As most of my readers will know, one of my passions is the potential for transformative government by leveraging the power of hyperconnectivity - social networks, engagement of constituents and citizens, connection of policy-makers to the people and connection of people to providers of government services.
As such, I’m pleased to announce that I will be delivering one of the keynotes at GOVIS 2009: User-centred Government - More than meets the eye in Wellington on 20-22 May 2009.
New Zealand’s GOVIS conference is a leading light in the discussion of the power of transformative government. At the last GOVIS conference in 2007, my friend Tara Hunt gave her groundbreaking Government 2.0: architecting for collaboration talk. It inspires much of what I do and the way I do it.
I’m very excited about this event, as it marries the potential of transformative government with all my other passions. I have big shoes to fill, following Tara, and hope to do her proud as she’s a friend, a mentor and an inspiration.
That is very exciting news indeed. Congratulations!
Hey Trib,
I has some Aussie government links from a workshop I did a while back, thought you might be interested in case you missed these ones.
GovDex (Aus)
o “GovDex is a resource developed by the Department of Finance and Deregulation to facilitate business process collaboration across policy portfolios and jurisdictions.”
o “GovDex, managed by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) in the Department of Finance & Deregulation, promotes effective and efficient information sharing, which is core to achieving collaboration.”
https://www.govdex.gov.au/user/index.do
Towards Agile Government (VicGov)
o “Project participants noted that capacity to scan successfully can be impeded by a lack of shared information across the public sector. This slows down the process of scanning and sometimes forces policymakers to duplicate each other’s work.”
o “Data is sometimes not shared effectively between and within agencies. The problem is often not a lack of data, but difficulty in locating and accessing the right kind of critical and actionable information. Often this means that officials do not have enough access to post-program evaluations and lessons learnt. In turn this results in insufficient feedback mechanisms to enable learning. This speaks to the need for agile governments to find better ways of sharing information and learning across public sector departments and agencies.”
o “Innovation and collaboration are far more likely to flourish when everyone has a shared understanding of both the problem at hand and the proposed solution. It might take time to develop a common understanding and approach, but the pay-off is likely to be much better coordination and more effective execution once a plan is agreed.”
http://www.ssa.vic.gov.au/CA2571410025903D/WebObj/agile_government_towards_agile/File/agile_government_towards_agile.pdf
Web 2.0 in government : why and how? (VicGov)
o Page 27 - web 2.0 for cross agency cooperation
http://ftp.jrc.es/JRC45269.pdf
o “Internal fragmentation between institutional levels, agencies, departments, often referred to as the silo effect, reduces the efficiency and effectiveness of government actions. In recent years, disasters such as 9-11 and the Katrina Hurricane exposed how lack of collaboration between separate government agencies can hinder the efforts for preventing or reacting to these disasters.”
o “Promoting more collaboration across agencies, or ‘joined-up’ government, has been one of the key objectives of government modernization. Wikis in particular are starting to be used in companies and also in government to enhance cooperation within and across organisations.”