Google has launched the Student Voice initiative, whereby 15-17 year old Australian students will be able to vote online in a mock election reflecting the current Federal election. The goal is to help these students learn more about elections and also provide a perspective on how Australia’s future voters (who will be eligible to vote…
Around the world governments are tightening their belts. After the recent global financial crisis many countries’ governments have borrowed heavily from financial markets and released these funds as stimulus packages – placing them in deficit. Australia is no different, although we have very successfully kept our deficit to a smaller percentage of GDP than most…
I’m off to London for a few weeks on Tuesday and will be catching up and speaking with some Gov 2.0 people there to find out what’s happening in the UK. if you have any suggestions on contacts I should catch up with, please drop me a Tweet or email.
While the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the major political parties are “Parties miss the mark in Twittersphere“, the current Federal election is likely to see social media used in more diverse and effective ways than ever before in Australia. Why and how? Here’s some samples. Statistics Australians aged 18+ in 2009: 16,812,886 (ABS)…
It’s all well and good to say there’s over 200 Twitter feeds from Australian federal, state and local governments – but to get a picture of the level of activity, and see what they’re saying, look at eGovAU’s Twitter feed here (note that it is a free service and occasionally down for maintenance). This page…
The title of this post reflects the key statement that stood out for me in the London.gov.uk blog’s post Economic benefits of data release This article puts some solid numbers behind the value of open data initiatives in government, from the US’s Apps for Democracy mash-up competition (50 entries in 30 days, valued at $2.5m…
Lisa Howdin, who now works with me, has been compiling a set of guidelines and information around how to develop, write, manage and moderate social media tools in Government in the form of a wiki. She’s looking for contributions from people across Australian government who are working in this area and have learnings they can…
Vanessa Paech has written a post on a topic I was considering writing about recently – online identity and what can happen when an organisation decides to force users to use their real identity online. As Vanessa’s post is so good, rather than trying to do the topic justice, I shall take the lazy way…
PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum have opened voting for the 11th Annual award for the Top 10 Who are changing the world of Internet and Politics in 2010. I’m proud to have been nominated for a second year in a row, alongside Senator Kate Lundy. A third Australian has joined us in the nominations…
Marketing Daily has published an excellent article on the learnings of top executives about using and engaging via social media. All of the realisations and strategies mentioned apply equally to the public sector. You can read it at, Top Execs Dish About Social Media Strategies.
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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