Governments around the world are struggling to manage the dual challenges of maintaining IT security while also enabling their staff to do their jobs in a digital world. The Australian government has endorsed social media engagement by staff in its Open Government Declaration, stating that; Agencies are to reduce barriers to online engagement, undertake social…
This is the second part of my series of posts on the World e.Gov forum I attended in early October 2010 in Paris, France. The previous part is World e.Gov Forum review Part 1: Gov 2.0 flavours. In this part I’d like to share six case studies of Gov 2.0 and eGovernment activity from around…
Last Monday (4 October) one of the US’s most loved brands tried to introduce its new logo. The company went about it in the traditional, time-honoured way. Marketing staff had consulted internal stakeholders (who thought after twenty years the logo looked a little tired), considered the research and wrote a brief. Working with a creative…
Marketing Daily has published an excellent article on the learnings of top executives about using and engaging via social media. All of the realisations and strategies mentioned apply equally to the public sector. You can read it at, Top Execs Dish About Social Media Strategies.
To kick-off this week, I thought it might be useful to link to an excellent video from the US’s Sunlight Foundation providing a glimpse into why there’s growing interest in making public information collected and managed by governments public. It doubles as an introduction to the Public = Online campaign, which is being used in…
GovFresh celebrates Gov 2.0 Heroes Day every year on 15 June. Gov 2.0 Heroes Day celebrates, in the words of GovFresh, …citizens inside and outside government who go above and beyond the call of duty and creatively leverage technology to build a more open, transparent and collaborative democracy. The ‘usual suspects’ of social media are…
Victoria’s App My State competition has now closed to entries, and has already been an enormous success for the Gov 2.0 efforts in that state. The competition attracted 171 entries, 75 applications and 96 ideas, over 12 weeks. Judging has now commenced – with the public able to vote for the ‘popular choice’ award and…
If you’ve not on Twitter, or regularly visiting AGIMO’s new Govspace blog, you may not yet be aware of the Australian Gov 2.0 showcase. The showcase has been established as a place for the Australian Government to publicly share case studies, videos and information about various Government 2.0 initiatives taking place. The first goal of…
The internet has proven itself time and time again to be one of the fastest platforms of disseminating information during emergencies. The latest example has been in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. One of the largest spills off the US coast in history (though far from being the largest in…
On Monday, coinciding with the release of the Government’s Gov 2.0 Taskforce report response, AGIMO launched its new blog and blogging platform at AGIMO.Govspace.gov.au. More than simply a Departmental blog, Govspace, as discussed on Twitter by John Sheridan, is a blogging – and eventually a wiki – platform available for other Departments to use, @purserj…
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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