I heard some good reports from people who attended Web Directions Government back in May.
For those of you, like me, who missed it, Web Directions South has made a number of the presentations and podcasts available online via their blog, Web Directions Government resources now online.
I’m liveblogging at least the morning session of CEBIT’s Gov 2.0 conference in Canberra. Please add your comments and questions and I’ll seek to pass them on to the speakers and blog the responses. For those of you on Twitter, the hashtag to follow is #gov2. Gov 2.0 Conference – Morning
The UK has announced 11 winners and 10 highly commended initiatives in its annual eGovernment awards. Selected from 68 finalists, there are many interesting initiatives that could be adapted and used by Australian governments to deliver better and more cost-effective services.
Last week the Clean Energy Regulator released a calendar that illustrates when other government agencies use National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting data. Called the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting publication calendar, this is useful data for locating government reports on energy and climate change. It also serves a secondary role in highlighting the importance of the…
The UK government’s HM Revenue & Customs service (roughly equivalent to the ATO) has launched an online consultation site seeking public input into its proposed charter. Named Have your say the site asks citizens to answer questions around the proposed charter and provide their views of what it contains and should contain. It’s a fairly…
Over the last week a rogue IT employee in the San Francisco Department of Technology Information Services has held the city to ransom – locking down many of the city’s services by refusing to disclose an administration password. The employee, Terry Childs, helped create the city’s FiberWAN network , used for controlling the city’s emails,…
In July the US Department of Defense launched a new blog, the Web 2.0 Guidance Forum, for the purpose of sourcing input from the public to be used as they develop a social media policy for the armed forces and their families. Reported in Nextgov, Defense asks the public for help forming social media policy,…
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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