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August 9, 2012

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	Government Use of Social Media & Best Practice		Victoria
	Government 2.0 and Government Data		Australia
	Information Technology		State & Territory Government
	Website Practice		Focus on Countries

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	Victoria \| Top ^
	Agriculture Online weather warnings provide greater guidance Privacy Vic Privacy Commissioner looks into Myki glitch
	Australia \| Top ^
	Broadband ACCC seeks comment on NBN POI locations NBN Co Corporate Plan 2012-2015 released Students benefit as NBN rolls out Information Technology AGIMO in flurry of cloud computing moves Reforming government IT on the cheap Privacy Privacy Commissioner asks Google to delete Street View data Privacy czar wants Google Wi-Fi deletion evidence
	State and Territory Government \| Top ^
	New South Wales NSW arms police prosecutors with iPads Queensland Queensland GCIO defends web security
	Government Use of Social Media & Best Practice \| Top ^
	A Guide to Developing Your Social Media Engagement Policy Local Governments Do Not 'Like' Facebook's New Page Name Policy Role of Social Media in Law Enforcement Significant and Growing Social Media Behavior and Engagement: What You Need To Know What is your stance on social media?
	Government 2.0 and Government Data \| Top ^
	Apps and hacks for social good (info-philanthropy) The Future of Public Engagement Government Big Data Solutions Award 2012 London 2012: is this the first open data Olympics? Service design for public sector: questions before answers
	Website Practice \| Top ^
	Browsers IE6 still popular in Federal Government Is the Australian Government really slow to update staff to modern web browsers? Domain Names 'Do's and Don'ts': Commenting on New gTLD Applications ICANN Wants YOU…for gTLD Batching US resists control of internet passing to UN agency Information Architecture Creating a Web-Site Information Architecture in Six Steps Online Marketing Performics Life on Demand 2012 - Participant Behavior and Social Engagement Pinterest Social Media Strategy Rethink forced on the use of Facebook by brands Social Media Is Becoming Useful, Finally Social media pages are 'ads' Social Media Statistics Australia - July 2012 What the Facebook ruling from the Advertising Standards Board (that comments are ads) means for agencies Search Engines How to Conduct an On-Page SEO Site Audit Introducing Custom Search Element v2 SEO Is Leaving Marketing Behind Top 10 Reasons Search Comes First Usability More Than Usability: The Four Elements of User Experience, Parts I and II Modifying Your Usability Testing Methods to Get Early-Stage Design Feedback Observing User Research Web Analytics Accurately Evaluate the Performance of Your Marketing Efforts Data Overload: Finding the Right Mix of Social Analytics Metrics 8 Rules of A/B Testing – The Art in Marketing Science Rethinking Blog Metrics Tracking Adjusted Bounce Rate In Google Analytics Understanding And Using Page Value Web Content Achieving Greater Value from Digital Content Developing a Content Strategy Take the pain out of website management Writing for the web versus writing for print
	Information Technology \| Top ^
	Cloud Computing Patriot Act provides 'comfortable' risk on cloud IPv6 IPv6 growth explodes
	Focus on Countries \| Top ^
	India Open government data study: India New Zealand NZ exceeds fibre roll-out expectations, lacks customers Philippines Hashtags Help Coordinate Relief Efforts in Philippine Floods Singapore Singapore should 'accelerate' online citizen engagement United Kingdom Better information on households could save the public purse millions Broadband - a key driver for business growth? United States Are Government Kiosks Making a Comeback? Cloud Privacy Update Tackled By Lawmakers GAO's Web 2.0 Proposals Could Stifle Digital Innovation Patient data outage exposes risks of electronic medical records 7 Mobile App Development Tips for Local Governments US CTO's ideas for Innovation Are Cool, but Hardly Sustainable
	Top ^

	This week's highlights
	Australia - Social Media Statistics Australia - July 2012

	India - Open government data study: India

	IA - Creating a Web-Site Information Architecture in Six Steps

	Service Design - Service design for public sector: questions before answers

	Social Media - A Guide to Developing Your Social Media Engagement Policy

	Social Media - Role of Social Media in Law Enforcement Significant and Growing

	Social Media - Social Media Behavior and Engagement: What You Need To Know

	Social Media - Social Media Is Becoming Useful, Finally

	Social Media - What the Facebook ruling from the Advertising Standards Board (that comments are ads) means for agencies

	Last week's highlights
	Australia - Transforming the citizen experience: One Stop Shop for public services

	Australia - Community Cloud Governance – An Australian Government perspective Better Practice Guide

	Europe - Study on cloud and service oriented architectures for e-government: Final report

	UK - Broadband for all - an alternative vision: Communications Committee - First Report

	UK - Implementing the transparency agenda: Public Accounts Committee - Tenth Report

	US - Effective Practices and Federal Challenges in Applying Agile Methods

	Gov Data - Linked Open Government Data

	Social Media - Twiplomacy - global study of world leaders on Twitter

	Social Media - Global Social Media Checkup 2012

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