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What's New Newsletter - November 20, 2008


New items added to the eGovernment Resource Centre week ending November 20, 2008. (This newsletter is also available in RSS format.)

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Victoria

Education

Five Vying for Victorian Schools Ultranet Tender. Minister for Education, Media Release, Friday, 14 November 2008.

IPv6

Victoria Leading the Way on IPv6 Conversion, Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Media Release, Thursday, 20 November 2008.

Australia

Broadband

An NBN that serves the national interest, by Jeff Lawrence, Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions. AustralianIT, November 18, 2008.

Courts

Federal Court lags on e-discovery, by Mahesh Sharma. AustralianIT, November 18, 2008.

e-Health

Medicare pushes e-health system, by Karen Dearne. AustralianIT, November 19, 2008.

Government Websites

Shoppers desert grocery website, by Nicola Berkovic. AustralianIT, November 15, 2008.

Local Government

Govt extends IT deals to councils, by AAP. ZDNet Australia, 18 November 2008.

State and Territory Government

New South Wales

ERG chair fumes over Tcard, by Julian Bajkowski. MIS Financial Review, Monday, 17 November 2008.

IBM, Dell in NSW box seat, by Fran Foo. AustralianIT, November 18, 2008.

Queensland

Queenslanders debate cloud computing. by Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia, 19 November 2008.

South Australia

Mt Gambier fibre project nears end, by Suzanne Tindal. ZDNet Australia, 17 November 2008.

Community Engagement

Citizen Relationship Management (CRM in government), by Alexander Schellong. The ePractice blog: discuss, praise, disagree, 19 November 2008.

How do you sell the idea of a social media strategy in government? by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Thursday, November 20, 2008.

eGovernment

Disintermediating government online, by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Monday, November 17, 2008.

Focus on Countries

Canada

Government finally opts to be Internet friendly, creates own version of Wikipedia - Federal employees can post, comment and edit articles submitted by peers, experts, by Vito Pilieci, Canwest News Service, The Gazette, November 19, 2008.

Wikis give small county an edge, by Daryl-Lynn Carlson, Financial Post, Monday, November 17, 2008.

Europe

European Electronic Invoicing Platform introduced. ePractice.eu, 12 November 2008. Country Netherlands, Pan European; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Interoperability, eProcurement, High Impact Services with pan-European scope, eServices for Business, eServices for Citizens.

Re-opening of the call for tenders 'Study on monitoring eAccessibility'. ePractice.eu, 13 November 2008. Country EU Institutions; Domain eInclusion; Topic eAccessibility.

France

Preliminary declaration to the police online. ePractice.eu, 14 November 2008. Country France; Domain eGovernment; Topic eServices for Citizens

Ireland

'Cities Linked' networking tool launched. ePractice.eu, 18 November 2008. Country Ireland, Pan European; Domain eGovernment; Topic Regional and Local, User centric services, eServices for Business, eServices for Citizens.

Italy

Government unveils new Strategic Plan for Innovation. ePractice.eu, 17 November 2008. Country Italy; Domain eGovernment; Topic Policy, eServices for Business, eServices for Citizens, Infrastructure.

Malta

Biometric passports launched. ePractice.eu, 14 November 2008. Country Malta; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity.

New Zealand

BIF applicants left wondering as government changes - Thirty-six broadband investors in limbo as fund's fate decided, By Rob O'Neill. Computerworld, Monday, 17 November, 2008.

Telework part of picture in labour force change - Technology change is opening more doors for teleworking, By Stephen Bell. Computerworld, Tuesday, 18 November, 2008.

Norway

New eCitizen 2.0 report available. ePractice.eu, 18 November 2008. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting.

Romania

Strategy of the Agency for Information Society Services, by Daniel Gruia, President of the Agency for Information Society Services (ASSI). ePractice.eu, 13 November 2008.

United Kingdom

Children

A million children on the UK's DNA database. Public Technology, 19 November 2008.

Citizen Centric Service

Pilot for new national service to alert government about citizen data changes. Public Technology, 17 November 2008.

Tell Us Once goes live. Kablenet, 14 November 2008.

Government Websites

MP Website Award winners announced by British Computer Society. Public Technology, 20 November 2008.

Health

NHS websites join up to show the choices on offer to citizens. Public Technology, 13 November 2008.

ID Cards

ID Cards: CRB chief appointed to lead roll-out of first identity cards. Public Technology, 19 Nov 2008.

Most biometric checks will bypass ID database. Kablenet, 18 November 2008.

Public rejects high street biometrics. Kablenet, 14 November 2008. Public Technology, 19 Nov 2008.

Knowledge Management

Information matters: building government's capability in managing knowledge and information. Developed by the Knowledge Council. UK Civil Service, November 2008.

Local Government

East Hampshire District Council

East Hampshire links to FixMyStreet. Kablenet, 14 November 2008.

Monmouthshire County Council

Monmouthshire County Council provides 'customer driven' online services. Public Technology, 13 November 2008.

Shared Services

Shared services spend to reach £4bn by 2012 - Outsourcing will play a big part. silicon.com, 17 November 2008.

United States

Broadband

IBM to Roll Out Broadband Over Powerline to Rural Areas. Government Technology, November 13, 2008.

