It’s an interesting watch.
I’ll buy a drink for anyone who accurately counts the number of ‘ums’ I say!
With the election over, Prime Minister Gillard has promised to throw open the curtains and let in the sunlight, a more open government than ever before. With a government consisting of 72 Labor MPs, a Green MP and three Independents, media commentators are saying that more negotiation and consultation will be required than ever before….
THe Australian Labor Party has just launched a social media community designed to provide ways for party members and the community to interact and provide ideas to the ALP hierarchy. Launched by Karl Bitar in a blog post, Australian Labor’s New Community Space, the system includes a ‘ThinkTank‘ for discussion and voting on issues and…
Earlier this week Us Now film Ltd announced that Us Now, its documentary on how the Internet is changing how citizens engage with and what they expect of government, was available online for free viewing, download and distribution. What is the film about? In the words of its creators in the UK, In a world…
About this time last year Laurel Papworth reported that Facebook listed over 2 million Australians as members in a post in her blog titled, Australia has over 2 million Facebook members. I’ve just rechecked this figure, using the same approach as Laurel (via Facebook’s ad tool), and found that Facebook now lists 4,252,860 Australian members…
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is now regularly using Twitter and other online channels to supplement offline media when providing emergency announcements and information. This has meant more than simply setting up a Twitter account and sending messages, the agency has invested in training videographers and educating staff on how to use new…
One of the benefits of my current role is getting to travel around Australia and meet many of the public servants working in the Government 2.0 and open government areas. There’s some fantastic people doing great work, often hidden in the most unlikely places. It has also made me aware of how few people there…
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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