Microsoft has just released a beta version of Internet Explorer 9, however is still having to ask organisations to stop using Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). Despite lacking the ability to fully view the modern web IE6, released nine years ago, is still used by a number of Australian organisations, including some government agencies. The Sydney…
An extremely thought-provoking post about The street as platform written by Dan Hill in February 2008 has been brought to my attention by Darren Sharp. The post explores the virtual life of a city street, all the digital data exchanging hands between systems, infrastructure, vehicles and people in the street unseen to human eyes. While…
One of the trends with Government 2.0 is for jurisdictions to make more of their information available online in more readily accessible, machine readable and useful forms. We’ve seen the rise of data.gov, data.gov.uk and a host of open data sites for nations and states around the world. The latest addition has been the World…
The Australian Public Service (APS) has now been told three times by three different reports in the last year about the importance of releasing much of its information openly to the community. This began with reforms to Freedom of Information which, once passed, will encourage a pro-disclosure environment within the APS and make it easier…
Every years there are many conferences, forums and other publicly orientated events where public servants speak – providing views on their activities, successes and learnings across a wide-range of professional disciples. The conference I have been at the last two days, FutureGov Hong Kong, is one example of these – where three Australian public servants…
I’m attending FutureGov Hong Kong over the next two days and will be liveblogging and tweeting from the event as possible. The event features speakers and attendees from countries across Asia-Pac, including Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China and should provide insights into Government IT and Gov 2.0 initiatives across the region. We’re just…
The Gov 2.0 genie is well and truly out of its bottle in Victoria, with the Victorian Government recently advocating that the majority of Victorian public sector information be released for reuse under Creative Commons licensing. Their latest initiative is the App my State competition, which builds on the (currently running) Apps4NSW competition and last…
There is a trend towards greater openness in the licensing of Australian government data. Queensland’s government a few years ago put in place a framework (GILF) for Creative Commons licensing and Victoria’s government recently committing to using Creative Commons as its default copyright licensing system. Some steps have taken place at a federal level, with…
Has your organisation ever considered sharing your photo library with other government organisations? With the costs of conducting new photo shoots, why not share your images with other organisations who might use them – and encourage them to share their images with you. Some agencies may even wish the public to reuse their images. Some…
AGIMO’s Excellence in e-Government Awards are on again for 2010, with nominations opening on 1 February (and closing 1 March). This year the categories have been revised. There are now five project specific Awards plus a team or individual Award for outstanding achievement in an Information Technology area within the Australian Federal Public Service. Details…
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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