Around four weeks ago the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) launched its first online consultation with 11-17 year old children on the topic of Cyberbullying. Announced via the Australian Labour Party’s website back on 4 May, Youth to advise on cyber-bullying and cyber-threats, the consultation involves 15 schools and 305 students…
Encouraged by the success of a imposter claiming to be the NSW Police on Twitter, the NSW Police have now taken over the account and are using it to constructively communicate information to the public. Reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, Twitter con gives police tweet idea, the NSW Police Twitter account is being used…
The title of this post is derived from the question the US government is currently asking American citizens in the Open Government Brainstorm. The site allows individuals to suggest ideas for open government, and rate those of other – providing a prioritisation list that the US Federal government can then choose to act on. Other…
I’ve just come across a media release from Nielsen (PDF) from March this year indicating that internet use by Australian internet users reached 16.1 hours per week in 2008, soaring ahead of TV at 12.9 viewing hours per week (radio sits at 8.8 hours). This suggests that the average Australian internet user is spending 20%…
Typically government and commercial media teams spend time identifying publications and journalists that have the most appropriate audiences for an organisation’s products and services. They commit energy to building constructive relationships with those that have influence over the members of the public they are trying to engage, tailoring stories to suit their individual needs. Why…
Earlier this week Us Now film Ltd announced that Us Now, its documentary on how the Internet is changing how citizens engage with and what they expect of government, was available online for free viewing, download and distribution. What is the film about? In the words of its creators in the UK, In a world…
Cisco’s global strategic consulting arm (IBSG), has released an interesting white paper on Government 2.0 (PDF). It takes a long hard look at the opportunities for the public sector in using online media to engage the public, arguing that, In a world where sharing information is so easy, public agencies should aim to improve citizens’…
Beth Noveck, director of President Obama’s open government initiative, said in a recent essay, Our institutions of governance are characterized by a longstanding culture of professionalism in which bureaucrats – not citizens – are the experts. Until recently, we have viewed this arrangement as legitimate because we have not practically been able to argue otherwise….
The US Air Force is one of the most proactive users of new media amongst government organisations globally, seeing the internet as another channel for engaging potential recruits, the public and for conducting military operations. The approach being taken by the US Air Force, and increasingly by other US government agencies, is that all of…
I’ll be speaking at the Managing Your Online Content conference from Ark group in Sydney this Wednesday on the topic of Aligning your web content strategy with organisational objectives. I’ll be making an effort to log the conference online, either via Twitter (#MYOCG09) or via a liveblog on this blog, if I have access to…
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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