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’m reliably informed (via a public tweet and the Taskforce site) that the Gov 2.0 Taskforce draft report should be out at some point today. The Taskforce Chairman, Dr Nicholas Gruen, says in the announcement linked above that it will be publicly available for comment until at least Wednesday 17 December. Keep an eye on…
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 government initiatives need to be communicated to all or some of the community to increase awareness and, in some cases, encourage behavioural change. Whether advising people of changes in tax laws, informing and influencing the community’s health habits, or seeking public submissions in a consultation, there needs to be communications strategies in place to…
The APSC has replaced its Interim protocols for online media participation (released December 2008) with Circular 2009/6: Protocols for online media participation. The new Circular is briefer than its predecessor, going further than I had expected, making it clear in no uncertain tones that (my bold in the quote below), Web 2.0 provides public servants…
In my experience, where possible, Australian public servants avoid controversial topics when consulting with the public. Controversial topics are messy, unpredictable, raise high emotions and draw out divergent viewpoints – making discussions difficult to manage and control. They also often edge into political matters which are outside the scope of the public service, who strive…
I’m beginning to get annoyed with the attitudes I’m seeing both in the mainstream press and at many conferences discussing social media. The discussion is still about how important social media is becoming, how if you don’t get on now you’ll be left behind and about the antics of celebrity and sports tweeters. To me…
Dr Crispin Butteriss of Bang the Table gave the presentation below at the IAP2 Conference in Perth October 2009. It provides an excellent view of how governments can use forums to engage communities, including unveiling what types of feedback you can expect. Thanks to Matthew Crozier who brought my attention to this over at Ozloop….
The US is a little behind Australia in considering a National Broadband Network, however it has taken a very different approach in consulting and engaging citizens, opening up the discussion to the US community in a Gov 2.0 manner. The US Government’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched Broadband.gov as a web 2.0 enabled site…
Thanks to the eGovernment Resource Centre, I’ve become aware of the New Zealand Draft Open Access and Licensing Framework that was release late last month. Structured as a discussion paper, it sets out guidelines for the use of ‘no copyright’ and Creative Commons use across the NZ government to support the release and appropriate re-use…
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