There are a lot of people interested in Gov 2.0 and social media these days – it’s no surprise given the level of commitment indicated by political leaders in Australia and the dollars beginning to become available in the area. However few of them appear to be actively contributing to the Gov 2.0 discussion in…
Government by nature is risk-averse. There’s very good reasons for this, as many decisions made by the government are life-influencing for large numbers of citizens. For example, a simple policy change can have widespread, even catastrophic effects on certain groups in the community. Equally, bold sweeping changes can have significant political impacts, not always to…
Google, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Google Maps, WordPress. What do all these online services have in common? They are all part of the world’s virtual infrastructure, providing collective public goods that many people, including many Australians, use on a daily basis – whether for the storage, organisation, distribution or discovery of information. They are also all…
I found an interesting post on Govloop the other day by Martha McLean, Bureaucracy 2.0 – make sure your team is ready to stand and deliver. This identified a challenge that is facing public servants – do we prepare our teams to engage in Gov 2.0 activities (possibly preempting the need), or do we wait…
The UK has moved forward from its recent Digital Britain report to release an Implementation Plan. This details how the government proposes to turn the actions within Digital Britain into reality. A very interesting, and not overly long, document, the plan lays out clear governance structures, responsibilities and accountabilities for rolling out Digital Britain. It’s…
The Government 2.0 Taskforce has been requesting submission in response to their recently released, Towards Government 2.0: An Issues Paper. So far there are four submissions listed on the Taskforce’s website. Now while these may not represent all the submissions received to-date (as it may take time to process and put them online), it does…
The US Army is running a 90 day trial allowing service men and women to directly comment and edit seven of their 550 manuals online via a wiki-based approach to test crowdsourcing in the military. Reported in the Army Times, Army to test wiki-style changes to 7 manuals, the article states that, The people who…
Australia’s Gov 2.0 Taskforce will be holding Open Forums in every state and territory of Australia over the next few weeks, seeking input from a range of audience groups – government, industry, academics, NGOs and interested others. If you wish to influence the future of the Australian government’s Gov 2.0 agenda, look for details and…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday held his first live web chat on climate change with a group of 20 commenters from his climate change blog post. While the chat apparently suffered from some technical hiccups and, reading the transcript, the PM’s typing skills were limited (he stated that “my typing skills are a toal embarassment…
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has given an astounding presentation, Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good, in opening TED Oxford. It firmly establishes his interest and commitment to the use of new technologies by government to aid in the solution of global and national issues. To quote from the synopsis, We’re at a unique…
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