Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce publicly releases final report - and most project reports

On Tuesday afternoon the Gov 2.0 Taskforce released its final report, Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0.

As stated in their blog post, the Taskforce handed the report to the responsible Ministers who immediately authorised its public release - a sign of great confidence in the report!

The report generally followed the recommendations and included the content from the draft, released for public comment two weeks ago, with some reorganisation and clarification to improve readability. If you read the draft there are no surprises, however it is worth re-reading for the tighter and clearer language and structure to ensure you understood the original context.

Alongside the report, the Taskforce has publicly released the reports for most of the 19 projects it has contracted out over the last 6 months. This adds up to a lot of reading, which I expect to be wading through over the next few weeks.

As currently the Taskforce site requires people to visit multiple web pages to individually download the project reports, I've provided quick links to download the RTFs and reports below. I also included links to the project pages as they all contain a brief on the project from the authors and allow public comments and feedback on the project reports.

I strongly recommend reading and commenting on the reports that resonate with you.

Project	Project Brief RTF	Project Report
Project 1: Enhancing the discoverability and accessibility of government information	Project 1 Brief RTF (43k)	Project 1 Report DOC (643k)
Project 2 and 3: Identify key barriers within agencies to Government 2.0 and survey of Australian Government Web 2.0 practices	Project 2 Brief RTF (45k) Project 3 Brief RTF (54k)	Project 2 and 3 Final Report DOC (1266k)
Project 4: Copyright Law and Intellectual Property	Project 4 Brief RTF (55k)	Project 4 Report (592k)
Project 5: Early Leadership in Semantic Web	Project 5 Brief RTF (48k)	Project 5 Final Report (3623k)
Project 6: The value of Public Sector Information for cultural institutions	Project 6 Brief RTF (56k)	Project 6 Report DOC (116k) Project 6 Additional Technical Paper (82k)
Project 7: Whole of Government Information Publication Scheme	Project 7 Brief RTF (75k)	Project 7 Report DOC (563k)
Project 8: Online Engagement Guidance and Web 2.0 Toolkit for Australian Government Agencies	Project 8 Brief RTF (92k)	Project 8 Guidelines (1726k) Project 8 Toolkit Blueprint (1389k)
Project 9: Preservation of Web 2.0 Content	Project 9 Brief RTF (79k)	Project 9 Report DOC (260k)
Project 10: Framework for Stimulating Information Philanthropy in Australia	Project 10 Brief RTF (77k)	Project 10 Report (743k)
Project 13: Government 2.0 Governance and Institutions: Embedding the 2.0 Agenda in the Australian Public Service	Project 13 Brief RTF (75k)	Project 13 Report DOC (451k)
Project 14: Social Media for Emergency Management	Unavailable	Project 14 Report (6217k)
Project 15: ALRC Family Violence Consultation Project	Unavailable	Project 15 Report (1769)
Project 16: OpinionWatch Analysis	Unavailable	Project 16 Report DOC (2461k)
Project 18: Whole of government video service scoping study	Unavailable	Project 18 Report (3707k)
Project 19: Online Engagement Review	Unavailable	Project 19 Report DOC (212k) Project 19 Report PDF (5116k)