News

• Startup profile: Kaggle

  The future of data analytics could be driven by online communities rather than the work of analysts, if the success of Kaggle is anything to go by.

• Gov 2.0 author praises Queensland Police

  Government 2.0 taskforce report author, Nicholas Gruen, has praised the Queensland Police department’s use of social networking site Facebook during the recent flood crisis.

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  Gov 2.0 report card

  The former head of the Government 2.0 Taskforce, Dr Nicholas Gruen, has handed in his report card on the major parties' use of Gov 2.0 principles.

• Web 2.0 lacking in political debate: Gruen

  The opposition and minor parties haven't fully utilised the power of Web 2.0 technologies to shift the political debate, according to the head of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.

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  Gov 2.0, Web 2.0 clash over accessibility

  Though the Federal Government has made headway in the implementation of government engagement and Gov 2.0 practices, public sector information is not yet accessible or ubiquitous enough for Australia, according to Queensland of Technology professor and Internet veteran, Bill Caelli.

• Budget 2010: Creatively common budget should have used Twitter

  By any standard, the Federal Budget was a boring thing to watch on the ABC last night. And for those, like us journalists, that had to sift through the papers well into the night, it was hard to get the juices flowing.

• Gruen: Real government social media work begins now

  The real social media work in Federal Government will come from agencies and public servants rather than high-level bureaucrats, according to author of the Government 2.0 Taskforce report.