Firstly I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we have gathered, the Ngunnawal people, and thank them for their continuing contributions to our wonderful Canberra community.
The first term of a new government is arguably one of the most transformative periods in modern democracies as new ideas responding to new [...]
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Speech to the Technology in Government and the Public Sector conference
Speech notes from Google Election 2010 Launch
Senator Lundy spoke at the Google Australia Election 2010 launch, alongside other panelists, Paul Fletcher MP and Senator Scott Ludlam. Her speech notes are below, and all video content from the event is available at http://www.youtube.com/australiavotes.
If the first incarnation of the internet saw the democratisation of information and made us all publishers, the second incarnation [...]
The Declaration of Open Government
Today Minister Tanner launched the Australian Declaration of Open Government on the AGIMO Govspace website.
The Declaration was one of the core recommendations of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce Report (the Government response is here), and it includes some good key principles for Open Government in the 21st century which I’ve quoted below:
The Australian Government’s support for [...]
Live chat with The Australian about Gov 2.0
Today I participated in a “live blog” about Gov 2.0. The topic was Gov 2.0, and I had over 170 questions posted. With the hour given, I was only able to respond to about 65 questions, so I’ve put a full transcript, with some additional questions answered below (marked with ADDITIONAL RESPONSE). I have included [...]
Reflections from Gov 2.0 Expo 2010, Washington DC
Update: Please also see my speech notes for what I covered in my keynote speech and the Australian panel discussions. Also please see Minister Tanner’s blog post where he supported me going to the Gov 2.0 Expo as the “Australian ambassador promoting the Government’s commitment to Gov 2.0 and our achievements thus far”.
Update 2: Feedback [...]
Information month is bunch of data
An article in Public Sector news:
ACT Labor Senator, Kate Lundy launched Information Awareness Month, which has the theme Access across the generations, at the National Archives last week.
Senator Lundy, spoke about ‘Gov 2.0 – communities and conversations’ and the implications and opportunities for more effective engagement between citizens and Government, particularly [...]
ICT & Open Government in the 2010-2011 Budget
As I looked through the budget looking for benefits to my constituents are areas of interest, I was very happy to see some of the ICT-related budget items. I thought I would make a short video about some things that I found interesting, and have added a few more below the video transcript with plenty [...]
Information Awareness Month – Gov 2.0: Communities and conversations
Senator Lundy gave this speech to open Information Awareness Month 2010. Below is the full speech, whereas the video was edited slightly to the maximum length allowed by Youtube. Below are also some of the other video content presented at the event.
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are gathered, the [...]
Australia commits to Gov 2.0
Today the Minister for Finance, Lindsay Tanner and the Special Minister of State Joe Ludwig made a ground breaking announcement for Australia. They released the Australian Government response to the Gov 2.0 Taskforce Report which was launched in December last year and will be launching a Declaration for Open Government in the near future. This [...]
National Records & Information Officers’ Forum 2010
This morning I presented at the National Records and Information Officers’ Forum 2010 in Melbourne. The Forum also had speakers from a range of private and public organisations covering innovations in digital record-keeping, standards and future directions.
My presentation traversed a range of issues including the importance closing the digital divide through the national braodband network, [...]
