It provides a strong view as to why governments need to open up data to the community and is definitely worth viewing and sharing.
The Australian Parliament House recently released their new website – a major step-up from the previous site. However in reading an article about it on ZDNet I discovered that the APH had, in the process, decided to block an entire top-level domain (.info) from view by the Parliament and the thousands of people working at Parliament House…
The Twitter infographic below has been brought to my attention by The Wall and I thought it worth reflecting here. As you’ll see below, Australia is rated the third most active nation on Twitter, behind the US and UK and just ahead of Brazil, Canada and India. There’s some useful general demographics on Twitter’s global…
I’ve commented before that it isn’t a sound strategy for organisations to entrust their social media strategy to graduates, simply because they are young and “must understand social media”. I’ve also commented on the need to expand social media engagement beyond the communication team to entire organisations, within designated policies. This is because communication professionals…
We’re beginning to see the early shape of 21st Century statecraft, through how the UK and US have begun adopting social media approaches in their international relations. Both nations have recognised the need to engage their own citizens, and the citizens of other nations, in ongoing conversations – tapping broad bases of expertise and improving…
If you have an interest or are involved with Government 2.0 endeavours in Australia, take a look at the new GovLoop group Government 2.0 Australia. Overall there are more than 12,000 participants in Govloop from around the world (though largely from the US) – meaning that there’s already plenty of information and conversation from people…
In an example of openness in action, the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (T/AI) is redeveloping The Guide to Opening Government using a collaborative approach. First developed by the T/AI in 2011 with leading experts, The Guide brought together key practical steps governments can take to achieve openness, supporting civil society organisations and governments to develop and update effective Open Government…
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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