Guest post by Steve Davies Yesterday I spend a little time getting involved in the ACT Government Twitter Cabinet. The focus was on Canberra beyond 2013. Lots of ideas and views exchanged. Through sheer serendipity one of my views on life struck a note with our Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher. So the next Twitter Cabinet…
The ACT Government has scheduled its next Virtual Community Cabinet (VCC) meeting for 12.30 today. This is the third VCC held by the ACT government and has the theme “The Canberra you want to live in past 2013”. I’m collecting the public discussion via the liveblog below (and by RSS) – which means you can…
This has been an insightful week for organisations using, or considering using, social media with three successive events demonstrating how far power has shifted to the public and illustrating how Australians companies are struggling to engage effectively online. First up was Qantas with its poorly timed “Qantas luxury” promotion. Qantas launched the Twitter competition by…
The New Zealand Labour Party have released an Open Government policy, proudly claiming it as first in New Zealand. The policy focuses on transparency of political offices as the core principle, but also commits the party to producing a comprehensive “Open Government Charter‟, based on a set of principles developed by NZ Labour MPs in consultation with members…
I’ll let the video speak for itself…
Crowdsourcing often seems to be a high stress area for organisations, who fear what might happen if they allowed their users to design their products and services. However what is often forgotten is that it’s not about handing over the design process, it is about sharing it as a codesign process – combining the brain…
The ACT government has announced that their first Virtual Community Cabinet will be held today from 12:30 – 1:30pm on the topic of Public Transport, using Twitter as the discussion tool. To follow the discussion keep an eye on #actvcc, the hashtag for the event. The ACT Cabinet will be in the Cabinet room, following…
One of the assumptions often applied to government funding for aid and governance reform programs is that the funding must be granted to established corporations, NGOs or not-for-profits that have hierarchies, governance structures, offices and methodologies for achieving outcomes. It only makes sense – when investing government money into development activities there needs to be…
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about 21st Century society vs 19th Century laws and policing. My post discussed the interview and arrest of Ben Grubb, an Australian Technology Journalist, by Queensland Police in the context of the challenges for legislators and law enforcement in remaining current and relevant in a quickly digitalising world….
Crowdsourcing is often used in government for ‘light’ topics, such as selecting a logo or sourcing audience-created videos or photos. However it also offers enormous potential for informing and developing government policy in areas that are considered both sensitive and serious – such as security. About a year ago the Atlantic Council released its recommendations…
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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