The US government has been running an online consultation on the topic of open government via the OpenGov suggestions market. A summary analysis report on the first stage of the brainstorm has now been released, outlining the main suggestions and topics US citizens found critical for open government. Some of the highlighted recommendations included, each…
The term ‘Web 2.0’ entered popular language in 2004. It was an attempt to define the shift that was occurring online from the internet being a communications tool to a collaborative user-driven social medium. While some Web 2.0 capable tools, such as blogs, wikis and forums, had existed for many years prior to the creation…
In the last two weeks before the Government 2.0 Public Sphere Camp in Canberra on 22 June, I’ll be posting a series of articles on government 2.0. This will cover areas such as, what does ‘open government’ mean in the context of the internet, how is government 2.0 being introduced around the world, what is…
EDITED: Monday 9 June, 2009: The Open Government Public Sphere Camp has been renamed ‘Government 2.0 Public Sphere Camp’. This more effectively communicates the content and purpose of the event. Other details have not changed. The second of Senator Kate Lundy’s Public Sphere series has been combined with the Canberra BarCamp unorganisers’ Gov 2.0 concept…
This morning I am presenting at Public Sphere #1 – High bandwidth for Australia in a personal capacity. The event will discuss what high speed bandwidth can do for Australian society, business and government. I have previously posted some ideas on this topic and will be talking today about how the killer applications and services…
Illustrating one of the ways in which parliamentarians are now actively engaging the public online, Senator Kate Lundy has posted in her blog about a series of online ‘Public Spheres’ she will be hosting to, facilitate regular topics of interest to both the general public and to the government. Discussed in her post, Public Sphere…
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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