At the Gov 2.0 Conference in Canberra last Monday, Minister Tanner said, “We do want to ensure that we have the capacity for public servants to feel able to engage, and engage in robust discussion online.” His comments were captured in a CEBIT article, Tanner: Gov 2.0 about culture change, not technology – and in…
I’m liveblogging at least the morning session of CEBIT’s Gov 2.0 conference in Canberra. Please add your comments and questions and I’ll seek to pass them on to the speakers and blog the responses. For those of you on Twitter, the hashtag to follow is #gov2. Gov 2.0 Conference – Morning
Social Media Governance recently released a list of 106 social media policies that can be drawn on, including nearly thirty from government (including the APSC’s Circular 2008/8: Interim protocols for online media participation). A lot of Australians now use social media – including staff in your Department, your customers and clients and many of your…
Having now spent around three years listening to colleagues across federal, state and local government, I hear remarkable consistent themes raised as barriers to successful Gov 2.0 implementations. The number one theme I have heard raised is the lack of Gov 2.0 commitment and experience across senior public service management. This reflects similar views in…
Google will be hosting a hack session in support of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s MashupAustralia competition in Sydney on 14 October. In case you’re unaware, MashupAustralia is a competition being run by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce based on Federal and state government datasets released via data.australia.gov.au. There are cash prizes on offer for developers who…
The NSW government has launched the Transport Data Exchange (TDX) Program to provide access to NSW transport routes, timetables and stop/station/wharf information for download and reuse in third party applications. It’s been provided as part of the data available for the Apps4NSW competition. launched by the NSW Premier at NSWSphere. Unlike similar initiatives in the…
The Gov 2.0 Taskforce this afternoon announced the launch of data.australia.gov.au featuring 59 datasets from Australian Federal, State and Territory governments released under licenses that permit reuse. Alongside the launch the Taskforce announced on their blog the launch of a Mash-up competition challenging Australian developers to use one of more of the datasets to create…
Community-based budgeting is an approach that involves a government allowing its constituents to nominate how some or all of the government’s budget is spent in either a binding or non-binding manner. It’s not a new approach – in fact it’s been used for thousands of years in different forms around the world. What is reasonably…
Nick Gruen over at the Gov 2.0 Taskforce has reminded me of a project I took a look at last year but have never mentioned in this blog. It’s the National Library of Australia’s Historic Australian Newspapers archive, which contains digitalised versions of Australian newspapers from between 1803 and 1954 (which are not covered by…
Various research reports have indicated that at least 50% of Australian internet users participate in social networks. Forrester’s Groundswell profiling tool suggests that 23% of Australians aged 18+ actively create content online; 31% are ‘critics’, providing comments and feedback online; and 50% are ‘joiners’ of social networks, forums and online groups. So should we expect…
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