Everyone who runs a website dreams of what they would do if they had more funds to spend on improving their online presence. I’ve been doing some thinking around this lately as a thought exercise around building priority lists for what needs to be done to strengthen my department’s online presence. I always come back…
In what I believe is a world first, the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing has launched its new US$100 note, featuring Benjamin Franklin, via an online video in YouTube. Brought to my attention by Nicholas Gruen, the 82 second long production provides a clear view of all the security provisions included in the banknote….
One of the trends with Government 2.0 is for jurisdictions to make more of their information available online in more readily accessible, machine readable and useful forms. We’ve seen the rise of data.gov, data.gov.uk and a host of open data sites for nations and states around the world. The latest addition has been the World…
Now that the UK general election has been called, it will be interesting to see the role social media will play in a Westminster election, compared to the US’s last Presidential election. One of the first examples of how this election will use social media has been demonstrated by the UK’s ruling Labour party, who…
In the last 24 hours, over 30 US Federal agencies have released their Open Government plans in a strategic outpouring that demonstrates some of the best whole-of-government Gove 2.0 leadership in the world. Govloop has published a complete list of these Open Government plans via the free online public database service Socrata (a 3rd party…
We’ve seen a boom in Gov 2.0 seminars and events over the last year and several prestigious US Universities already offer post-graduate courses on Gov 2.0 topics. However, to my knowledge, Australia’s formal educational institutions have largely been silent on when (if ever) they might begin offering courses that aid public servants, potential public servants…
The Australian Public Service (APS) has now been told three times by three different reports in the last year about the importance of releasing much of its information openly to the community. This began with reforms to Freedom of Information which, once passed, will encourage a pro-disclosure environment within the APS and make it easier…
The GovTwit blog has put me on to the latest case study in Twitter 101 (where they showcase how organisations are using Twitter in innovative ways). It’s on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who are using Twitter to monitor earthquakes as they occur – an early detection system that is proving to be much faster…
There is considerable international discussion at the moment over whether internet access should be recognised as a fundamental human right. The ability of the internet to allow people to communicate, access education, jobs, participate in democratic processes and to create businesses makes it a powerful force for opportunity. It helps the poor to help themselves…
I’m leaving for Hong Kong today (in fact I’m scheduled to board the plane 3 minutes after this post is scheduled to go live) to attend and speak at the FutureGov Hong Kong conference on behalf of my department. Depending on the availability of internet connectivity I will either liveblog and tweet parts of the…
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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