This morning at the Drupal Downunder event I learnt about the New Zealand Features site which shares recipes for re-usable Drupal code and patterns across NZ government. To me this is representative of one of the significant opportunities I’ve seen for government in Australia emerging out of Gov 2.0 thinking and tools is the ability…
Last week I received the following email: Dear Hashable Users, We regret to inform you that the Hashable mobile apps and Hashable.com will be shutting down on July 25th. The service will be unavailable after this date. While we are still very passionate about making better connections and meeting new people, the time has come for us…
Today I’m featuring a guest post from Pia Waugh, former IT Advisor to Senator Lundy, convenor of the recent Canberra GovCamp and GovHack and one of the luminaries of the Australian Gov 2.0 scene. As she plans to continue to update this post, for the latest version visit her blog at http://pipka.org/public-engagement-more-customer-service-than-comms/ Public engagement: more customer…
For all the attention on government policies, the various announcements and documentation on political party sites, it can be very difficult to compare and contrast where different parties sit on different issues and, for governments, difficult to keep track of whether they are sticking to their election policies or amending them for pragmatic, political or…
One area of Gov 2.0 I really think hasn’t been thoroughly considered or adopted by many governments, including in Australia, is the process of having citizens help in the creation, exploration and analysis of data. Is it due to a lack of time, money, imagination or courage? I don’t know, but I would dearly love…
Australia is an interesting country. We’re one of the world’s oldest democracies, with a strong tradition of free and independent (of government) media. We have universal public health care and a strong separation between politics and religion and between politics and the enforcement of our laws. We have an apolitical civil service with an extremely…
As the world changes, so must our institutions – particularly government, including government agencies. Without getting into how hard or easy it is for government agencies to change (recognising there’s a diversity of views), any change should, necessarily be for the better. So how should they change? In which ways should they reinvent themselves to…
With the tools available today, influence over government policy is no longer the preserve of the wealthy, the well-connected or those people with a significant TV, radio or newspaper presence. While traditional media and interests still have significant influence, social media has allowed individuals to become far more influential. Blogs, forums and social networks give…
Refreshments at #pmtea Photo by @clementine_ford Last Friday Prime Minister Gillard sat down with a group of influential female bloggers, online women’s forum managers and journalists in, what I hope, is the start of an active engagement with online influencers by the Australian Government. As a blogger I have been on the receiving end of…
In my copious spare time, I’ve been pulling together a list of social media channels used by our Federal politicians. The question I wanted to answer was “Are our Federal politicians using social media effectively to connect with their constituents?”, particularly given the level of activity by government agencies, lobby groups and media online. Surprisingly…
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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