Public Sphere 2: Government 2.0

The second Public Sphere topic is on Government 2.0: Policy & Practice. This topic will gather views on how creating an even more participatory form of government in Australia will improve the effectiveness of public administration, enable communities to better help themselves, promote renewed engagement in the democratic process and enhance our capacity to respond to emerging complex social, geopolitical and environmental challenges.

All information, videos and updates are on the Public Sphere – Government 2.0: Policy & Practice blog post, where you can also put your own comments.

The briefing paper was finalised on the 22nd July and is available both on the Wiki (which includes change logging), and in a prettified PDF with photos, graphs and a mind map. All recommendations were put into an endorsement system for quality assurance and potentially prioritisation. Please see the blog post for more information.

The paper was then sent to the Australian Government 2.0 Taskforce.

You can subscribe to all Public Sphere RSS feeds or just to this Public Sphere RSS feed. Please remember to Tweet with the #publicsphere tag, and blog with the publicsphere or ”Public Sphere” tag. Those not on Twitter can participate in the blog comments, send us information through the web form, and comment in the liveblogging at the event.

We look forward to your contributions to this very important Public Sphere topic.

Senator Kate Lundy

Ranking of recommendations from Public Sphere 2: Gov 2.0

September 15, 2009 | By Pia Waugh | Tagged gov20, Public Sphere | Comments (0)

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 larger version [...]

Wrapup and thanks vodcast for Public Sphere 2: Gov 2.0

September 4, 2009 | By Pia Waugh | Also posted in Video, Vodcasts | Tagged gov20 | Comments (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 quality. [...]

Gov 2.0 Briefing Paper handover and Q&A event

August 18, 2009 | By Pia Waugh | Tagged gov20, Public Sphere | Comments (1)

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 on the results [...]

Briefing paper and recommendation endorsements from Public Sphere 2: Government 2.0

July 29, 2009 | By Pia Waugh | Tagged gov20 | Comments (3)

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 a [...]

Government 2.0 Public Sphere: Next steps

June 23, 2009 | By Pia Waugh | Also posted in Blog | Tagged gov20 | Comments (2)

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

June 23, 2009 | By Kate Lundy | Also posted in Blog | Tagged egovernment, gov20, government, open data, open government, open source, open standards | Comments (4)

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 depth [...]

Live coverage of Government 2.0 Public Sphere

June 22, 2009 | By Pia Waugh | Tagged gov20 | Comments (3)

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 to [...]

Three pillars of Open Government

June 20, 2009 | By Kate Lundy | Also posted in Blog | Tagged democracy, gov20, government, Internet, NBN, open data, open government, open standards | Comments (5)

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 the [...]

Tanner and Ludwig to announce new Government 2.0 initiative

June 18, 2009 | By Annika Hutchins | Also posted in Media Releases | Tagged Canberra, democracy, digital economy, gov20, government, ICT, open government | Comments (1)

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 2.0 [...]

Vodcast: Forum to point the way towards government 2.0

June 12, 2009 | By Pia Waugh | Also posted in Media Releases, Video, Vodcasts | Tagged digital economy, gov20, ICT, Internet, open government | Comments (2)

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 – will [...]