Showing posts with label standards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label standards. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Party time for GovCMS as it hits 102 sites, well ahead of target

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It's party time at the Department of Finance as GovCMS continues its growth surge, from 78 sites less than a month ago to 102 sites t...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Australia's first 3rd Generation open data site - from the ACT

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The ACT government today announced the soft-launch of their new open data site,   dataACT , through their equally new   Government Informat...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Standardising content across government (or why does every agency have a different privacy policy?)

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Every government website serves a different purpose and a different audience, however there are also standard content every site must have ...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

Remove PDFs from your site to save money and increase traffic by 160x - the experience of the Vic Department of Primary Industries

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While there may now be accessibility techniques for PDFs, this doesn't mean that the format is necessarily the most appropriate for dis...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

One week left to comment on the Information Commissioner's issue paper on public sector information

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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has extended the deadline for commenting on their Information Policy Issue Paper 2: U...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

New advice on publishing public sector information from AGIMO

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Last week AGIMO released new advice on publishing public sector information, typing together the 2010 Declaration of Open Government , the...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Why aren't Aussies using open government data to create value?

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This post was inspired by a comment by John Sheridan on Twitter, @ craigthomler  what I'd like for  # gov2au   # NY ? egs of use of ...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Treating bloggers right

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Many organisations still haven't cottoned on to the influence of a number of blogs or how to appropriately approach and engage with the...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

"Last in first out" - is this a risk for social media expertise and channel use in government?

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I've seen (and spoken with colleagues about) a number of austerity measures taken in government agencies around Australia over the last ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Are telephones a natural medium for internet natives?

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I wanted to share this interesting post discussing the challenges faced by people used to online communications technologies when attempting...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

How much do your agency websites cost - and are they cost-effective?

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I have long struggled with techniques for costing websites in Government. Due to how resources and budgets are allocated - with program area...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Harper Collins limits library eBook use to 26 lends before repurchase

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There's lots of interesting debates going on about ownership at the moment. Are the products and content you buy and enjoy owned by yo...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Canberra Gov 2.0 lunch - 8 December

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It has been a big year for Government 2.0 in Australia, both at the federal and state levels. The Victorian Government in particular has com...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

The danger of permanent internet exclusion to egovernment and Gov 2.0

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The internet is increasingly defining the 21st century. It has become the primary medium used to find and share information, the most comm...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Whether to reuse or build - government choices in a connected world

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There's been discussion on Twitter over the last day about whether Australian government should be building online platforms, such as a ...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Victoria releases best-practice Gov 2.0 Action Plan

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Victoria has maintained its lead over other Australian states in the adoption of Government 2.0 through today's release of the Governmen...
Thursday, July 01, 2010

Still on the Internet Explorer 6 web browser? Microsoft tells organisations to ditch it

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Microsoft has just released a beta version of Internet Explorer 9, however is still having to ask organisations to stop using Internet Explo...
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Friday, June 11, 2010

Reinventing website perfection

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Traditionally, in my experience both in the private and public sector, the way to build a 'perfect' website has been considered to b...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

What would you do if you had unlimited funds to spend on your department's online presence?

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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...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Australian public servants told three times - open (reusable) government data is important.

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The Australian Public Service (APS) has now been told three times by three different reports in the last year about the importance of releas...
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