It’s expected these days for both corporations and government agencies to have vision and mission statements which encapsulate the change they wish to create through their existence and how they intend to create it. Notable statements include Microsoft’s new mission, “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more” and Amazon’s…
With the change in Prime Minister to Malcolm Turnbull there was always likely to be a shift in the prominence of digital and IT within government. The new administrative arrangements released earlier this week demonstrated this clearly, with the Digital Transition Office moving from the Communications portfolio to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet…
Rudd & Gillard could work the Twitters. Abbott understood the need to engage digitally, if not the tech, the value or the full impact (and mistakenly thought one of his Ministers had invented the Internet). Even Howard got onboard the digital express with a few YouTube videos. However Australia has never before in its history…
I’m seeing something that disturbs me happening in the innovation space across government. Something that suggests that ‘innovation’ is becoming more of a buzzword than a real change in organisational culture. On one front, as agencies ‘buy into’ the innovation mantra, they are developing processes for fostering innovation – systems designed to fast-track innovative ideas…
While travelling to and from the GovHack international awards red carpet event (which was great BTW), I’ve been reading ‘So you’ve been publicly shamed‘, the latest book by Jon Ronson (the author of The men who stare at goats), and was reflecting on some of the experiences he talks about. A common theme throughout the…
Below is a list of all of the GovHack 2015 International and National winners… The GovHack 2015 International categories had competitors across Australia and New Zealand: The International Best Disaster Mitigation Hack, iHelp by team Tremorz in New Zealandhttps://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/tremorz The International Digital Humanities Hack patentstori.es by team Patent Trolls in Canberrahttps://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/patentstories International Bounty for Best…
Tonight I am liveblogging from the GovHack 2015 International Awards, a red carpet event for roughly 250 GovHack national and international finalists, dignitaries, journalists, entrepreneurs and organisers where over $300,000 in prizes will be awarded by government and industry. The event is the culmination of GovHack 2015, which this year smashed it’s own records in…
Alun Probert (formerly of NSW government) has written a good piece on how sometime digital decisions are simply good business. I think he’s spot on about this, and about the danger of treating digital as a silver bullet. Government is in the business of achieving great outcomes for society. Any government who fails to keep…
Australia’s Digital Transition Office (DTO) has finally lifted the covers on the personnel it’s seeking to hire to fulfil its ambitious transformation agenda. However, unlike traditional APS hiring, the DTO’s positions vacant use modern corporate job titles and each job description clearly and in detail explains what applicants will be expected to do in the role. There’s…
There’s an interest case emerging where an Australian Defense Force veteran has surveyed a large number of clients of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and identified a very different view of the department to that claimed in its own survey. Before idespread internet and social media use, surveying a large number of agency clients or…
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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