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…
Governments collect and distribute a massive amount of public data each year. It is a continual challenge to make this data accessible and usable for citizens, commercial organisations, researchers, scientists and policy makers. This challenge isn’t limited to a few dedicated statistical organisations, such as the ABS. Many other government departments collect, collate and publish…
The US Army is about to set up several islands in the virtual world Second Life to explore the effectiveness of the medium as a recruiting tool. Reported in The Inquisitr, the article, titled U.S. Army to setup camp on Second Life, the army is looking to provide virtual experiences, such as parachuting and using…
Following AGIMO’s Web 2.0 in government seminar this morning, what is your opinion on how well Australian government has been implementing Web 2.0? I’m writing this before the event and will not be attending due to other commitments (but are sending several of my team), and so are very interested in what others thought.
The eGovernment Resource Centre has posted a link to a new resource listing government Twitter users from the US. Named GovTwit, it lists over 100 accounts from US government agencies, over 30 US Senator and Rep tweeters and 40 from US states. There’s also a set of international tweeters, including three from Australia (Opposition Leader…
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…
Like many other Australians I have a direct link to the recent attacks in Mumbai. One of my family’s friends was trapped in the Taj Mahal hotel. She managed to avoid being taken hostage – or worse. Her husband was out of the hotel at the time and found shelter elsewhere. Fortunately both of them…
It can be a challenge for government agencies to get the level of buyin required to build or buy the infrastructure required for online consultation. Questions get asked at senior levels around security and privacy, the risk of consultations being hijacked, the level of resourcing required, the concern about publicly getting few (relevant)responses or contrarywise…
Ari Herzog has begun a series on social media best practice in his blog, AriWriter. Kicking it off is a fascinating interview with Utah’s Chief Information Officer, David Fletcher, providing an insight into how Utah has implemented its online strategy, taking it to win the Best of the Web award for US state governments twice…
I’ve been following the blog of the Hon Penny Sharp MLC, Red Leather, as one of the best examples in government of blogging and a strong proponent of the use of the online channel. In late October she gave a speech to the NSW Parliament regarding the level of online engagement by NSW MLCs. Published…
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