e-Government - Australia
Articles and resources about trends and issues in the adoption of e-Government services in Australia.
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Our input wanted: Key challenges in government content discoverability and e-service accessibility
- by Nicholas Gruen. Government 2.0 Taskforce, 24 October 2009. Mark Neely at Hyro is preparing a report which will identify the challenges involved in trying to locate and use government services (or information about a service) online, and to suggest possible solutions. He is seeking your input.
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Microsoft defends Government 2.0 Taskforce funding conditions
- Projects applying for $2.45m in funding must sign on as Microsoft Contractors, by Tim Lohman (Computerworld). CIO, 6 October, 2009. "Microsoft has defended its decision to enforce stringent conditions on up to $2.45 million in funding which it plans to supply to support proposed projects under the Government 2.0 Taskforce initiative..."
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Participatory democracy, Web 2.0 and the Government 2.0 Taskforce
- ABC Radio National - Future Tense, 24 September 2009. "Dr Nicholas Gruen is head of the Australian government's Government 2.0 Taskforce, which is in the final stages of a public consultation process. Dr Gruen is due to report his recommendations and findings by December 31. So what are his priorities and how does he answer the sceptics -- not about his taskforce, but about the way government will respond to his findings? Also, Professor Graeme Turner and why he believes there's been a loss of perspective in the rush to celebrate the democratic potential of Web 2.0..."
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Australia and Government 2.0 -- not quite right
- by Stephen Collins. Acid Labs, August 11 2009. "I am passionately interested in greater engagement between government at all levels and the public. So much so, that I’ve volunteered my time on several projects that seek to enable the transition to a more open, engaged, conversational form of government — the type of government being termed Government 2.0... Like my friend and industry colleague, James Dellow of Headshift Australia, I have some concerns about the current efforts with respect to Government 2.0 that are occurring in Australia..."
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Gov 2.0 Conference - Canberra, Australia 19 October 2009
- "The Gov 2.0 Conference is a case study driven event showcasing government projects that leverage the Web as a platform to create openness of public sector information, greater transparency of policy making and increased citizen-centric engagement. The conference will provide practical insights, expert advice and solutions on how to implement online engagement within government parameters and manage cultural change. The conference will bring government leaders, practitioners and innovators of Web 2.0 together in an interactive format and will deliver feedback about the issues raised at the event to the Government 2.0 Taskforce..."
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Lundy backs web 2.0 to cut costs
- by Fran Foo. AustralianIT, August 4, 2009. "Labor senator and technology evangelist Kate Lundy has admitted that government service delivery fell short and social media tools like Twitter could help bridge the gap and even slash costs. The second Public Sphere event in Canberra found that if social networking tools became part of normal workflow in government processes, public servants wouldn't be overwhelmed with their workloads..."
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Official Issues Paper Released
- by Nicholas Gruen. Government 2.0 Taskforce, 23 July 2009. The Towards Government 2.0: An Issues Paper has been released for comment until 24 August 2009.
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Government 2.0 Taskforce - Help us finalise our Issues Paper
- by Nicholas Gruen. Government 2.0 Taskforce, July 18, 2009. "... The role of the Issues Paper is to be a reasonably concise guide to the issues and prompt for those contemplating making formal submissions. We intend to post the final Issues Paper by start of business on Thursday 23rd July 2009..."
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Web 2.0 allows more open government
- by Lindsay Tanner. WA Today Blog, June 24, 2009. "On Monday, along with my colleague, Minister Joe Ludwig, I launched the Rudd Government's Government 2.0 Taskforce. Today's blog is an edited version of my comments at the launch. In recent months the Government has been considering how best to harness the power of the internet to advance open, transparent government; and to work towards government that makes the best use of the skills and knowledge of its citizenry..."
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Govt unleashes web 2.0 taskforce
- by Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet Australia, 22 June 2009. "The Federal Government today launched a taskforce to investigate web 2.0's ability to make government more transparent and increase community engagement..."
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Goverment 2.0 Taskforce - Australia
- Chaired by Dr Nicholas Gruen (Chair) for the Australian Federal government. Government 2.0 Taskforce Secretariat -
Australian Government Information Management Office, Department of Finance and Deregulation. "The Government 2.0 Taskforce is being formed against a backdrop of increased interest by governments worldwide in the potential uses of public sector information and online engagement... The Taskforce will not be the government's very first encounter with government 2.0 ... But it will be the first attempt to deal with these issues in a systematic way. The Taskforce is made up of policy and technical experts and entrepreneurs from government, business, academia, and cultural institutions...."
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Government 2.0 initiatives in Australia Part 2 (Public Sphere Camp series)
- by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - Craig Thomler's personal eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Thursday, June 18, 2009. "Following on from my post on Wednesday, below are some of the federal and non-government initiatives in the Government 2.0 space..."
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Government 2.0 initiatives in Australia Part 1 (Public Sphere Camp series)
- by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - Craig Thomler's personal eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. "Last week I posted about some of the Government 2.0 initiatives around the world. This week I'm posting about some of the initiatives going on in Australia..."
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Open government - what does it mean? (Public Sphere Camp series)
- by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - Craig Thomler's personal eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. "In the last two weeks before the Government 2.0 Public Sphere Camp in Canberra on 22 June, I'll be posting a series of articles on government 2.0. This will cover areas such as, what does 'open government' mean in the context of the internet, how is government 2.0 being introduced around the world, what is occurring in the open government and government 2.0 space in Australia, what benefits will government 2.0 generate for Australia, what are the costs and risks of government 2.0, what are the leading hurdles to government 2.0 in Australia..."
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Excellence in e-Government Award (e-Award) 2009: Winner Announced
- Australian Government Information Management Office. The Excellence in e-Government Award (e-Award) was introduced in 2006 by the Australian Government to promote excellence in the use of ICT in Australia at all levels of government. The 2009 e-Award was announced at the ICT dinner at CeBIT Australia 2009 on Wednesday, 13 May 2009. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship won the award for their Visa Wizard and the Citizenship Wizard applications.
This category last updated: 9 May 2013