This is based on some thinking (and rewriting of a reply) around a post by Stephen Collins from Acidlabs on the topic of how and why to implement ‘Enterprise 2.0 technologies in organisations, entitled Enterprise 2.0 – Identify problem. Determine solution. Then tools. Stephen was making a good point – that it is important to…
President-elect Barack Obama built his campaign on change, and is demonstrating an ongoing commitment to this approach via the site Change.gov. It’s a great living case study on how a government can engage its citizens online in a constructive way.
Following in the footsteps of other world leaders, today Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched an official presence on Twitter (at @KevinRuddPM). For the unfamiliar, Twitter is a free ‘micro-blogging’ service which allows users to exchange short updates (up to 140 characters long), termed ‘Tweets’ in a way similar to SMS. Unlike SMS, these updates are…
The British government is funding a campaign, CivicSurf to teach British local politicians how to blog. It would also be useful to public servants in understanding and communicating the benefits of blogging (as well as how to become bloggers themselves). Thanks to Stap isi for referring me to the site. The campaign includes the website,…
A debate has been going on in Europe recently regarding which comes first – successful Web 2.0 egovernment, or citizen-centric and transparent government. One argument goes that government must first undergo cultural change in order to deliver effective Web 2.0 services. The other is that government will undergo cultural change through releasing Web 2.0 services….
I’m glad to see that blogging is beginning to become a more used tool within the Australian public sector, with the ABS launching Statistically Speaking, a blog for libraries in September, the Training.gov.au Project Blog having been running since June this year (with a Twitter feed since October at @TrainingGovAu) and Stap isi, a blog…
Following up from AGIMO’s ‘consultation blog consultation’, The Australia has reported that the Finance Minister has indicated that the Federal government will be trialling public consultation via Web 2.0 tools in 2009. The article, Tanner eyes web 2.0 tools, begins the process of setting a direction for the Federal government, with Minister Tanner stating, “The…
FCW.com has reported in, Navy encourages use of Web 2.0 tools, that the US Navy’s CIO Robert Carey, the first government CIO to publish a public blog, has endorse the use of Web 2.0 tools to improve communication and collaboration. Tools that include wikis, blogs and Web feeds will give warfighters seamless access to important…
WebProNews has reported that based on comScore statistics, more than 14.5 million internet users visited blogs in August 2008, 41 percent of active internet users. That’s around 25 percent of the entire UK population. “Blogs have become part of the essential fabric of the Internet today,” said Herve Le Jouan, Managing Director, comScore Europe. “They…
A public wiki has been created to capture examples of best practice Government 2.0 initiatives from around the world. It’s just starting out but already has some great examples of how different governments are using tools like blogs, wikis, video and social networks to achieve their objectives and better service customers. If you have an…
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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