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Andrea Di Maio of Gartner has written a pointed post with respect to the government taking $440M out of innovation funding to reduce our already tiny by global standards deficit. The AFR has identified this reallocation of dollars as a real risk to AGIMO, suggesting its future may be at risk. I certainly hope not, [...]
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As a result of some recent work and a number of conversations, I’ve made a decision to put together some workshops that there seems to be a demand for. As of today, acidlabs is offering three workshops focussed on Government 2.0. Designed for participants in all levels of government and at all levels of seniority, [...]
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Earlier this week, I attended the FutureGov Forum Australia. It was an interesting event, not least because the talking head component was kept to a reasonable minimum, with the model focussed on rotating tables with each new table hosting a discussion with attendees on a particular topic associated with the future of government. It worked [...]
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Fulfilling one of the recommendations of the Government 2.0 Taskforce Report, the government released its Declaration of Open Government last week. This is an extremely good thing and bodes well for the progress of Government 2.0 in Australia. Personally, I had hoped to see this declaration made in the Parliament, backed by new legislation or [...]
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Leigh Blackall has published an interesting post on the increasing elite participation in discussion around the subject matter of Government 2.0 in Australia. He sees a noticeable spike in “politicians, public servant bosses and big business” as the principal participants in the public (or near-public) discourse on the subject matter. It’s an interesting view that [...]
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Like Stilgherrian, I’ve been invited by the organisers of X|Media|Lab Sydney to attend their event tomorrow and talk about their event online. I appreciate the gesture. And attend I will. And write I will. But like Stil, I attend very many of these sorts of events, and am of the mind that liveblogging them, or [...]
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It looks like I’ve found the first big Achilles Heel of this thing, and for me, it might just be a deal breaker. The Telstra edition of the Desire does not have enough memory. The specs say it has 512Mb ROM, which is where I’m assuming the apps are stored and run from. That doesn’t [...]
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