If you’ve been involved in public engagement or public participation over the last twelve months, it is worth checking out the International Association for Public Participation’s (IAP2) global Core Values Awards for 2012. Open now for entry, the IAP2’s Core Values Awards recognise the best public participation activities by organisations from around the world, based…
Step Two’s annual global Intranet Innovation Awards for 2012 are now open for entry until 31 May 2012. If you’ve done something extraordinary with your intranet this is a great way to get your organisation recognised for this work and share your idea with others across the intranet space. The awards aren’t just for entire…
On Monday AGIMO announced the finalists for the 2011 Gov 2.0 individual innovator award, building on the award originally issued by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce last year. I’m very proud to see the three finalists have all made significant contributions to Government 2.0 practice in Australia. It is interesting to note that all three finalists…
The fifth annual global Intranet Innovation Awards have just opened and you have until Tuesday 31 May to submit your entry. What I particularly like about these awards is that the judges aren’t simply looking for the best Intranet, you can simply submit the best functionality or feature in your Intranet. This means that if…
In Paris, on Thursday 14 October 2010, Senator Kate Lundy became the first Australian and 10th annual winner of the World e.Gov Forum and PoliticsOnline‘s International eDemocracy award – the equivalent of the Academy awards for eGovernment and Gov 2.0 practitioners. In an award ceremony at France’s Department of Foreign Affairs, in front of more…
As some might already know, I was selected as one of ‘Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics’, in PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum’s 11th annual awards. Senator Kate Lundy was also selected, and you can find her press release here. It is rare to have two Australians receive such…
Around the world governments are tightening their belts. After the recent global financial crisis many countries’ governments have borrowed heavily from financial markets and released these funds as stimulus packages – placing them in deficit. Australia is no different, although we have very successfully kept our deficit to a smaller percentage of GDP than most…
PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum have opened voting for the 11th Annual award for the Top 10 Who are changing the world of Internet and Politics in 2010. I’m proud to have been nominated for a second year in a row, alongside Senator Kate Lundy. A third Australian has joined us in the nominations…
It is rare to see government officials named in the ranks of the most creative or most innovative people. However in Fast Company’s The 100 most creative people in business 2010, Beth Noveck, the Deputy CTO White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been named as the 35th most creative person. I’ve never…
On Tuesday CEBIT is hosting the eGovernment Forum, with the involvement of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) in the Department of Finance and Deregulation. I am attending the Forum as a guest of AGIMO to receive a Gov 2.0 Innovator Award, alongside Mosman Council and ABC Pool (per the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s Innovators…
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