Some will remember the knots that RailCorp tied itself into in 2009 when attempting to sue three developers for packaging Sydney rail timetables into mobile apps. How things have changed. Recently the NSW government applauded one of those developers for his mobile app, which has reportedly been downloaded a million times. However the agency which…
The free Gov 2.0 lunchtime event in Canberra was well attended yesterday, with many new people in the crowd demonstrating how the Government 2.0 and open data communities continue to grow and change. For those unable to attend, we videoed the event, however as this is still being processed I suggest visiting Nathaniel Boehm’s Pure…
I’m speaking at the eGovernment Summit today on how Australia is performing in the open government stakes, and what are the benefits of openness to government. As a reference I reviewed the 2012 Open Budget Survey (infographic right), released in January this year, which provides valuable insights into why openness in budgeting is important and which…
Today the ‘Opening the vault’ event is being held in Brisbane, discussing open data in the context of the state. Following from the Queensland Government’s commitment to open data (with the appointment of Australia’s first e-Government Assistant Minister), the event was opened by Premier Newman and is being livestreamed on the web – demonstrating the…
I often hear talk from government agencies about their wish to release more of their data openly, but their concern over how they allocate resources to ensure the most useful data is released first. In several conversations I’ve had in different parts of Australia, the agency view was that they only wanted to release useful…
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has released a Big Data Strategy Issues Paper and, while it’s not clearly stated in the title of their blog post, is seeking public and industry comment until 5 April 2013. You can find the paper and the ways in which they are accepting comments and formal responses,…
Part of a conversation I’ve had with 2SER’s Charmaine Wong about data journalism and the role of open data and Government 2.0 is being broadcast this morning on 2SER between 9:00am and 9:30am as part of a program on data journalism. You can listen online via the 2SER website (http://www.2ser.com) or via an actual radio…
Last Friday the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released a major report on the release of public sector information by Australian Government agencies. The report, Open public sector information: from principles to practice, is available online and is a relative straightforward read. The OAIC also released the aggregated data for the report into data.gov.au…
Whether or not you attended one of the events given in Australia by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in his TBLDownunder tour, it’s likely his visit will have an impact on how Australian governments and their agencies think about openness, digital channels and online engagement. During his visit Sir Tim, the inventor of the world wide web,…
On Monday 4 February The Age hosted the Data Newsroom event, where teams had an opportunity to dig into three previously publicly unreleased datasets, Political party funding data, which lists what companies donate money to which political parties. A database that includes the archives of all Age articles along with key words and relationships between…
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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