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These days it seems almost everyone in government is focused on quick wins - outcomes that can be achieved fast, with limited resources but...

The UK government last week launched alpha.gov.uk , an experimental site that explores different ways of presenting government information o...

We often talk about the professional values of the public service - honesty, integrity, respect, courtesy, care and responsibility. These ...

Victoria has maintained its lead over other Australian states in the adoption of Government 2.0 through today's release of the Governmen...

Google has launched the Student Voice initiative, whereby 15-17 year old Australian students will be able to vote online in a mock election...

Traditionally, in my experience both in the private and public sector, the way to build a 'perfect' website has been considered to b...

Everyone who runs a website dreams of what they would do if they had more funds to spend on improving their online presence. I've been...

The Gov 2.0 Taskforce has blogged that they are looking for further ideas they can fund for Gov 2.0 projects. So if your Department - or y...

Not all projects completely succeed. For a variety of factors some do not meet some or all of the original goals laid out for them. There ...

The Gov 2.0 forum has released a second round of projects for quotes including for a Whole of Government Information Publication Scheme, Onl...

In the style of the Apps for America competitions, the US Army announced at the Gov 2.0 summit that it would hold a competition for soldier...

The UK has moved forward from its recent Digital Britain report to release an Implementation Plan . This details how the government propose...

I've been known to say, from time to time, that what you cannot measure you cannot manage. This is especially true in IT-based projects,...

I am pleased to present this guest post from a colleague who has done a fantastic job of incorporating online tools into the government proj...

The eGovernment Resource Centre has tipped me off that the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has set up a con...

Brought to my attention by the Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre , the below video from Shel Holzman provides an excellent summary of t...

The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO), is trialing opening the patent examination process to public participation. This allows member...

I'd like to thank Kate Carruthers, a formidable change agent and renaissance woman, for prompting this post through a presentation she...

I believe that one of the keys to successful projects is to maximise time spent on the project goals and minimise time spent dealing with pr...

This is a fantastic example of how blogs and other Web 2.0 tools can be used to support government initiatives and help reduce project costs...