On Monday AGIMO announced the finalists for the 2011 Gov 2.0 individual innovator award, building on the award originally issued by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce last year. I’m very proud to see the three finalists have all made significant contributions to Government 2.0 practice in Australia. It is interesting to note that all three finalists…
We often talk about the professional values of the public service – honesty, integrity, respect, courtesy, care and responsibility. These professional values comprise a major part of the Australian Public Service’s (APS) Code of Conduct, and similarly are prominent in many public service codes and charters in Australia and around the world. They aim to…
As government increasingly digitalises, one of the hidden costs is the increase in electricity use by government computers and servers. More computers equals more power use, more cost and, ultimately, more strain on electrical generation across Australia. So a practical way for the government to prompt energy-efficiency, not only for the government itself but across…
After a fanfare opening around two years ago, the US government’s proposed budget cuts may force data.gov and seven other Gov 2.0 and data sharing websites to close down or dramatically curtail their activities. When first launched data.gov was the first national website for providing centralised access to government data in reusable formats. The website…
Traditionally one of the roles of the ‘free press’ is to keep governments honest, to shine a light on inappropriate conduct, poor decisions and uncover corruption, falsehoods and backroom deals. With the advent of social media I’ve been watching this role slowly twist into new forms and relationships. One of the more interesting developments has…
The Australian National Audit Office has just released a report ‘The Protection and Security of Electronic Information Held by Australian Government Agencies‘ based on a review of the approaches to information security by four agencies, the Office of Financial Management, ComSuper, Medicare Australia, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Amongst other recommendations…
For a very, very long time (more than ten years) I’ve been asking marketers and communicators in commercial and public sectors why they invest so heavily in producing and showing advertisements for channels which fewer and fewer people are watching and invest so little in the newer channels emerging. In most advertising budgets there’s still…
I’m a big fan of opening up as much public sector information as possible in easily discoverable and reusable ways (taking into account privacy, security and commercial-in-confidence considerations). The data allows citizens and organisations to build a more informed view of their government’s activities, a good accountability measure. It also allows the development of useful…
I remember the great demonstration of November 1997. A plea went out asking citizens to gather outside their leader’s home to protest about major problems with the system. They were requested to be peaceful and law-abiding, to simply chant slogans, drink beer and remove their clothes. This demonstration was to be in Ultima Online, a…
Joining the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand and a host of other jurisdictions already leading the way around the world, the Australian Government has now launched its official government data sharing website, www.data.gov.au Announced by Special Minister of State, Gary Gray, in the post Release of data.gov.au on AGIMO’s blog, Minister Gray said that,…
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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