Open data drives economic value – there’s been no dispute on this score after a range of reports have indicated the massive value that open data can unlock for an economy. Cap Gemini estimates that open data was worth 32 billion euros in 2010 to Europe, growing at 7% per year, while McKinsey estimates the global value at US$3…
Gov 2.0 Radio has released the live broadcast of the final panel from the Govinnovate conference, ‘Australia beyond Gov 2.0’, one of the panels I participated in. Find out more about the broadcast, panel and Gov 2.0 radio at gov20radio.com/2013/12/beyondgov20/ Or listen to the panel below. More Technology Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Gov…
I’ve been tracking the number of Australian federal politicians using social media channels for some time, with the proportion using these channels (principally Facebook and Twitter) sitting at the low-mid 70% level for several years (see my last post on this from June 2012). However I’ve just finished updating the figures based on the September…
For the last Gov 2.0 monthly event in Canberra for 2013 Pia and I have been able to arrange three prestigious international speakers – who are all in town at the same time. Who are they? None other than Andrew Stott, former UK Director for Transparency & Digital Engagement; Davied van Berlo, the Netherlands’ leading…
The national e-Snapshot 2013 is the first in a rolling series to capture current thinking and practice around technology-enabled innovation for government and the public sphere including such areas as e-Government, Gov 2.0, digital government, mobile gov and open government. Organised by Cofluence, an organisation who has worked extensively in the Gov 2.0 field globally…
The Gov 2.0 team in the Australian Government CTO’s office in Finance recently released a great list and mindmap of the Government Data Landscape in Australia. This included many of the policy and practical data initiatives across Australian governments. This is a living list and should be expected to grow and change over time, so…
I’ve been compiling a list of social media policies released by government agencies and councils across Australia as a central resource bank for organisations who are either still in the process of creating their policies, or are interested in reviewing and improving them. Thus far I’ve identified just over 70 policies – a small number…
I blogged today from the Government as a Social Machine forum hosted by ANZSOG and featuring Professor Dame Wendy Hall from the University of Southampton in the UK. The discussion involved a diverse group of stakeholders from public and private sector organisations and covered the history of the internet and the challenges organisations, particularly governments,…
I’ve been completing a survey for the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) related to the Queensland Government’s open data initiative, where one of the questions asked Can you list or describe any learnings that would be useful in Queensland? I’ve provided a number of my thoughts on this topic, having closely observed open data initiatives by government…
Yesterday I had the opportunity to catch up with John Miri, the former Deputy to the State CTO for Texas, following his presentation at Sitecore’s Digital Citizen Engagement event in Canberra. John is also presenting in Melbourne today, and in Perth next week. The first thing that struck me about John is how different he…
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