Microsoft Australia has launched a trial site ‘Ask a Pollie‘ which allows citizens to watch and potentially participate in topic-based discussions around set topics between politicians and expert panels. While the intent may be to promote dialogue between politicians and their constituents, as Ron Lubensky points out in his Deliberations blog, the site is more…
The UK government has released a 20-page Twitter templated strategy guide to assist departments in using the channel to engage and support citizens. Adapted from the strategy used by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) by Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at BIS, the guide provides a comprehensive view on…
While open government advocates are calling for governments around the world to be more transparent and accountable, one of the issues that has to be worked through is how to ensure that the data made publicly available is complete and accurate. Generally transparency costs dollars – even online. Therefore there needs to be suitable commitment…
The Government 2.0 Taskforce has released the final version of their official issues paper,Towards Government 2.0: An Issues Paper. Some of the key questions raised include, How can we build a culture within government which favours the disclosure of public sector information? What government information should be more freely available and what might be made…
No-one really knows how many blogs are operated by Australians. However it could be up to 4 million, if you refer to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere report 2008, which reported that 3% of global bloggers were Australian and over 133 million blogs had been created since 2002. Likewise Forrester’s Groundswell research found in late…
Victoria’s eGovernment Resource Centre has launched an eGovernment Forum to support the online discussion of eGovernment topics by Australian public servants and interested parties. At discussed at the site, the eGovernment Forum invites, open participation and diverse viewpoints to be shared with others relevant to the topic of eGovernment, Government 2.0, Web 2.0, Government website…
Sometimes it is difficult for those of us who are new to the public sector to really appreciate the scope of the changes required to transition government institutions and cultures from a 1.0 to 2.0 mentality. It’s not simply a process of mandating a directional change from political levels (though this is an important and…
When I thought of this topic I came up with four distinct groups that organisations fall into when considering how their staff may engage in online social media, Ignore Disallow Manage Allow Over time an organisation moves through these stages, as evidenced by telephony and computers within the workplace. However whilst researching this post I…
The Government 2.0 Taskforce has released its beta Issues Paper for public comment. If you’re interested, you have until Thursday 23 July to provide input before they finalise their terms of reference.
Now the PM is blogging on Climate Change and other topics, what other blogs would you like to see from Australian governments? There are a number I would like to see – many operated from a departmental level rather than a Ministerial one. Geosciences – earthquakes, tsunamis and the geological wealth of Australia. I’d love…
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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