It can seem very daunting to take that first step into social media. However government agencies do not need to develop their own or purchase a plug-in to their web content management system. There are also opportunities to procure a ‘white label’ social media platform – at little or no cost. These platforms vary enormously…
The Web Industry Professionals Association (WIPA) have published a guide to help webmasters migrating websites from the the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 1.0 to the soon-to-be-released WCAG 2.0.The HTML version of “Migrating from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0” is at http://wipa.org.au/papers/wcag-migration.htm As WCAG 1.0 is mandatory for Australian government agency websites, this…
In the US government gateway site there’s a page listing the active and past official Blogs from the U.S. Government. Looking through the list of 43 blogs, there’s a wide range of topics on which this medium has been used – from AIDs education, through Art, Environmental issues and Foreign policy to Defense. If your…
I was reading a very interesting blog post the other day regarding the experiences of someone who is colourblind, Confessions of a colourblind man. It raised a number of accessibility issues with printed material, moving images and websites that the author had experienced during their life. Despite the requirement for government in Australia to ensure…
There’s a great article up on BuzzMachine titled Google as the new press room. It makes the point that newspapers are in the content business, not the printing and distribution or website business. As such they should focus on what they do well (create excellent content) and outsource the non-core activities. The specific example is…
I’ve been reading about a presentation given by Michael Specht at PubCamp Sydney, an event that brought together old and new media people to look at opportunities and threats facing the industry. He gave a an impromptu presentation on Enterprise 2.0, which contained a number of insights that apply equally to the public sector. The…
The Federal Mobility 2.0 Study, released a couple of days ago in the US, has reported that wireless internet access for Federal public servants improves their productivity. In fact over 70% of respondents, who all used wireless internet, reported that it improved their productivity. At the same time only 40% of Federal agencies reported that…
Nathanael Boehm has provided more details on what may be the first official joint Commonwealth/State/Territory government blog in Australia. In Government Blog: blog.training.gov.au, he talks about the purpose behind the site and how it was constructed, using opensource technologies to deliver a fast, cheap and secure solution. This achievement is a great example of how…
This is a very worthwhile event with a simple theme. As described on its website, what you need to do on 1 August 2008 is: Find a usability problem – it could be a poorly designed toaster, a confusing or redundant letter from your bank, or even a problem with your experience boarding, flying and…
Google recently released a report on web browser security, conducted in June 2008, which found that more than 630 million internet users were not using the most secure version of their chosen web browser. Mainly this reflected Internet Explorer use – 577 million users were not using the most secure version of the browser –…
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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