The US’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has launched the Forge.mil site supporting software developers to collaborate online in developing open-source software for engineering applications. The goal is to cut software development cycles from years to weeks, saving costs and improving time to market enormously. Reported in Nextgov in the article, Defense launches online software…
Over in the US Microsoft is running a major campaign targeting government which aims to collect best practice videos from senior IT leaders in the public sector. Based on the premise that shrinking government budgets means that IT has to achieve more with less, the Bright side of Government site aims to, spotlight the “bright…
The UK has become the first country to take the step of placing broadband internet access on the same level as sewage, running water, electricity and a phone line as an essential utility service. Foreshadowed in the Financial Times on 14 January, the Promise of universal UK broadband is detailed in the Digital Britain report….
Edelman Digital has published a paper that really drills into the strategy and tactics used by Barack Obama in his campaign to be nominated and then elected as US President. Entitled, The Social Pulpit: Barack Obama’s Social Media Kit, the techniques used by Obama’s online campaign staff, led by one of Facebook’s founders, are useful…
Intranets have been around in various forms for around twenty years now. Many are firmly rooted as an essential tool in the operations of organisations. However there are many organisations where intranets are still treated as costs or are not sponsored and supported at senior management levels. In fact in last year’s Global Intranet Trends…
I keep a watch on events in the teleworking world as an adjunct to egovernment – it is a move away from geographically restricted service provision and a strategy for betters managing recruitment and retention outcomes. If much of a government’s business is conducted online and by phone, and widespread broadband access allows teams to…
I’ve been reading an interesting article about Vivek Kundra, the CIO for Washington District and an advocate for using new technology to cut government costs. The Washington Post article, D.C.’s Kinetic Tech Czar, talks about how Kundra has re-energised Washington’s government IT approach. As described in the article, Kundra has introduced popular consumer tools to…
As the government is generally a monopoly provider of services it can at times seem less important to monitor customer sentiment on an ongoing basis or address customer service deficits…until an MP writes a letter to a Minister, traditional media picks up an issue, or the next election comes around. Personally I see enormous advantage…
As discussed in the Online Community Consultation blog, the CTO of Seattle, Bill Schrier, has made an interesting post in his blog discussing How Web 2.0 Will Transform Local Government Bill’s post runs through a broad set of tools and how they can be applied by local government – equally of value for at state…
Paul Johnston has posted in the Connected Republic a blog post, Web 2.0 and the Public Sector, discussing Cisco’s draft paper on Government 2.0, Realizing the Potential of the Connected Republic (PDF) from the US Public Services Summit in December. The paper provides many examples of practical uses of Web 2.0 tools and techniques by…
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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