This morning I am presenting at Public Sphere #1 – High bandwidth for Australia in a personal capacity. The event will discuss what high speed bandwidth can do for Australian society, business and government. I have previously posted some ideas on this topic and will be talking today about how the killer applications and services…
US federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, has outlined a blueprint for government data at the 2009 Government Web Managers conference. As reported in GCN, Kundra advised that, Government data prepared for public reuse should be offered in multiple-formats, be machine-readable and adhere as closely as possible to lightweight standards This is likely to be…
The title of this post was used recently in the White House blog to announce the expansion of their online presence to reach into a range of social media including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, adding to their presence on Flickr, Youtube, Vimeo and iTunes. Named White House 2.0, the post also quoted President Obama calling…
I applaud Victoria Police for their latest foray into online engagement, MyPlace. As highlighted in Victoria’s eGovernment Resource Centre, the Victorian Police have launched MyPlace as, An interactive mapping service provide by Victoria Police which is updated every three months so you can see what is happening in your suburbs and hear directly from your…
Illustrating one of the ways in which parliamentarians are now actively engaging the public online, Senator Kate Lundy has posted in her blog about a series of online ‘Public Spheres’ she will be hosting to, facilitate regular topics of interest to both the general public and to the government. Discussed in her post, Public Sphere…
Following the examples of the US, UK, Australia and other countries, New Zealand has released principles for interaction with social media. New Zealand has also gone a step further and released a guide to social media monitoring, to support government agencies in listening to the many conversations citizens are holding online and engaging in online…
Noted Australian social media expert, Laurel Papworth, is releasing a range of courseware to support people running social media courses under a Creative Commons License, allowing reuse for non-commercial or commercial purposes. Representing a selection of the material Laurel has created over the last five years, this courseware provides individuals and organisations with materials useful…
As reported in Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media, the Youtube Symphony Orchestra recently performed at Carnegie Hall. Per the post, How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Upload Upload Upload, the orchestra included over 90 musicians located in over 30 countries and while auditioned by professional musicians, the final players were selected…
I have been having a few conversations over the last two days with a variety of web managers regarding the level of commitment by their organisations to their online channel. The response has been mixed. Some have a great deal of support and resourcing, others have interest but no resourcing and others have neither interest…
A rising trend in overseas governments is to appoint people specifically into a role such as New Media Director with a responsibility for developing guiding an agency or department’s online participation initiatives. In the US Federal Government this type of role is becoming so important that it is becoming a political appointment (as are the…
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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