10 highly commended initiatives in its annual eGovernment awards. Selected from 68 finalists, there are many interesting initiatives that could be adapted and used by Australian governments to deliver better and more cost-effective services.
In possibly the most innovative use of the internet by an Australian political party (please tell me if you’ve seen better), the Australian Democrats have launched the site Bastardwatch, building on their motto, ‘keeping the bastards honest‘. The site supports Web 2.0 features such as the ability to Nominate a prospective bastard, add comments to…
In an example of how law isn’t keeping pace with internet developments, last week The Age published an article, Problems with courts ordering service by Facebook, which considered the potential clash between an ACT Supreme court ruling and the terms of the US social network. While the court ordered that a default judgement could be…
Edelman Digital has published a paper that really drills into the strategy and tactics used by Barack Obama in his campaign to be nominated and then elected as US President. Entitled, The Social Pulpit: Barack Obama’s Social Media Kit, the techniques used by Obama’s online campaign staff, led by one of Facebook’s founders, are useful…
Intranets have been around in various forms for around twenty years now. Many are firmly rooted as an essential tool in the operations of organisations. However there are many organisations where intranets are still treated as costs or are not sponsored and supported at senior management levels. In fact in last year’s Global Intranet Trends…
Accenture has released an international report, Leadership in Customer Service: Creating Shared Responsibility for Better Outcomes looking at the opinions of 8,600 citizens in 21 countries towards their governments. Australia, one of the countries studied, performed moderately well. Australians were almost evenly split amongst those who felt that government was good at seeking their opinions,…
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