The UK government has announced that the UK will be phasing out the ‘Click-Use’ online licenses for the reuse of Crown and Parliamentary Copyrights by May this year with a new license modelled on Creative Commons 3.0. A review by the UK Office of Public Sector Information in 2009, reported in an article in CreativeCommons.org,…
We’ve seen a boom in Gov 2.0 seminars and events over the last year and several prestigious US Universities already offer post-graduate courses on Gov 2.0 topics. However, to my knowledge, Australia’s formal educational institutions have largely been silent on when (if ever) they might begin offering courses that aid public servants, potential public servants…
I’ve conducted a quick review of Australian government Twitter accounts this morning, national, state and local, drawing on lists that others and I have compiled. With a margin for error (some may have been missed or not be official accounts), I’ve found that there are about 155 Australian government Twitter accounts registered, 26 Federal, 79…
The Australian Public Service (APS) has now been told three times by three different reports in the last year about the importance of releasing much of its information openly to the community. This began with reforms to Freedom of Information which, once passed, will encourage a pro-disclosure environment within the APS and make it easier…
Cheryl from the Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre recently brought to my attention the launch of the BrandKarma website. The website aggregates information about top brands and allows the public to indicate whether they love, hate or want to watch them. It also allows comments and, in the best social networking style, the creation of personal…
The GovTwit blog has put me on to the latest case study in Twitter 101 (where they showcase how organisations are using Twitter in innovative ways). It’s on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who are using Twitter to monitor earthquakes as they occur – an early detection system that is proving to be much faster…
There are now over 1.7 billion internet users in the world, sending more than 270 billion emails each day. Over 400 million people use Facebook each month (about 50% of them daily). Over 50 million Tweets are sent each day and over 75 million people visited Twitter’s site in January 2010. There are approximately 3…
I was asked today by a representative of another agency for my thoughts, advice and observations on government blogging. While I don’t think I have any particularly unique insights, I realise that people who are new to the medium are at an earlier point on their learning journey. So here’s the 20 thoughts I shared…
Public voting is now open for Apps4NSW, but only until Monday 22 March. So if you wanted to check out and vote for applications submitted to the competition, go to the Apps4NSW public voting site. EDIT: Note that it was entries that closed 22 March. Public voting remains open until 9 April.
We’re beginning to see the early shape of 21st Century statecraft, through how the UK and US have begun adopting social media approaches in their international relations. Both nations have recognised the need to engage their own citizens, and the citizens of other nations, in ongoing conversations – tapping broad bases of expertise and improving…
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