Community Engagement

Moving Toward a 21st Century Right-To-Know Agenda - Recommendations to President-elect Obama and Congress, By the Right to Know Community, November 2008.

Obama must use better technology to open government, by Jill R. Aitoro. NextGov, 12 November 2008.

Obama to Tape Weekly YouTube Address, By Matt Williams, Assistant Editor. Government Technology, November 17, 2008.

US President releases first weekly youtube address, by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Sunday, November 16, 2008.

e-Campaigning

McCain Camp Spent Fraction of Obama's Online Ad Budget, By Kate Kaye, The ClickZ Network, November 17, 2008.

eGovernment

Obama's bold vision for e-gov, By Gregg Carlstrom. Federal Times, November 18, 2008.

Electronic Health Records

Adoption of e-health records depends on consolidation of systems, By Bob Brewin. NextGov, 13 November 2008.

Information Technology

Google's CEO wants IT to open up government, By Ben Bain. Federal Computer Week, November 18, 2008.

NIST extends comment period for draft assistance in assessing security controls, By William Jackson. Government Computer News, 18 November 2008.

When Technology Fails, by John B. Horrigan, Associate Director & Sydney Jones, Research Assistant. Pew Research Center, November 16, 2008.

Local Government

Washington DC

47 Applications in 30 Days for $50K, By David Aden. Government Technology, November 13, 2008.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian M.Fenty Announces Winners of Applications for Democracy Contest. Government Technology, November 13, 2008.

NASA

NASA Successfully Tests First Deep Space Internet. NASA, Release : 08-298, November 18, 2008.

State Government

California

California Fire Maps [November 15, 2008 update], posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Saturday, November 15, 2008.

Web 2.0

President 2.0, By Erik Qualman, Search Engine Watch, November 17, 2008.

Information Technology

Identity management

The keys to authentication - Coalition's new research center to focus on the challenges of identity management, By William Jackson. Government Computer News, 17 November 2008.

Website Practice

Cascading Style Sheets

Terrific Tables with CSS, By Jonathan Snook. SitePoint, November 18, 2008.

Content Management Systems

Tony Byrne - Get a grip on Web 2.0 content - GCN Interview: CMS Watch founder Byrne spoke with GCN about Web content management systems, By Joab Jackson. Government Computer News, 17 November 2008.

Copyright

How does the government maximise information distribution while minimising copyright risk? by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Wednesday, November 19, 2008.

Domain Names

Why DNS is Broken, in Plain English, By Kim Davies. CircleID, November 13, 2008.

Online Video Content

This is How the Web Gets Regulated, by Joe Clark. A List Apart Magazine, November 18, 2008

Search Engines

Announcing the Search-based Keyword Tool, Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Inside AdWords crew, Inside Adwords, Tuesday, November 18, 2008.

The Future of Google's Search Personalization, By Mark Jackson, Search Engine Watch, November 18, 2008.

Google looks to users' needs, by Simon Canning. AustralianIT, November 17, 2008.

Google's SEO Starter Guide, Written by Brandon Falls, Search Quality Team. Google Webmaster Central Blog, Wednesday, November 12, 2008.

How To Make Flash Content Search Friendly, by Dan Morris. Search Engine Land, November 19, 2008.

Jerry Yang to step down as Yahoo CEO. AustralianIT, November 18, 2008.

A More Useful 404, by Dean Frickey. A List Apart Magazine, November 18, 2008.

Pandia Search Engine Marketing 101, by by Per and Susanne Koch. Pandia, 2008.

Rank Checker - Free Search Engine Ranking Checking Tool for Firefox, Provided by SEOBook.

RankQuest SEO Toolbar, by Vincent Brown, Updated June 20, 2008

Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. Google, 2008.

SearchStatus, by Craig Raw, Updated October 2, 2008

10 Questions that Guarantee SEO Success, Part I, by Stoney deGeyter. Search Engine guide, November 18, 2008.

Usability

Agile Development Projects and Usability. Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, November 17, 2008.

Web Analytics

A deeper look at Advanced Segmentation: filtering on the fly, Posted by Jeff Gillis, Google Analytics Team. Google Analytics Blog, Friday, November 14, 2008.

Want to track Adobe Flash? Now you can! Posted by Nick Mihailovski, Analytics Specialist. Google Analytics Blog, Monday, November 17, 2008.

Web analytics dashboards demystified, By Andreas Roell. iMedia Communications, November 14, 2008.

Web Analytics Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia - Hosted by Mangold Sengers Pty Ltd., 3 December 2008 - 6 - 8pm.

Web Content

Business case for deleting content, By Gerry McGovern. New Thinking, November 17, 2008 - Volume 13 Number 44.

How you can increase traffic to Government websites with Government Press Releases, by Cheryl Hardy. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Monday, November 17, 2008.

Web 2.0

Enterprise 2.0 - Identify problem. Determine solution. Then tools. by Stephen Collins. Acid Labs, 4 November 2008.

Everything You Think You Know About Social Media and Measuring ROI is Wrong! by Mack Collier. Search Engine Guide, November 18, 2008.

Implementing enterprise 2.0 in the real world, Written by James Robertson. Column Two, November 3, 2008.

Is there a groundswell of demand for collaboration tools in your agency? by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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