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Last weekend (31 May – 2 June) was a big weekend for Government 2.0 in Australia, with the first truly national GovHack held across eight locations, including seven of Australia’s eight major states and territories. With over $170,000 in prizes, and around 100 national and local prizes on offer, GovHack 2013 attracted 900 participants, who…
As the first major action by a nation to limit the spread and use of generative AI, Italy’s government has taken the step to formally ban ChatGPT use not only by government employees, but by all Italians. As reported by the BBC, “the Italian data-protection authority said there were privacy concerns relating to the model,…
Tonight the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has released the Public Sector Innovation Toolkit website. The website is part of the APS-wide innovation agenda, designed to help public servants develop and apply innovative solutions. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution license, the Innovation Toolkit is being used to, provide information about the innovation…
The Centre for Policy Development, a non-partisan Australian think tank, has released the Upgrading Democracy Edition of Insight, their enewsletter. With a foreword by Minister Lindsay Tanner and articles from Senator Kate Lundy and Gov 2.0 Taskforce member Martin Stewart-Weeks – amongst a set of other fantastic essays, I recommend reading this Insight to gain…
The last week has seen a range of major issues for the Australian Government’s new MyTax service. As reported across both traditional and social media, people using MyTax to file their tax returns have experienced shut-outs, had the process freeze when they were almost complete and had it fail to autofill their pre-saved details. MyTax…
The New Zealand Government’s new Web Toolkit is beginning to ramp up with some very valuable case studies, advice and processes for managing a government agency’s social media presence. One of the latest useful documents released in the toolkit is on how to handle social media mishaps – which, as public servants are only human,…
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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