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Australia - Government 2.0 Taskforce

Goverment 2.0 Taskforce - 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...."

Conferences:

Gov 2.0 Conference - Canberra, Australia 19 October 2009 - CeBit Australia - "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..."

Gov 2.0 Conference to drive citizen engagement - New CeBIT Global Conference puts public sector use of Web 2.0 under the spotlight, reports to Government 2.0 Taskforce. CeBIT Australia, Sydney, Australia – August 3, 2009. "Government use of blogs, wikis, tweets and other forms of social media – the so-called Web 2.0 phenomenon - to drive citizen-centric engagement, collaboration and partnership with government, is the focus of an exciting and content-packed new conference, Gov 2.0, in Canberra on October 19..."

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..."

Launch of beta government 2.0 paper an Australian first - Taskforce uses Web 2.0 to push Government 2.0, by Daniel Bishton (Computerworld). CIO, 22 July, 2009. "The Government 2.0 Taskforce has invited public collaboration on a government document by launching a beta version of their issues paper, in one of the first major Australian government initiatives to utilise collaborative Web 2.0 technologies..."

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..."