Read it over at Nicholas Gruen on Gov 2.0 in Australia and cultural change.
This is my first go at liveblogging so bear with me. A more professional liveblog of this event is on over at Stilgherrian’s blog. Politics and Technology Forum Here’s a picture of the panel
The NSW government has announced the launch of data.nsw.gov.au, a site that will shortly begin providing access to NSW government data feeds available for reuse online. It even has a Twitter stream at dataNSW that will provide notifications as data feeds are released. Announced at NSWSphere last Friday, alongside the release of the Apps4NSW public…
A few days ago the Australian government announced the launch of the DataStart fund, to be managed by Polleniser and with the involvement of RightClick Capital, which aims to foster open data driven startups with commercial ideas. The pilot nine month process will see 20 startups pitch to a board of government and industry judges,…
I’m a big fan of opening up as much public sector information as possible in easily discoverable and reusable ways (taking into account privacy, security and commercial-in-confidence considerations). The data allows citizens and organisations to build a more informed view of their government’s activities, a good accountability measure. It also allows the development of useful…
Google looks to be entering the market Hitwise and Neilsen are already competing in – audience tracking online, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, Google to Offer a Tool To Measure Web Hits. This differs from web log reporting in that it tracks website visitors across different websites to provide a behavioural picture of…
Over in the UK, Helpful Technology has released ‘The Digital Engagement Guide‘, which aims to become one of the best sources of useful examples, tools and practical advice about how UK public sector organisations can engage online. The site touts itself as “Part bookmark collection, part reference manual, part Q&A site, it’s a place to get…
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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