It can be difficult to get a perspective on the Government 2.0 activities in non-English speaking countries. However thanks to Francis Irving, who posted an account in the My Society email list in the UK, forwarded to the OpenAustralia Community list in Australia, here’s a very interesting mini case-study on one initiative in Latvia. In…
I am writing this piece as a resident in the ACT, with shades of my Gov 2.0 advocacy cap. And I should say, as a partially disappointed resident. The ACT Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher, has finally laid out the ACT Government’s vision for open government. It’s about time. The ACT has been a tailender at…
One of the assumptions often applied to government funding for aid and governance reform programs is that the funding must be granted to established corporations, NGOs or not-for-profits that have hierarchies, governance structures, offices and methodologies for achieving outcomes. It only makes sense – when investing government money into development activities there needs to be…
Dr Travis Kemp of the Teleran Group presented at the National Stakeholder Engagement and Community Relations Officers’ Forum 2011 in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. He provided an interesting view on how people identify for or against certain policies and worldviews, how bad humans are at accessing risks, and illustrated how it was possible…
For May’s Gov 2.0 Canberra lunch we’re joined by Allison Hornery, co-founder of CivicTEC and co-host of Gov 2.0 radio Allison will be speaking about the Government 2.0 trends and activities that she’s observed around the world in recent travels and projects. Note that due to issues caused by no-shows at previous lunches, I am…
The Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Terry Moran, gave a speech last week to the Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney. Titled Surfing the next wave of reform, his speech discussed the public service’s critical role in supporting and enabling government reform and good governance, and what would be expected of the APS…
Today telecommuting often refers to people who work from home, logging into computer networks to prepare documents and exchange information remotely. However across the world we’re starting to see examples of much broader and more intense forms of telecommuting. Warfare Take for example the RQ-1 Predator, an unmanned aerial vehicle that has been used since…
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) in the US has released an excellent report, NASCIO: Friends, Followers, and Feeds (PDF), which looks at social media adoption by US states, identifying best practice and sharing knowledge on how tools are being deployed. To quote the report, The survey examined adoption trends, current applications…
There’s still talk, from time to time, about the digital divide between internet users and those without internet access. It is said that the divide will produce a long-term group of privileged people with ready access to the world, while leaving those in remote areas, with low literacy or low incomes, trapped in a cycle…
What do you think Australia’s Government 2.0 future will look like? Today Kate Carruthers and I have launched a new project; one we’d like you to be part of. Government 2.0 is gaining momentum around the world. Not a fad management approach or minor adjustment to policy and processes, Government 2.0 is underpinned by one…
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