If you weren’t able to attend or watch the event’s livestream, the video of the awards is now live at the GovHack site, and I’ve embedded it below for your convenience.
It is nice to begin to see volunteering in more than simply physical ways beginning to be valued and rewarded in Australia. Apps Aid (image from the Pro Bono Australia article, ‘App Aid – Developers Unite with Charities For Greater Good‘) I’ve just learnt about App Aid, a 48 hour event being held in Australia in September…
Alun Probert (formerly of NSW government) has written a good piece on how sometime digital decisions are simply good business. I think he’s spot on about this, and about the danger of treating digital as a silver bullet. Government is in the business of achieving great outcomes for society. Any government who fails to keep…
I find egovernment an exciting area to work in. It offers benefits to citizens and businesses in reducing the time and cost of engaging with government It offers benefits to taxpayers due to the cost savings achievable within the public sector and the ability to improve transparency in government. It offers benefits to individuals and…
What gets 280 attendees, 10 organisers and 14 presenters to the National Library of Australia at 8.30am on a Saturday morning on a beautiful spring day in Canberra? The first TEDxCanberra, an independently organised TED event featuring sessions on knowledge, empowerment and change. I’m liveblogging the event so keep an on this post and the…
During the UK riots in 2011, the UK Prime Minister suggested shutting down social networks in future riots to prevent information sharing amongst rioters. Now Turkey has blocked access to Twitter, stating the service was ‘biased’ and did nothing to stop the ‘character assassination’ of politicians in the current ruling party accused of bribery. Like the UK,…
I’m not given to regularly commenting on global events, such as major wars, through this blog. However, given the active use of advanced technology by both Ukraine and Russia in the current war, I am making a brief exception to comment on the use of advanced technologies, including AI. The Russian invasion of Ukraine 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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