The European eProcurement forum (an initiative supported by the European Commission) is seeking to build international ties to improve its understanding and build collective knowledge about what is occuring in the eprocurement field, what works and what doesn’t work in different jurisdictions around the world. If you’re involved or interested in eprocurement, check them out…
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…
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…
A public wiki has been created to capture examples of best practice Government 2.0 initiatives from around the world. It’s just starting out but already has some great examples of how different governments are using tools like blogs, wikis, video and social networks to achieve their objectives and better service customers. If you have an…
The French government has introduced a Web 2.0 portal featuring a forum, wikis and video to support debate on their digital strategy and encourage ideas outside traditional ‘government-think’ limits. As discussed in The Connected Republic, the French site is at http://assisesdunumerique.fr/forum/.
I have been reading a paper by James Robertsen of Step Two entitled Successful collaboration requires support. It discusses the need for central support and nurturing of online collaboration within an organisation rather than simply a ‘build it and they will collaborate’ approach. While I agree with James’ points, I do not feel that it…
In August I analysed traffic to our agency’s website in July 2008 using Hitwise’s data measurement service, comparing our share of web traffic against the total to Federal government websites, other government websites and the top websites visited by Australians. The results provided me with a view of how important government websites are in peoples’ online lives –…
I find egovernment an exciting area to work in. It offers benefits to citizens and businesses in reducing the time and cost of engaging with government It offers benefits to taxpayers due to the cost savings achievable within the public sector and the ability to improve transparency in government. It offers benefits to individuals and…
A challenge in any organisation is to foster two-way communications. Many organisations have used suggestion boxes, ‘chat with the CEO’ email accounts, or other primitive tools to offer pseudo-two way communication, but without the immediacy or ability to readily expose discussions to the broader organisation. These are often mistrusted by staff as they are essentially…
Brought to my attention by a reader, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais, has begun using evoting to support it’s participatory budget setting process. Documented in the research report, e-Participatory Budgeting: e-Democracy from theory to success? (PDF), the experience is a very interesting example of the use of…
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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