President-elect Barack Obama built his campaign on change, and is demonstrating an ongoing commitment to this approach via the site Change.gov. It’s a great living case study on how a government can engage its citizens online in a constructive way.
Paul Johnston, posting at TheConnectedRepublic, has brought to my attention the following video and report on the rise of the video republic. This looks at how people – particularly young people – are using online video to express their views, share opinions and shape the world views of their generation. It’s a fascinating watch and…
The British government is funding a campaign, CivicSurf to teach British local politicians how to blog. It would also be useful to public servants in understanding and communicating the benefits of blogging (as well as how to become bloggers themselves). Thanks to Stap isi for referring me to the site. The campaign includes the website,…
A debate has been going on in Europe recently regarding which comes first – successful Web 2.0 egovernment, or citizen-centric and transparent government. One argument goes that government must first undergo cultural change in order to deliver effective Web 2.0 services. The other is that government will undergo cultural change through releasing Web 2.0 services….
A public wiki has been created to capture examples of best practice Government 2.0 initiatives from around the world. It’s just starting out but already has some great examples of how different governments are using tools like blogs, wikis, video and social networks to achieve their objectives and better service customers. If you have an…
For the last ten years I’ve been making use of Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) within websites to provide rich content features and applications unattainable with HTML. Unfortunately I still get asked the same questions about Flash, regarding accessibility, file size and how many users have the technology. I’d like to put these to bed….
The New Zealand government has become the latest to use Youtube to support an election debate, with Prime Minister Helen Clark and John Key to face questions posed by New Zealand-based YouTube users during a debate broadcast live on TV ONE on 14 October. New Zealand YouTube users have been asked to submit video questions…
A challenge in any organisation is to foster two-way communications. Many organisations have used suggestion boxes, ‘chat with the CEO’ email accounts, or other primitive tools to offer pseudo-two way communication, but without the immediacy or ability to readily expose discussions to the broader organisation. These are often mistrusted by staff as they are essentially…
Thank goodness that another Australian institute has taken the step to start placing a pictorial history of Australia up in Flickr. As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald in the article, Australian history gets Flickr treatment, the State Library of NSW has begun loading its photo collection into the online image library. It can require…
IBF has launched Intranets Live, a monthly ‘online media channel’ featuring interviews and commentary on intranets and intranet topics from around the world. While it is useful to access a monthly podcast on what is occurring around the world in the intranet area, the price tag for this option would require careful consideration by intranet…
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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