The Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Terry Moran, gave a speech last week to the Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney. Titled Surfing the next wave of reform, his speech discussed the public service’s critical role in supporting and enabling government reform and good governance, and what would be expected of the APS…
After a fanfare opening around two years ago, the US government’s proposed budget cuts may force data.gov and seven other Gov 2.0 and data sharing websites to close down or dramatically curtail their activities. When first launched data.gov was the first national website for providing centralised access to government data in reusable formats. The website…
At the next Gov 2.0 Canberra lunch we’re taking a look at a topic rapidly growing in importance for government agencies – managing and moderating online communities. Quiip Director and Community Manager, Alison Michalk, will provide her insights into online community management, user-generated-content moderation and risk mitigation within the Web 2.0 space. The presentation will…
As reported in Mumbrella, the Attorney-General’s Department is supporting research by the University of Western Sydney into how the public seeks and shares information via social media during natural disasters. To complete the survey go here.
Listening to the US’s National Public Radio (NPR) last week, I caught a story about how Chinese citizens are now using micro-blogging services (similar to Twitter) to communicate about missing or stolen children and, in some cases to locate them. According to The Guardian article, Chinese parents turn to microblogging in hunt for missing children,…
What do you think Australia’s Government 2.0 future will look like? Today Kate Carruthers and I have launched a new project; one we’d like you to be part of. Government 2.0 is gaining momentum around the world. Not a fad management approach or minor adjustment to policy and processes, Government 2.0 is underpinned by one…
I attended Gartner’s Government Day on Monday for their ITXPO Symposium (I was on a panel), and it was very interesting to hear the views expressed about social media. Below are some of the quotes I recorded from Gartner analysts and senior IT leaders. They are not all verbatim and have been reordered to flow…
We’ve finished up Pat’s workshop with a discussion of potential future projects, working on a Citizen 2.0 basis. Three we discussed are listed below… Future project ideas Save me Personal safety initiative – a smartphone application with a single red button ‘save me’. If you believe you are in danger you press the button. It…
In Pat’s Citizen 2.0 workshop we’ve been discussing how citizens have changed – their expectations and behaviours. Below is the list we came up with, and a video from William Perrin (given for Public Sphere) on how these changes are affecting government. Changes in citizen expectations and behaviours Instant access to information – instant response…
In this post-industrial society many of us are knowledge workers, using information as a key input to create new products, services and ideas. Particularly in government knowledge is critical. That’s why government departments invest a great deal of resources into research, stakeholder engagement and community consultation. Without a reliable and diverse flow of information government…
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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