Now the PM is blogging on Climate Change and other topics, what other blogs would you like to see from Australian governments? There are a number I would like to see – many operated from a departmental level rather than a Ministerial one. Geosciences – earthquakes, tsunamis and the geological wealth of Australia. I’d love…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s climate change blog is now live and already attracting many well-thought out comments at the Prime Minister’s website. Like the Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy’s Digital Economy blog, the PM has opted for a topic-based blog with a limited lifespan – in this case 5 days. The blog…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has pre-announced the launch of his new Climate Change blog with the following Tweet via the KevinRuddPM Twitter stream, Starting my blog tomorrow on Climate Change. Like to hear your ideas on practical action. KRudd Another step for the Australian Government into the online consultation space, it will be interesting to…
In 2008 the Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre was one of the ten finalists for PoliticsOnline and World eDemocracy Forum‘s international award ‘The 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics’. Prior to that GetUp was in the Top 10 twice, in 2006 (David Madden & Jeremy Heimans) and 2007 (Brett Solomon). The ACTU…
Prescient Digital have released the results of their Intranet 2.0 Global Survey, reporting that organisation without a 2.0 strategy risks being left behind, or outright failing. The survey, with 561 responses globally (13% from government), found that Intranet 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis and other vehicles have become mainstream, and are present in nearly…
Below is the liveblog for the Government 2.0 Public Sphere Camp being run at Parliament House Canberra on Monday 22 June 2009. This is a jointly published liveblog in co-operation with Des Walsh and Nathanael Boehm. You can pre-register for email notification when the liveblog begins below. Please join in with your comments and questions…
The US state of Utah has been a very active implementer of government 2.0 initiatives for several years now, and is known as one of the most progressive early adopters (for government) in the space. They recently released a new website which uses many web 2.0 features to improve the experience for uses and also…
Following on from my post on Wednesday, below are some of the federal and non-government initiatives in the Government 2.0 space. FederalABS CDataThe Australian Bureau of Statistics is responsible for collecting and providing access to a large proportion of data collected by government in Australia. Before the internet the reports produced by the ABS were…
The events of the past few days in Iran have demonstrated the capability of Twitter to circumvent controls on traditional media, allowing people to communicate and provide images of what is going on on the ground. In case you’ve not yet heard through television, radio or the press, there have been a series of massive…
tweetMP, which lists Australian politicians using the Twitter service, has expanded its functionality to include statistics on which parties and politicians are the most active Tweeters. Now listing 22 Federal politicians on Twitter, the take-up rate seems to be accelerating towards the level of activity in the US and UK.
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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