Due to the efforts of volunteers, a Google Wave Hackathon is being held in Canberra at the ANU on Saturday 8 August to explore coding possibilities for the new Google Wave platform. The free and unaffiliated event will feature a Google representative giving an introduction to Wave’s API, followed by an opportunity to work with…
Victoria’s eGovernment Resource Centre has launched an eGovernment Forum to support the online discussion of eGovernment topics by Australian public servants and interested parties. At discussed at the site, the eGovernment Forum invites, open participation and diverse viewpoints to be shared with others relevant to the topic of eGovernment, Government 2.0, Web 2.0, Government website…
Over the last few weeks several major websites have sent the signal that they are progressively dropping support for Internet Explorer 6, the nine-year old web browser from Microsoft that has been the staple web browser in many government and corporate environments. First was Digg, with the message on 4 July, Much Ado About IE6,…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has pre-announced the launch of his new Climate Change blog with the following Tweet via the KevinRuddPM Twitter stream, Starting my blog tomorrow on Climate Change. Like to hear your ideas on practical action. KRudd Another step for the Australian Government into the online consultation space, it will be interesting to…
Kommein is currently holding a Community Manager’s survey to build a picture of the role across different organisations around the world. To quote their request, Are you a community manager? If so, we’re interested in learning about your experience. We’ve put together a survey for community managers that will tell us a little something about…
It is common practice for government Departments to go to consultants when they need specific skills or experience. The strategy is often to draw on this expertise to get started, transfer as much knowledge as possible to staff and move forward. However sometimes it can be more cost-effective to draw on the existing skills of…
The New Zealand’s Inland Revenue department has launched an online consultation around proposed changes to student loans – with the main topic being around totally web-enabling the process for managing student loan accounts. The consultation is at studentloanforum.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz and might be a useful example for other government departments who might be considering online consultation. The…
In 2007 a combined SMS and online electoral monitoring system went into action in Nigeria to report electoral fraud. Based on increasing mobile use (as fixed infrastructure is very limited in the country), mobile phones were able to provide voters with a voice when ballots were not conducted fairly. Similar systems are now being used…
In an interesting and very frank article in NextGov, named The Public Eye, Bev Godwin of the White House’s new media office has provided her views of the challenges and opportunities for government in engaging online.
Last week I posted about some of the Government 2.0 initiatives around the world. This week I’m posting about some of the initiatives going on in Australia. There are a number of government and non-government organisations who are very actively participating online and a great deal of experimentation going on. In fact while we’re not…
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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