I’ve taken a couple of days off work to attend the Realising our Broadband Future conference on a personal basis. I am liveblogging it below, contingent on wi-fi availability. Please feel free to ask questions and I’ll try to relay them to speakers. Broadband Futures Day 1
We’re beginning to see significant activity in the Gov 2.0 space across Australia, and with the impending release of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s report there’s likely to be even more activity in the coming year. This is definitely not a time for Gov 2.0 proponents to rest on their laurels as there are still many…
I’m reliably informed (via a public tweet and the Taskforce site) that the Gov 2.0 Taskforce draft report should be out at some point today. The Taskforce Chairman, Dr Nicholas Gruen, says in the announcement linked above that it will be publicly available for comment until at least Wednesday 17 December. Keep an eye on…
Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics ran a free event for government website managers to discuss web analytics – how different agencies were doing it and what, collectively, we would like to see happen in the area. There were a number of excellent presentations and plenty of time for group discussion. In fact it’s…
I came across this presentation from Tamera Kremer while reviewing the outcomes of Canada’s recent Government 2.0 conference in Ottawa. Canadian governments – like others across the world – are addressing similar, if not identical, issues and dilemmas in implementing Government 2.0 and this presentation resonated with a number of the challenges we face in…
You may have already seen notices about this book over at the eGovernment Resource Centre or other places but, in case you’re not aware of it, this is a fantastic read on where Government 2.0 is right now and where it is going. The book is available for free download from 21Gov.net and you can…
The Centre for Policy Development, a non-partisan Australian think tank, has released the Upgrading Democracy Edition of Insight, their enewsletter. With a foreword by Minister Lindsay Tanner and articles from Senator Kate Lundy and Gov 2.0 Taskforce member Martin Stewart-Weeks – amongst a set of other fantastic essays, I recommend reading this Insight to gain…
Many organisations use campaign-based communications models. They develop their campaign strategy, identify and engage their audience, communicate a message, then wind down the campaign and allow the audience to disengage and disperse. At a future time, when the audience no longer seems influenced by the previous message, they repeat this process – potentially reusing campaign…
Many government initiatives need to be communicated to all or some of the community to increase awareness and, in some cases, encourage behavioural change. Whether advising people of changes in tax laws, informing and influencing the community’s health habits, or seeking public submissions in a consultation, there needs to be communications strategies in place to…
The APSC has replaced its Interim protocols for online media participation (released December 2008) with Circular 2009/6: Protocols for online media participation. The new Circular is briefer than its predecessor, going further than I had expected, making it clear in no uncertain tones that (my bold in the quote below), Web 2.0 provides public servants…
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