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.
Online voting has already become reality in some parts of the world, with the Estonian online election heralding the possibility of using the speed of online to expand citizen franchise from electing representatives every three to eight years, to voting on major legislative changes on a far more regular basis.As reported in a Sign On…
The Government 2.0 Taskforce has been requesting submission in response to their recently released, Towards Government 2.0: An Issues Paper. So far there are four submissions listed on the Taskforce’s website. Now while these may not represent all the submissions received to-date (as it may take time to process and put them online), it does…
Governments are being disintermediated online by citizen networks and private companies. This reflects the self-organising and distributional capabilities of the web and raises some serious questions regarding what governments should focus on online.The Bureau of Meteorology collects data from hundreds of weather stations across Australia. It is a Federal government bureau. Weather Underground also collects…
I found an interesting post on Govloop the other day by Martha McLean, Bureaucracy 2.0 – make sure your team is ready to stand and deliver. This identified a challenge that is facing public servants – do we prepare our teams to engage in Gov 2.0 activities (possibly preempting the need), or do we wait…
Tourism Australia, state and territory tourism agencies and many regions and cities are now using social media to promote their location (their brand) to potential tourists. Using the traditional approach, these accounts are managed by professionals employed by agencies and tourism bodies, communicating with official approved messages. However other countries have begun to explore the potential…
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…
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