eGov AU

I've had a continuing interest in start-up ecosystems across Australia, having been a member of several of these ecosystems & help...

Growth of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) role has been incredibly rapid over the last few year, reflecting the increasing importance of te...

Across April I'm spending a week participating in government-run sessions to contribute to the democratic life of our nation. I...

The Australian government is again looking to reshape its entire digital presence, through creating a single .gov.au site that will somehow...

The other week I was in Wellington, New Zealand for the international Linked up, Loud and Literate: Libraries enabling digital citizenship ...

I've been attending a number of networking and other business events in the last month across Canberra, and have noticed that amongst a...

While agencies often invest significant money into tools for tracking trends on social media, one of the simplest ways to detect and monito...

A few days ago LinkedIn launched its latest IOS app, Intro . The app promises to integrate LinkedIn profile content directly into emails,...

NetFlix has released its 'manifesto' detailing how they operate and why, a document that Facebook's COO has described as "...

I had an interesting discussion last week with a colleague about the terminology of government. We talk about politicians as moving the ...

It is amazing to watch how quickly things can change once a key leadership change - of mind or person - occurs in a government department. ...

Today I'm featuring a guest post from Pia Waugh , former IT Advisor to Senator Lundy, convenor of the recent Canberra GovCamp and GovH...

With the tools available today, influence over government policy is no longer the preserve of the wealthy, the well-connected or those peop...

Associate Professor Axel Bruns, who has previously done marvelous work mapping Australian blogs and tracking social media activity around t...

In case you've not read it yet, Steve Davies wrote an interesting piece on the government's grapple to adapt to and adopt Gov 2.0 th...

This post was inspired by a comment by John Sheridan on Twitter, @ craigthomler  what I'd like for  # gov2au   # NY ? egs of use of ...

While not normally a fan of Christmas, I was feeling festive today, so have translated several traditional Christmas songs into their Gov 2....

Rose Holley is one of my heroes. As a Digital Librarian at the National Library of Australia she has led one of the most effective, long-l...