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GovHack attracts 42 teams with projects

Bycraigthomler 2 June 2012

There’s been a massive response to GovHack, with 42 teams registered to compete and their projects already well underway (note there are 45 groups listed which included a few which are not competing).

If you want to follow the event online, check out the GovHack website, or follow the action on Twitter using the #Govhack hashtag.

Below are a few photos I took this afternoon at the Canberra venue, Inspire at the University of Canberra.

Part of the main GovHack room in Canberra’s Inspire centre

The second room in the Inspire centre

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Should councils run their mayor’s social accounts or agencies their Minister’s?
Bycraigthomler 12 September 2013

It is rare but not unheard off for Mayors (or other Councillors) to ask council officials to run their Facebook, Twitter or other social media accounts – or for State or Federal Ministers to ask agencies to run their social accounts for them. This can raise challenges for council staff and public servants – where…

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When government crowdsourcing doesn’t work (careful you may laugh)
Bycraigthomler 7 February 2011

Here’s an excellent example of where crowdsourcing doesn’t work. The City of Austin decided to crowdsource a new name for its Solid Waste Services Department. It received plenty of ideas and votes, however few were meaningful or useful – though a number are quite funny. However don’t take this as a lesson that crowdsourcing doesn’t…

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Creating a social media policy for your department – here’s over 100 examples to draw on
Bycraigthomler 16 October 2009

Social Media Governance recently released a list of 106 social media policies that can be drawn on, including nearly thirty from government (including the APSC’s Circular 2008/8: Interim protocols for online media participation). A lot of Australians now use social media – including staff in your Department, your customers and clients and many of your…

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AI is not going to destroy humanity
Bycraigthomler 8 February 2023

I’ve read a few pieces recently, one even quoting an Australian MP, Julian Hill, where claims are made of “catastrophic risks” from AI to humanity. Some of the claims are that “ChatGPT diminishes the ability for humans to think critically”, that “AI will eliminate white collar jobs” or even that “AI will destroy humanity”. Even…

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A blueprint for making government data reusable online
Bycraigthomler 5 May 2009

US federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, has outlined a blueprint for government data at the 2009 Government Web Managers conference. As reported in GCN, Kundra advised that, Government data prepared for public reuse should be offered in multiple-formats, be machine-readable and adhere as closely as possible to lightweight standards This is likely to be…

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Don’t blame the technology, blame the humans
Bycraigthomler 10 October 2014

This week one of the top stories for one of Australia’s leading newspapers has been the purported rape of a woman after she met a man using the ‘Tinder’ matchmaking app. Rape is a terrible act and unacceptable in every circumstance. However the newspaper chose to make Tinder the story, not the rape. Tinder is…

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