I’ve had an extended break from blogging over the holiday period to think about the direction of Gov 2.0 in Australia for 2010. Now that the Gov 2.0 Taskforce has disbanded, it’s time for the budding Gov 2.0 community to begin taking on more responsibility across Australian governments to support each other, share knowledge and…
I’ve just finished chatting to Adriel Hampton & Steve Ressler on Gov 2.0 radio about some of the great Gov 2.0 initiatives in Australia. You can now listen to the discussion online at Gov20Radio.com or get it on iTunes.
The team responsible for OpenAustralia has, with the financial assistance of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce (via a Microsoft-backed fund), launched PlanningAlerts. This free new service allows Australians to sign up to email alerts for planning permission requests in their local area so that they can know what is being requested and lodge their views. It…
I’ll be chatting with Adriel Hampton on Gov 2.0 radio early next week to give US Gov 2.0 people some operational insights into Gov 2.0 happenings in Australia. Gov 2.0 radio is a weekly podcast on collaborative and transparent government hosted by Adriel, a noted US-based Gov 2.0 and new media strategist. I expect the…
In the last week there’s been several Australian government activities or announcements which have lead to large community responses via social media – both good and bad. Gov 2.0 Taskforce draft report On 7 December the Gov 2.0 Taskforce released their draft report ‘Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0‘ for public comment. Over the course…
I regard creating a sustainable online community as very hard to do. It is almost always easier to join an existing community – although this presents its own challenges. However at times it will be necessary for government agencies to consider creating their own communities online. This may be as reference groups for specific initiatives…
I came across this presentation from Tamera Kremer while reviewing the outcomes of Canada’s recent Government 2.0 conference in Ottawa. Canadian governments – like others across the world – are addressing similar, if not identical, issues and dilemmas in implementing Government 2.0 and this presentation resonated with a number of the challenges we face in…
Victoria’s eGovernment Resource Centre‘s newsletter has alerted me to moves underway in the House of Representatives to treat electronic petitions in the same manner as paper petitions. Covered in an article in the The Age, Paper and internet petitions may soon be treated equally, the approach being recommended is for the Federal government to adopt…
Many organisations use campaign-based communications models. They develop their campaign strategy, identify and engage their audience, communicate a message, then wind down the campaign and allow the audience to disengage and disperse. At a future time, when the audience no longer seems influenced by the previous message, they repeat this process – potentially reusing campaign…
MashUpAustralia had 81 entries into Australia’s first competitive event for mashing up data from Australian governments. Now that entries have closed, the public have until 4PM AEDT on 20 November to vote for a people’s choice – that means you! So if you’ve not yet had a look at the entries and voted, this is…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
'; loop.parentNode.insertBefore(w,loop); })();