Useful for communications and policy people in government, it provides insights into how Australians are using their mobile phone to search the internet over weekends based on Google’s statistical data.
Trevor Cook has posted a great summary of the benefits of online employee communities, as discussed in a presentation by Alexei Fey, Senior Manager eBusiness, Savings & Loans Credit Union at the Enterprise 2.0 for Information Professionals conference in Sydney on 14 August. Entitled Building online employee communities, the post covers many different ways of…
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has copped a downpour of headlines for spending A$96.5 million on what some gleefully call “a website.” That framing is catchy – but it’s wrong. The public‑facing interface – the bit we click – cost about A$4.1 million. The heavy lifting was a complete rebuild and testing of the systems…
I am speaking next Tuesday at the National Public Sector Communications Officers’ Forum, giving a Gov 2.0 case study about yourHealth and discussing citizen engagement on behalf of my employer. If anyone attending the Forum has any questions they’d particularly like me to answer about these topics, please let me know in the comments below…
It’s party time at the Department of Finance as GovCMS continues its growth surge, from 78 sites less than a month ago to 102 sites this week. This means the Drupal-based platform is tracking 70% ahead of its 2016 targets, demonstrating how successful a well-engineered and supported digital platform can be in government if well…
A study of 4,000 UK adults has found that 42 percent had used the internet to access information about government or local council services, or completed a government form or process online in the last year. This shot up to 55 percent amongst adults with home internet access. The study, conducted by OfCom also indicated…
This week several of Australia’s highest ranking public servants, including the Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the head of the Australian Public Service Commission, publicly endorsed the position that Australia’s current Freedom of Information laws were restricting public servants from providing frank and fearless advice to government. To put this in context, the…
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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