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I've just found the UK civil service's Principles for participation online and are mighty impressed.
As a result I've slightly modified my profile, I'll also be promoting this in my office where I know we have at least several other bloggers and quite a bit of online engagement coming up.
In Australia, while we have an excellent Australian Public Service code of conduct, we do not have anything specific for the online channel.
This does raise the question - do we need a set of principles, or does The Code cover it already?
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
UK government principles for participation online - where's Australia's principles? | Tweet |
eGovernment progress in New Zealand | Tweet |
In Development has linked to A report on the progress of New Zealand e-government.
This is the first official report from the NZ government on egovernment since 2004.
From a quick look I'd say it is doing reasonably well. They've done a lot to understand what citizens need and address this in clear and simple paths through various government agencies.
There's some excellent success stories in the report and I'm looking forward to sitting down and reading it in depth, probably this weekend, after which I'll provide some highlights.
It is also very significant for me that the report was released via an official NZ government blog (being run as part of a six month trial) - there is a lot of commitment being demonstrated via this approach.
Monday, June 23, 2008
eGovernment via Twitter | Tweet |
It looks like in the US state governments are now actively using Twitter as a tool to get messages out into the public eye.
As mentioned by Static{fade} in eGov status updates via Twitter, a number of states are using it to make official announcements, distribute media releases and engage with stakeholders and citizens.
Given that McCain and Obama will tweet it out in Twitter debate (or at least some of their staff did), it's clear that social media is becoming a more and more useful channel for egovernment in the US.
I'll have to begin considering its use for promoting our media releases (as a first step).
Anyone else in Australian government considering Twitter?
Making government recruitment effective online | Tweet |
This post in Shifted HR reflects an area I have my eye on - Recruitment in the Australian Public Service
In Allison's words:
HR areas in APS agencies need to stop focusing on the process of recruitment and use technology to do this. They should be focusing their energy in supporting, educating and training line managers on recruitment strategy, attraction and candidate management.
Coming from the private sector I am used to organisations having effective online recruitment systems. These remove unnecessary manual steps in applying for jobs, managing applications, communicating with applicants and filtering job seekers by abilities.
I'd like to upgrade the systems at my agency when we can give it appropriate attention.
What has been your experience in rolling out systems to support the recruitment process at your organisation?
Managing the 'grey hair' drain | Tweet |
A big issue in government, as in the private sector, is the drain of experienced older people as they decide to change lifestyles.
Dow has followed an interesting strategy of developing an alumni social network, which helps keep ex-employees - both retirees and others - linked into the organisation.
This keep their experience on tap and can also serve as a pool of potential recruits back to the organisation.
Given how important the aging of Australia's public service has become on the APS agenda, I'd be interested whether any agencies are considering strategies like this one to help them manage future trainsitions.
Dow's article: "My Dow Network" Provides Dow People with New Way to Connect
Thanks to Web Strategy by Jeremiah for this link in his post, Gen Y Enter Stage Left, Baby Boomers Exit Stage Right.
Note that with new intranet social media tools being developed by Microsoft and LinkedIn, Dow's approach may become very cost-effective in the future, linking into people's existing online social networks.
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