Victorian Government frees up 90 data sets to "kick start innovation"
Google has thrown its weight behind the Victorian Government’s App My State competition announcement earlier this week.
Entrenched culture apprehensive about disruption
An immobile culture in government departments is preventing bureaucrats from accessing crucial Web 2.0 and cutting-edge disruptive technologies, according to Google Australia engineering director, Alan Noble.
Draft report opened for comment before final submission to the Federal Government
The Government 2.0 Taskforce has released a draft report into its use of Web 2.0 technologies and is seeking comment before submitting a finalised report to the Federal Government.
Successful adoption of Government 2.0 requires loss of control: Gartner
Governments’ responsibilities and polices toward citizens may be the biggest impediment to the adoption of successful Government 2.0 around the world, according to analyst firm, Gartner. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium in Sydney, analyst Andrea Di Maio, said governments would have to learn to cede more control to citizens if they wanted to pay more than lip service to the idea of a more open, citizen-driven approach to information sharing.
