tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750343339904865739.post6409228335446733273..comments2023-11-02T20:45:14.873+11:00Comments on eGov AU: Is Australian egovernment innovation on life support?Craig Thomlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350603210658700252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750343339904865739.post-33821583913755675342009-04-03T14:41:00.000+11:002009-04-03T14:41:00.000+11:00be interesting to see if there's a difference betw...be interesting to see if there's a difference between here and the UK with regards to who has day to day responsibility for Councils' web content ... here website coordination is often seen as an administrative role (you put up what we tell you when we tell you) ... and you can't really Twitter by remote controlb3rnhttp://stapisi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750343339904865739.post-50111403878186982462009-04-03T14:15:00.000+11:002009-04-03T14:15:00.000+11:00I propose three main hypotheses in answer to the q...I propose three main hypotheses in answer to the question: (1) Australian governments of all persuasions are inherently conservative and tend to follow rather than lead (globally) in terms of innovation in high technology, especially where outcomes are unclear (2) Local councils bear the brunt of increasing centralisation of power in the federal government, reducing their ability to implement new ideas in the face of coping with contemporary local problems - New Media is simply off the political radar at the federal level and this flows down the federal system; and (3) the deployment of broadband infrastructure is so centrally controlled by the federal government and therefore removed from users that there is no active local engagement in its potential usage - there is a close link between local access and local usage - which means that even though people are 'active', they have little ability to influence the centrally-controlled system directly.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate these hypothese are somewhat unrefined at the moment but I intend to have a number of research publications out early next year.Dr Michael de Percy FRSA FCILThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877136639488853831noreply@blogger.com