Following in the footsteps of other world leaders, today Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched an official presence on Twitter (at @KevinRuddPM). For the unfamiliar, Twitter is a free ‘micro-blogging’ service which allows users to exchange short updates (up to 140 characters long), termed ‘Tweets’ in a way similar to SMS. Unlike SMS, these updates are…
The British government is funding a campaign, CivicSurf to teach British local politicians how to blog. It would also be useful to public servants in understanding and communicating the benefits of blogging (as well as how to become bloggers themselves). Thanks to Stap isi for referring me to the site. The campaign includes the website,…
A debate has been going on in Europe recently regarding which comes first – successful Web 2.0 egovernment, or citizen-centric and transparent government. One argument goes that government must first undergo cultural change in order to deliver effective Web 2.0 services. The other is that government will undergo cultural change through releasing Web 2.0 services….
While many governments around the world pursue the ‘one portal’ approach, a few commentators are arguing for a different type of model – many correct doors rather than one big door. This means reaching out to embed government content in the websites citizens choose to visit rather than simply attempting to encourage all web users…
I’m glad to see that blogging is beginning to become a more used tool within the Australian public sector, with the ABS launching Statistically Speaking, a blog for libraries in September, the Training.gov.au Project Blog having been running since June this year (with a Twitter feed since October at @TrainingGovAu) and Stap isi, a blog…
Long-serving public servants are familiar with the challenge of balancing customer, agency and political wishes, with a clear understanding that the role of the public service is to implement the policies of the government of the day and not to be customer advocates or lobbyists. In the commercial sector similar challenges are often faced between…
JD Stanley of Cisco has published a very interesting initial paper on ‘digital swarming‘, an approach towards the use of collective intelligence to generate higher quality and faster decisions – with particular relevance to the public sector. To quote, Digital Swarming is about a digitally connected human and machine world. A world where dynamically forming,…
Following up from AGIMO’s ‘consultation blog consultation’, The Australia has reported that the Finance Minister has indicated that the Federal government will be trialling public consultation via Web 2.0 tools in 2009. The article, Tanner eyes web 2.0 tools, begins the process of setting a direction for the Federal government, with Minister Tanner stating, “The…
With the conclusion of the US Presidential race, commentators are turning their attention to an analysis of how a relative newcomer could first defeat a more experienced contender for the Democratic nomination (Hillary Clinton), and then achieve a victory over an even more experienced Republican candidate (John McCain), albeit on the back of extremely low…
AGIMO has released their annual publication detailing case studies of the Excellence in e-Government Awards winners and finalists for 2008. The publication is available via the link above on the Department of Finance’s website, with hard copies available from AGIMO (contact details in the site).
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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