Showing posts with label governance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label governance. Show all posts
Saturday, April 14, 2018

The danger when political parties assimilate the duties of government

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While it rarely becomes top of mind for voters, there are times where political parties attempt to take on some of the responsibilities of ...
Monday, April 09, 2018

How modern democracies face destruction if they can't stop building digital Maginot Lines

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The recent revelations in the media about the collection of personal information from up to 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytic...
Monday, November 07, 2016

It's time to provide feedback on Australia's Open Government Plan

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Last week the government released Australia's draft Open Government National Action Plan, a requirement to join the international Open ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Have you been pawned? What could Australian governments do to reduce the frequency of data breaches

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Data breaches at major organisations have become a weekly event, but don't always make it into the public eye for months, or even years...
Friday, January 22, 2016

How much will Australians pay for the openness and transparency we expect from our governments?

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In business if no-one will pay for a product it ceases being made, or never gets off the drawing board. Government doesn't quite work...
Friday, January 08, 2016

Contribute now to Australia's Open Government Partnership National Action Plan

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Now that Australians are heading out of holiday mode, it's a good time for a reminder about the Australian Government's process to ...
Monday, January 04, 2016

Improvement in governance is the goal, innovation and transformation are simply techniques to help it along

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Over the last year in Australian government there's been increasing rhetoric around transformation (primarily digital) and innovation. ...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Register now for an OGP Australia information session

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The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet have just announced a series of information sessions regarding the Open Government Partnership...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Liveblog for Govinnovate 2014 Day 1

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Over the next few days I will be liveblogging and tweeting from GovInnovate 2014 , so follow my blog and Twitter feed for all the latest vi...
Monday, November 03, 2014

The future of intelligence is distributed - and so is the future of government

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In 2011 an IBM computer, Watson, beat human competitors at Jeopardy!   This was a new landmark in artificial intelligence - a computer c...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Is government paying enough attention to privacy in its mobile apps?

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Australian internet usage has just reached a tipping point, with more Aussies accessing the internet via their smartphones and tablets than...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Young people in Australia are highly engaged in politics - but engagement has moved online. Have governments?

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A few years ago I heard it said by political advisors that one hand-written letter to a Minister counts for more than 100 emails on the sam...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Why should governments continue to control voting systems and processes?

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Having centralised systems for voting is the standard approach for countries around the world. In most places it is simply accepted that ...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014

The importance for government of respecting open source and open data copyrights

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An interesting situation has arisen in Italy, with the country's Agenzia delle Entrate, the Italian revenue service and taxation author...
Friday, July 04, 2014

What happens to governments when the trust disappears?

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It's difficult for governments to remain effective when the support of citizens evaporates. History is littered with failed states, ci...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

It's nice to see government agencies share with each other

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One of the most frustrating and, I think, silliest things I found when working in Australian government agencies was how almost every depar...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

For a truly open parliament, look to the UK

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The UK Government has just released the alpha version of data.parliament.uk - - a site designed to host open data on the UK Parliament and ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

How important really is open government to Australians?

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The United Nations is currently running a very interesting global consultation asking people about the six issues that matter most to them....
Monday, March 31, 2014

Content Management for Government - watch the webcast

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Below is the video from the live webcast on Content Marketing for Government that Content Group managed, hosted by David Pembroke with Gina...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Are you prepared for Australia's new privacy law?

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Today Australia's new Privacy law comes into force, affecting Australian Government agencies, businesses with a turnover of more than $...