The Waseda university in Japan has released its 2009 Waseda University International e-Government Ranking, the fifth consecutive report on how 34 leading countries are progressing in their egovernment activities. Australia managed to reach 13th position, down from 7th in 2008. In fact Australia experienced the second greatest year-on-year fall in ranking of any country (only…
The US government has taken the first holistic step towards making federal data available online in bulk. This would allow the public to reuse the data, mash it up with other sources and repackage it online in innovative ways – potentially uncovering relationships and new uses that were never conceived of by the government. Reported…
A report has been co-published by the Hansard society and Microsoft discussing how UK Members of Parliament are using the internet and providing strategies on how they can better use the internet to engage with their constituencies and with interest groups. It’s been highlighted already in the Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre, and discussed widely in…
This is my first go at liveblogging so bear with me. A more professional liveblog of this event is on over at Stilgherrian’s blog. Politics and Technology Forum Here’s a picture of the panel
The NSW Board of Studies has launched the 2009 Premier’s ANZAC Memorial Scholarship students blog. The blog features personal accounts by senior high school students selected to go to Gallipoli to participate in ANZAC Day commemoration activities. The blog is a very personal way of connecting students with Australia’s past, supporting the scholarship goal of…
It’s uncommon (at least in Australia) to see a government-related initiative promoted as a leader in innovation. It’s even rarer to see publications such as Fast Company, with its focus on the most innovative companies in the world, feature government-related initiatives. However this year Fast Company’s profile of “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” is…
Jakob Nielsen, often considered one of the world’s leading thinkers on usability, has discussed the mobile web in his latest Alertbox monthly update, equalling the state of mobile websites today as similar to the state of the desktop internet in 1998. I tend to agree that for many organisations this is the case, with Nielsen’s…
The ATO has begun a two month trial of allowing the use of credit cards to make payments of all tax liabilities (up to $10,000 in value) via the government easypay site. Details of the trial are on the ATO website. When looking at egovernment, supporting credit cards payments is one of the few ways…
Wellington city in New Zealand is preparing for its next ten year plan (2009-2019) and has launched a website, Wellington long-term plan, to facilitate citizen involvement in the planning process. The site features an ideas market-based discussion area allowing citizens to suggest ideas, then vote on different suggestions to provide their vision and priorities for…
The US has had a watershed year for government and political use of the internet. The Obama campaign has triggered a series of initiatives both at public sector and political levels by demonstrating that millions of people are willing and able to engage and mobilise online. Now the US is beginning to talk about 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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