I read constantly to keep up-to-date with the Gov 2.0 and Web 2.0 world, so I thought I’d publish a list of what I’ve read today based on the pages I have open currently in my web browser. Global Gov 2.0 – “Generation GovLoop” Provoking Profound Change? Highlights how changes in public service demographics will…
Victoria has maintained its lead over other Australian states in the adoption of Government 2.0 through today’s release of the Government 2.0 Action Plan – Victoria. The Plan outlines four priority areas for Gov 2.0: Driving adoption in the VPS > Leadership Engaging communities and citizens > Participation Opening up government > Transparency Building capability…
The mash-up (or Apps) competitions we’ve seen in Australia thus far have been broad and largely untargeted. Governments have released a bunch of public sector datasets and invited developers to create a bunch of applications related to that data for their jurisdiction, but without a highly specific goal or purpose in mind, other than creating…
This post is in reflection to a post by Nicholas Gruen over at Club Troppo entitled, What Coalition Politicians ‘get’ Government 2.0? For me the post triggered a broader question – does Gov 2.0 require government leadership or participation? I think examples from both Australia and overseas demonstrate that the mass enablement of societies via…
New Zealand’s government has just launched a Creative Commons-based approach for the standardisation of the licensing of government copyright works for re-use. Named the New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL), the approach outlines the licensing government agencies should use when releasing copyright works and non-copyright material for re-use by third parties (preferablt…
According to a report in FutureGov, Australia’s GCIO talks tough at FutureGov Forum, Ann Steward has urged public servants to actively embrace Government 2.0 in their agencies. The article stated that, Steward said that although a lot of good work was being done, agencies needed to identify the internal barriers to embracing Gov 2.0, and…
Google has launched the Student Voice initiative, whereby 15-17 year old Australian students will be able to vote online in a mock election reflecting the current Federal election. The goal is to help these students learn more about elections and also provide a perspective on how Australia’s future voters (who will be eligible to vote…
Around the world governments are tightening their belts. After the recent global financial crisis many countries’ governments have borrowed heavily from financial markets and released these funds as stimulus packages – placing them in deficit. Australia is no different, although we have very successfully kept our deficit to a smaller percentage of GDP than most…
I’m off to London for a few weeks on Tuesday and will be catching up and speaking with some Gov 2.0 people there to find out what’s happening in the UK. if you have any suggestions on contacts I should catch up with, please drop me a Tweet or email.
While the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the major political parties are “Parties miss the mark in Twittersphere“, the current Federal election is likely to see social media used in more diverse and effective ways than ever before in Australia. Why and how? Here’s some samples. Statistics Australians aged 18+ in 2009: 16,812,886 (ABS)…
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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