The Canberra GovCamp dialogue was held on Wednesday, one of a series of events across Australia, both part of Public Sector Innovation Month and a lead-in to a full GovCamp in November. Attendees included both current and former public servants, academics and private sector interested parties – all interested in discussing how to foster and…
Canberra is full of large buildings full of public servants, all working together on a daily basis to serve the needs of government and the community. While some can work remotely, from their home or on the road, there’s still significant barriers to teleworking in the public service. Whether it’s the need to install a…
One of the emerging challenges for governments in the online age is managing the discrepancy between the speed of transparency and the speed of accountability. With digitalisation and the internet, the speed at which government information is made public is becoming faster, with it being easier to collect, aggregate and publish information and data in…
PS News has a great report on the growth of data.gov.au – linking to a report on the Department of Finance’s blog which indicates the site added 100 datasets in June. The site has also upgraded to provide more data visualisation capability for users, as well as a responsive template for improved mobile access. Most interesting…
I’ve been attending a number of networking and other business events in the last month across Canberra, and have noticed that amongst all the CEOs, CTOs, Financial Directors and similar, that there’s been no senior public servants in attendance. While there was a good turn-out of public servants at one event I’ve attended, the Life…
The Mandarin reports that six significant federal agencies are currently seeking permanent Chief Information Officers, while both the ACT government and the Federal government’s Digital Transition Office recently resorted to overseas hires to fill senior leadership roles requiring strong digital backgrounds. Does this signify a shortage of senior digital and ICT talent in Australia (or…
User interface design (or UX design) has been a buzz term for several years in government, with agencies spending significant money on ensuring their services and processes are easy for the broadest range of citizens to access and complete. This is a good thing too – It makes good economic, reputational and even health sense…
One of the significant news stories in Australia this week is the revelation that Bill Shorten failed to correctly disclose a $40,000 electoral donation in a timely manner – breaching parliamentary requirements. This is far from the first time a politician has done this, with repeated errors in declaring donations an ongoing issue for both…
The last week has seen a range of major issues for the Australian Government’s new MyTax service. As reported across both traditional and social media, people using MyTax to file their tax returns have experienced shut-outs, had the process freeze when they were almost complete and had it fail to autofill their pre-saved details. MyTax…
While I’ve been very tardy at posting this year, due to busyness, significant life and work changes and a general lassitude brought on from blogging for so many years, the Government 2.0 scene in Australia has continued to progress. While some of the faces and names have changed, and the public sector talks more about…
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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