What do the the Arab Spring, Anonymous, the Occupy movement, Iranian election protests, Anti-Putin protests, the #VileKyle push and the #Qantasluxury incident all have in common? Each of them was a demonstration of collective action by groups of people without a clear hierarchy of leadership against traditional hierarchical organisations. In each case the traditional organisations…
A favored term amongst political operatives and advisors is ‘oxygen,, the share of the public discussion a politician, government or issue manages to obtain. Sometimes the goal is to have the largest possible share, starving other commentators and viewpoints. Other times the goal is to to minimise the share of oxygen a viewpoint or issue…
I attended the Australian Science Communicator’s new media forum last night, participating on the panel as a Gov 2.0 Advocate, along with a distinguished group of science communicators and academics. One view expressed on the panel was that while scientists should communicate basic science to the public, the uninformed masses should not be involved in…
Guest post by Steve Davies Yesterday I spend a little time getting involved in the ACT Government Twitter Cabinet. The focus was on Canberra beyond 2013. Lots of ideas and views exchanged. Through sheer serendipity one of my views on life struck a note with our Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher. So the next Twitter Cabinet…
The ACT Government has scheduled its next Virtual Community Cabinet (VCC) meeting for 12.30 today. This is the third VCC held by the ACT government and has the theme “The Canberra you want to live in past 2013”. I’m collecting the public discussion via the liveblog below (and by RSS) – which means you can…
When I think back over the most well known innovation successes over the last few years, and I am not specifically referring to the public sector, an aspect that springs out at me is how often these innovations occurred during a major crisis or due to a funding crunch. In other words, these innovations frequently…
Over the last year I’ve observed a couple of good and bad trends in governments around Australia. The first – the good trend – is towards the recognition that social media is a valid and significant channel for government communication and engagement. This has led to the creation of a new type of role, the…
If you’ve not yet registered, there are still a few tickets left for the Gov 2.0 lunch in Canberra on Friday 25 November. The event will feature a presentation from Dominic Campbell, a leading UK digital government specialist and social innovator with a background in government policy, communications and technology-led change. Learn more and register here.
The New Zealand Labour Party have released an Open Government policy, proudly claiming it as first in New Zealand. The policy focuses on transparency of political offices as the core principle, but also commits the party to producing a comprehensive “Open Government Charter‟, based on a set of principles developed by NZ Labour MPs in consultation with members…
Brisbane City Council has released an open data public sector information datastore, allowing the community to access and reuse a range of council data under Creative Commons licensing. While not the first council in Australia to do this (with Mosman City Council leading the pack), Brisbane is the first large metropolitan council in Australia to do…
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