UK National Audit Office releases report on implementing transparency
The UK National Audit Office has released a report entitled, “Implementing Transparency” (PDF 795 kb). This cross-government review reports on “how government is fulfilling its commitments to promote...
View ArticleUK Government releases open data white paper
The UK Government has released a white paper on open data. Entitled, Open data white paper : unleashing the potential (PDF 530kb), the paper includes the point by Francis Maude that, “to ensure that...
View ArticleComment on UK’s Open Public Services White Paper
Read comment on the UK’s Open Public Services White Paper (posted July 2nd) by Kate Blatchford “Incrementally revolutionising public services“.
View ArticleNew Compendium of innovative e-government practices
The UN has published volume IV of its Compendium of innovative e-government practices (PDF 18.3MB) as a venue for promoting innovative solutions and services developed by governments.
View ArticleBlog post by Pia Waugh on open government
Pia Waugh in her blog post, Creating open government (for a digital society), identifies some of the issues involved in progressing the open government agenda including, online public engagement,...
View ArticlePresentations from Creating Open Government Conference released
Presentations from the Creating Open Government Conference recently held in Sydney have been made available.
View ArticleUK speech discusses the digital transformation of government
The UK Cabinet Office Minister, Francis Maude gave a speech at Sprint 13, the government digital showcase event. This speech pointed out that government until now has not taken full advantage of the...
View ArticleBlog post considers the top ten for government innovation in 2012
Andrea Di Maio, Gartner Research analyst, wrote a blog post entitled A year in review: top ten for smart government in 2012, in which he states whom he believes are in the top ten in the area of...
View ArticleUK article shows public sector staff don’t fully understand open data...
The Guardian Professional has published a article entitled Public sector staff know open data matters but fail to get government plan. This article states that “while 72% of the staff in the survey of...
View ArticleAustralian report examines open public sector information
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has published a report entitled Open public sector information: from principles to practice (PDF 1.5mb). this report states that “an open PSI...
View ArticleAustralian Information Commissioner discusses Australia joining the Open...
Professor John McMillan, the Australian Information Commissioner, gave an interview to gov2.0 radio. An article entitled Prof McMillan interviewed on gov2.0 radio, describes the article as being about...
View ArticleAustralian blog post looks at the Australian Government’s approach to...
Craig Thomler, Managing Director of Delib Australia has written a blog post entitled Will the Australian Government take an open government approach to developing its Open Government National Action...
View ArticleOpen services put citizens’ needs first.
The UK government must stop dragging its heels on open services is the subject of an article by David Moody in the InformationDaily.com. “Open services put citizens’ needs first, saves governments...
View ArticleBlog post on digital use by Australian governments
Craig Thomler reports on his interview with John Wells, one of the national organisers of Innovation GovCamp Australia, founder of GovCampus and producer of Gov 2.0 Radio, in his blog post, Where is...
View ArticleBlog post on engaging with civic hackers
Craig Thomler reports on his interview with Mark Headd of Accelera, in his blog post, Civic hackers, government’s hidden allies – an interview with Mark Headd of Accelera. “His latest move was earlier...
View ArticleUS article on Open Government
The Government Technology article, Open Government: The Secret to Making Tough Fiscal Choices, states “When governments make it easy for citizens to know the facts and engage them in the conversation...
View ArticleUS government calls for public involvement in development of public...
The US government has invited members of the public to submit ideas toward the development of a US Public Participation Playbook. The aim of the playbook is to, “reflect the best ideas and examples...
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