I’ve had a long time interest in Ice TV. In fact about five years ago I was considering investing in the company, or encouraging my then employer (ActewAGL/TransACT) to invest in it as an extension to their cableTV service. For anyone unaware of the company, they sell electronic program guides (EPGs) for free-to-air channels for…
Beth Noveck, director of President Obama’s open government initiative, said in a recent essay, Our institutions of governance are characterized by a longstanding culture of professionalism in which bureaucrats – not citizens – are the experts. Until recently, we have viewed this arrangement as legitimate because we have not practically been able to argue otherwise….
Mumbrella has reported that Tourism Australia’s www.australia.com website has won a People’s Voice Winner in the Tourism category of the 2009 Webby Awards. More information is in Mumbrella’s article, Webby Awards for Tourism Australia and Lonely Planet. I’d like to congratulate the Tourism Australia team for doing a great job creating a world-class website.
US federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, has outlined a blueprint for government data at the 2009 Government Web Managers conference. As reported in GCN, Kundra advised that, Government data prepared for public reuse should be offered in multiple-formats, be machine-readable and adhere as closely as possible to lightweight standards This is likely to be…
The title of this post was used recently in the White House blog to announce the expansion of their online presence to reach into a range of social media including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, adding to their presence on Flickr, Youtube, Vimeo and iTunes. Named White House 2.0, the post also quoted President Obama calling…
I applaud Victoria Police for their latest foray into online engagement, MyPlace. As highlighted in Victoria’s eGovernment Resource Centre, the Victorian Police have launched MyPlace as, An interactive mapping service provide by Victoria Police which is updated every three months so you can see what is happening in your suburbs and hear directly from your…
Tim Davies from the UK has written an excellent post highlighting all the ‘small hurdles’ that government agencies face when attempting to engage online. Entitled OpenGov: One big challenge? Or a thousand small hurdles, despite coming from the UK, the list reflects many of the hurdles faced in Australian government that need to be overcome…
Illustrating one of the ways in which parliamentarians are now actively engaging the public online, Senator Kate Lundy has posted in her blog about a series of online ‘Public Spheres’ she will be hosting to, facilitate regular topics of interest to both the general public and to the government. Discussed in her post, Public Sphere…
Following the examples of the US, UK, Australia and other countries, New Zealand has released principles for interaction with social media. New Zealand has also gone a step further and released a guide to social media monitoring, to support government agencies in listening to the many conversations citizens are holding online and engaging in online…
At about the time this post will appear on my blog I’ll be speaking at the Hitwise/Australian Marketing Institute breakfast in Canberra on a topic related to Maximising engagement online whilst reducing costs. My presentation will explore ways of identifying where audiences are going online to help organisations form appropriate strategies to target them with…
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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