In the style of the Apps for America competitions, the US Army announced at the Gov 2.0 summit that it would hold a competition for soldiers to develop software to help the army fight wars and carry out its missions. Reported in Information Week Government, Gov 2.0: Army Announces Apps For Army Competition, the Army…
The UK has moved forward from its recent Digital Britain report to release an Implementation Plan. This details how the government proposes to turn the actions within Digital Britain into reality. A very interesting, and not overly long, document, the plan lays out clear governance structures, responsibilities and accountabilities for rolling out Digital Britain. It’s…
I’ve been known to say, from time to time, that what you cannot measure you cannot manage. This is especially true in IT-based projects, which often involve significant investments and where deadlines and budgets can easily slide. Given it has been estimated that 68% of IT projects fail to realise the benefits or outcomes they…
I am pleased to present this guest post from a colleague who has done a fantastic job of incorporating online tools into the government project management mix. I feel that the work Nathanael Boehm and his team have been doing on the Training.gov.au project is an example of how social media can improve the ability…
The eGovernment Resource Centre has tipped me off that the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has set up a consultative Future directions blog for two weeks with the purpose of soliciting public comments that will contribute to the development of a Future directions paper for the digital economy. It’s good to see…
Brought to my attention by the Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre, the below video from Shel Holzman provides an excellent summary of the value of social media as an set of egovernment tools within government intranets. It addresses common misunderstandings and myths that have limited take-up, case studies of successful social media use and talks through…
The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO), is trialing opening the patent examination process to public participation. This allows members of the public to review pending patent applications and provide input and feedback into the process of assessing patent claims. In effect, the patent office is acknowledging that the US public has the capacity to…
I’d like to thank Kate Carruthers, a formidable change agent and renaissance woman, for prompting this post through a presentation she’s published on SlideShare, Enterprise 2.0 and stakeholder resistance. One of my key roles and, I believe, a key role for many in the online arena, is to be a change agent for digital channels….
I believe that one of the keys to successful projects is to maximise time spent on the project goals and minimise time spent dealing with project tools. In the past I’ve seen projects fail or delayed due to the difficulty in managing project teams across different areas of a single organisation or, worse yet, across…
This is a fantastic example of how blogs and other Web 2.0 tools can be used to support government initiatives and help reduce project costs. First I should note that I know Nathanael Boehm, one of the members of the project team. He’s an early adopter of web technologies, with a great deal of experience…
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