Every now and then a work shines through with absolute clarity. The video below, sent to me by a former colleague, provides such clarity regarding the fifth great media shift in the last 500 years – the internet. It may be very useful for public servants in educating their colleagues about the changes occurring around…
In an interesting and very frank article in NextGov, named The Public Eye, Bev Godwin of the White House’s new media office has provided her views of the challenges and opportunities for government in engaging online.
The US state of Utah has been a very active implementer of government 2.0 initiatives for several years now, and is known as one of the most progressive early adopters (for government) in the space. They recently released a new website which uses many web 2.0 features to improve the experience for uses and also…
Following on from my post on Wednesday, below are some of the federal and non-government initiatives in the Government 2.0 space. FederalABS CDataThe Australian Bureau of Statistics is responsible for collecting and providing access to a large proportion of data collected by government in Australia. Before the internet the reports produced by the ABS were…
I’m not quite sure when these edits happened, but reading through the APS Values and Code of Conduct in practice last night I noticed that they have been updated to comprehensively include blogs and social media (particularly Section 15: APS employees as citizens). If you’ve not read this recently, it is worth reviewing to see…
The events of the past few days in Iran have demonstrated the capability of Twitter to circumvent controls on traditional media, allowing people to communicate and provide images of what is going on on the ground. In case you’ve not yet heard through television, radio or the press, there have been a series of massive…
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…
The ACT Chief Minister’s Office, in conjunction with Bang The Table, has launched a consultation asking Canberra residents how they prefer to be engaged by the government. I’ve been taking a look at some of the comments being made and there are some very clear preferences for not using telephone consultation, ensuring that people get…
If you’ve been attempting to advocate the use of Twitter for your Department or Agency, as I know a couple of people have been attempting to do, this article by MediaShift on How Journalists Are Using Twitter in Australia provides some large calibre ammunition. So does this Internal Comms Hub report discussing Why crisis planning…
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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