In the news today is a story about how the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has issued guidance to staff on how to manage their personal profiles on Facebook. According to the The Age’s article, ‘Nanny state!’ New crackdown on public servants’ Facebook the department “now insists its public servants lock their personal Facebook…
Next week Australia will be holding its 17th national census (since 1911), led by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which is itself celebrating its 110th anniversary as an agency (albeit with a name change midway). This is an auspicious occasion for another reason. While it has been possible to complete the census online in both…
Australia’s Productivity Commission has just released it’s report on “Digital Disruption: What do governments need to do?“. It’s not too long a read. The key findings fit into a few pages, and provides enough of a helicopter view to get a clear view of the direction the Productivity Commission believes agencies should take. There’s implications…
I’ve had a long involvement in the energy industry, having cofounded two startups in the sector, one that is now listed on the ASX. Why energy, when my background is digital? Because the industries are extremely similar – far more similar than archaic regulations environments allow them to do. Like the media, for most of…
These days it seems almost everyone in government is focused on quick wins – outcomes that can be achieved fast, with limited resources but a big impact. I recognise the logic. Going after low hanging, minimal risk, cheap and (sometimes) easy, quick successes satisfies both the insatiable desire for Ministerial media announcements and helps build trust within…
This is a guest post written by Rosie Williams, a leading Australian Open Data Developer and Citizen Journalist, who created and manages infoAus.net and writes for NoFibs.com.au. It’s republished with her permission. Can open data really form the basis of a social good startup in Australia? I’ve come round to the realisation that doing open…
More and more organisations are finding themselves the focus of social media crises. Whether the crisis originates online, or from another source, it is frequently expressed, shared and amplified via social channels, and can become a matter of national or even international attention very rapidly when handled poorly. Many organisations still struggle to deal effectively…
Below is a guest post from John Sheridan of DB Insights, republished with permission from his LinkedIn blog. John is, in my view, one of the most insightful and thoughtful people in the Australian digital space and I heartily commend reading John’s other posts. Ready, willing and able… Most of you won’t remember the song…
This is a guest post written by Rosie Williams, a leading Australian Open Data Developer and Citizen Journalist, who created and manages infoAus.net and writes for NoFibs.com.au. It’s republished from OpenAus with her permission. The Power to Persuade blog fosters new ways to collaborate across sectors for better social policy. Power to Persuade recently published a post of mine on…
I’ve been reading various views and reflecting on the DataStart competition. There’s a shift I’ve been observing in how some people in government talk about open data that is making me quite uncomfortable. I like that the commercial world is finally taking note of the value of open data and the prospect to build businesses using it….
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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