Dave Fletcher has published a post on his Government and Technology Weblog about how the community is making use of Utah government traffic data to create innovative tools to help drivers. Covered in If it could all be so effective as this, Dave covers how the information is shared with the public – much in…
The new Smart Regions website showcases 40 European egovernment initiatives between 2002 and 2007. One of the primary messages of the site is the need for government to connect and work together, across teams, agencies, departments, levels of government, with business and with community. Only by doing so can states and councils become more productive…
To the over 7,000 unique visitors my blog has received in the last six months, have a fantastic and safe holiday season and I look forward to further conversations in the Australian egovernment space in 2009. With many international voices in the egovernment space indicating that government needs to build more connections and networks to…
The US Federal Web Managers Council have developed a white paper recommending strategies for revolutionising the US Government’s provision of online services for citizens. The paper, Putting Citizens First: Transforming Online Government, contains some very practical ideas that are also worth considering under Australian conditions, including, Establish Web Communications as a core government business function…
In a first for an Australian Commonwealth government agency, the ABS is set to release most of its website data under Creative Commons licensing on 18-19 December. Announced in their Website changes coming soon page, the ABS states, Creative Commons provides a spectrum of licensing for the use of intellectual property between full copyright and…
Reading the Connected Republic this morning, Paul Johnston has written an interesting post, Us Now: On the Road to Self-Organised Government?, about the new documentary, US Now, which explores the power of self-organising groups and what they might mean for society and the public sector. The film has just previewed in London, however clips, a…
Given that a case study on Mosman council is being included in today’s Web 2.0 in Government seminar being run by AGIMO, I thought it was worth referring people to this article in Govtech by Bill Shrier, the CTO of Seattle. The article, per its title, discusses How Web 2.0 will transform local councils. Rightly…
It has always struck me as a little contradictory that while one of the government’s primary goals is to build citizen awareness of various services, issues, initiatives and opportunities, at the same time many government communications and publications (than need to be) are protected under rigid copyright disclaimers. I’ve even seen situations where government agencies…
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…
Paul Johnston, posting at TheConnectedRepublic, has brought to my attention the following video and report on the rise of the video republic. This looks at how people – particularly young people – are using online video to express their views, share opinions and shape the world views of their generation. It’s a fascinating watch and…
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