Please find the ranking of the recommendations arising from the Public Sphere 2: Gov 2.0 topic. This was presented to the Taskforce and the Briefing Paper handover and Q&A session last month. The original recommendations were derived from the Public Sphere process, and honed in the Public Sphere 2 wiki. Please click through for a [...]
Public Sphere 2: Government 2.0
Wrapup and thanks vodcast for Public Sphere 2: Gov 2.0
This short video wraps up some of the outcomes and ideas of “Public Sphere 2: Gov 2.0” along with thanks by Senator Lundy to all those who contributed. We had some technical issues with this vodcast wchich resulted in us having to capture the video via a screencast, so our apologies for the low video [...]
Gov 2.0 Briefing Paper handover and Q&A event
Update: the event streaming and main online discussion will be at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gov-2-taskforce-q-a This event is for the handover of the finalised briefing paper and the recommendation voting results from the Government 2.0 Public Sphere held by Senator Kate Lundy July 22nd 2009. http://www.katelundy.com.au/2009/07/29/briefing-paper-and-recommendation-endorsements-from-public-sphere-2-government-2-0/ The entire Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce will be available for a Q&A [...]
Briefing paper and recommendation endorsements from Public Sphere 2: Government 2.0
The Government 2.0 Public Sphere briefing paper was finalised on the wiki a week ago, and now we have launched the prettified pdf version, complete with graphs, photos from the day, and a useful mind map! The briefing paper has been sent to the Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce, and in the coming weeks we’ll coordinate [...]
Government 2.0 Public Sphere: Next steps
I am happy to report that yesterdays Public Sphere event on Government 2.0 was a great success! We had over 170 attend throughout the day, 300 people contribute on Twitter during the day (with over 2500 Tweets!), over 400 watching the live video streaming and already over 100 comments on the main page. We had [...]
Wrap up & next steps for Public Sphere Camp
I want to formally thank all of the presenters at the Public Sphere Camp Gov 2.0: Policy and Practice event at parliament house yesterday. All the speakers obviously put an enormous effort into their presentations. I am really grateful everyone was good-humoured about working within very tight time frames, and still able to convey such [...]
Live coverage of Government 2.0 Public Sphere
For all the remote participants in the Government 2.0 Public Sphere, please go to our live event wall page, an up-to-the-second overview of the day, including Twitter discussion, live blogging, Flickr photos and a live video stream. Please note that the event wall will be on display at the venue throughout the day. Those wanting [...]
Three pillars of Open Government
We have been witnessing a technological revolution for many years now and like the renaissance, the social revolution that follows is profound. As recently as 2002 I remember being challenged about what was perceived as my inappropriately high level of enthusiasm for the Internet. The bursting of the dot.com bubble saw many a cyber-sceptic adopt [...]
Tanner and Ludwig to announce new Government 2.0 initiative
On Monday 22 June, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation together with Joe Ludwig, Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary, will launch an exciting new initiative designed to explore the benefits of ‘government 2.0′ tools and strategies. The launch will take place at 11.40 am at Parliament House at the all day Government [...]
Vodcast: Forum to point the way towards government 2.0
The potential to use technology to transform how government informs, consults and engages with citizens will be openly discussed on 22 June at Parliament House at the second Public Sphere event entitled Government 2.0: Policy and Practice for Australia. This event – hosted by ACT Senator Kate Lundy and open for free to the public – [...]
