In what I believe might be a first in Australia, the ACT Government has released the requirements and wireframes for its upcoming open government website for public scrutiny and comment at its Time to Talk website. Essentially the ACT government has decided to allow the community to give feedback on the upcoming website’s proposed functionality…
You may still have time to consider attending the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and the Walkley Foundation’s Public Affairs Conference in Canberra from 5-6 September this year. The conference has a significant Government 2.0 and open government flavour, looking at the new toolkit of digital communication and engagement options available to public relations professionals…
One of the largest challenges for all forms of online use by government is how, as a late addition to the communications, engagement and policy stable of tools, web initiatives often get added to the end of processes rather than the beginning. A good example is in content development of all kinds. Often officers across…
I’ve just learnt about the Open Government Partnership (OGP) a global effort to “make governments better” through encouraging and supporting more transparent, effective and accountable governments. Launched under the oversight of a multi-stakeholder International Steering Committee including representatives of eight governments and nine civil society representatives, and initially co-chaired by Brazil and the USA, the…
The Chief Minister of the ACT has announced via Twitter that the next Virtual Community Cabinet (on Twitter) will be held on 30 August at 7pm AEST. As last time it will include all four ACT Cabinet Ministers, @KatyGMLA, @ABarrMLA, @SimonCorbell and @JoyBurchMLA. It will use the same hashtag, #actvcc. Participants do not require a…
I will be making my first trip to Perth to speak at the RightClick 2011 Conference on 30 September. If you’re in town, or can make it there, I recommend that you consider attending. The event is organised by the Institute of Public Administration WA (@ipaawa) and the event hashtag is #rightClick More details below:…
In Australia many people still treat microblogging tools such as Twitter with scepticism and scorn, or even dismiss it outright as a tool for ‘discussing breakfast’. While the more negative views are beginning to shift, due to the active role Twitter played in the Brisbane floods, Australians still largely consider microblogs as a tool for…
A Govcamp is an unconference specifically for government people, discussing government-related topics (usually, but not always related to community engagement, IT, the internet and Gov 2.0 topics). They’ve become a regular feature of the landscape in the UK, US, Canada and even New Zealand, however there’s been less interest in Australia for running one –…
Recently Luke Fretwell over at Govfresh asked the question Time for government to plug into one platform? While I am a big fan of Luke’s and agree with his view that transferring government websites to Facebook, granting partial control over them to a foreign-jurisdiction company, is not a good idea, I find it harder to…
There seems to be a consistent supply of people new to Government 2.0 filtering through the various events I track around Australia. Whether commercial conferences, ‘Masterclasses’, government-supported events or university courses – many (though not all) now providing decent ‘101’ or introductory information and case studies on social media use for government and even on…
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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