I’ll be missing the Gov 2.0 conference that CeBIT is holding for the third time this October (25-26 October) due to my honeymoon. However I do recommend to others that they consider attending. In my view this is the most mature Gov 2.0 conference in Australia and has managed to step beyond the ‘101’ nature…
As a record of the event, below is a link to the Twitter stream, for the CEBIT Gov 2.0 Conference (#gov2cebit) from the record at wthashtag. In all there were 1,416 tweets by 231 participants during the two days. Note that the times are US Pacific Time. Add 18 hours for the correct tweeting time….
We’ve finished up Pat’s workshop with a discussion of potential future projects, working on a Citizen 2.0 basis. Three we discussed are listed below… Future project ideas Save me Personal safety initiative – a smartphone application with a single red button ‘save me’. If you believe you are in danger you press the button. It…
In Pat’s Citizen 2.0 workshop we’ve been discussing how citizens have changed – their expectations and behaviours. Below is the list we came up with, and a video from William Perrin (given for Public Sphere) on how these changes are affecting government. Changes in citizen expectations and behaviours Instant access to information – instant response…
Following on from our last exercise, Reasons for not releasing data in government, we’ve been discussing the benefits and risks of increasing (online) collaboration and consultation with citizens. Below is what the room came up with (and discussed). Please add your own in the comments. Note this is a raw dump – I’ve not sorted…
We’re in the first workshop of the day at the CEBIT Gov 2.0 conference. It is led by Andrew Stott, the Director for Digital Engagement for the UK government. The first exercise of the day has been to come up with reasons that government may give for not releasing data online. I don’t know if…
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