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…
The UK government last week launched alpha.gov.uk, an experimental site that explores different ways of presenting government information online to better support citizens. Designed based on recommendations from the 2010 Review Report led by Martha Lane Fox, which was intended to revolutionise the UK Government’s online services, the site provides a glimpse into a citizen-centric…
Here’s an excellent example of where crowdsourcing doesn’t work. The City of Austin decided to crowdsource a new name for its Solid Waste Services Department. It received plenty of ideas and votes, however few were meaningful or useful – though a number are quite funny. However don’t take this as a lesson that crowdsourcing doesn’t…
Today telecommuting often refers to people who work from home, logging into computer networks to prepare documents and exchange information remotely. However across the world we’re starting to see examples of much broader and more intense forms of telecommuting. Warfare Take for example the RQ-1 Predator, an unmanned aerial vehicle that has been used since…
The ABS has launched the CodePlay initiative as a Gov 2.0 approach to help drive collaboration between students, developers and national and international statistical agencies. The competition challenges Australian tertiary students to help the ABS design the next generation of open-data tools to help people access, view and use statistical information. While I’m not sure…
There’s a fantastic series of articles being published over at FutureGov Asia-Pacific at the moment, introducing some very interesting perspectives on social media and government. One asks, Should policy be debated in social media?, providing perspectives from senior leaders in different jurisdictions across the region. There is a fair amount of diversity in the viewpoints,…
If organizations that used Facebook to disseminate their message were actual people, NASA would be the captain of the football team and the class president, the White House would be his cheerleader girlfriend and the the Department of Commerce would be the nerd they both pushed into a locker… Technews Daily Digital IQ Index: Public…
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…
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…
If you followed the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington earlier this month, you may have seen Nicholas Gruen’s presentation on redefining public goods. If you haven’t, it is well worth reviewing (see below) – as are many of the other presentations from the event. These presentations are available online, together with slides, from the event’s…
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