In Paris, on Thursday 14 October 2010, Senator Kate Lundy became the first Australian and 10th annual winner of the World e.Gov Forum and PoliticsOnline‘s International eDemocracy award – the equivalent of the Academy awards for eGovernment and Gov 2.0 practitioners. In an award ceremony at France’s Department of Foreign Affairs, in front of more…
As the world’s largest hackathon, GovHack is on at over 25 locations across Australia and New Zealand again this year from Friday 6pm this week until Sunday afternoon (28-30 July). With over 3,000 participants and 437 completed projects in 2016, GovHack is an opportunity to develop prototypes of new services, visualisations and mashups with government…
Intranets have been around in various forms for around twenty years now. Many are firmly rooted as an essential tool in the operations of organisations. However there are many organisations where intranets are still treated as costs or are not sponsored and supported at senior management levels. In fact in last year’s Global Intranet Trends…
Jonathan Zittrain’s new book, The future of the internet – and how to stop it, presents a compelling picture of how the internet has evolved from the ‘sterile’ and unchangeable computer systems of the 1960s and 70s into a ‘generative’ environment, enabling individuals around the world to freely develop applications and services and distribute them…
At least one state agency in the US, Maryland Division of Correction, recently started requiring employees to provide their personal Facebook password and allow their employer to scrutinise their account as a condition of continued employment. Apparently this request wasn’t illegal – although it breaches Facebook’s usage policy (which could mean the employee loses their…
Traditionally one of the roles of the ‘free press’ is to keep governments honest, to shine a light on inappropriate conduct, poor decisions and uncover corruption, falsehoods and backroom deals. With the advent of social media I’ve been watching this role slowly twist into new forms and relationships. One of the more interesting developments has…
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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