Rialtas.net - Government 2.0

We are now looking at Evan Miller’s Google Map Extension for Mediawiki as a solution for the mapping element of the public consultation project. Essentially we want visitors to be able to mark a point on a map and add a comment, this extension is pretty close to what we need, however at the moment […]

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We had our second meeting regarding our public consultation process and it is confirmed that we are planning to use MediaWiki as the basis for a public wiki seeking feedback from the public on a development plan. My demo wiki is up and running on our Intranet and staff will be invited to ‘explore’ and […]

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Lots of organisations are starting to clamp down on Internet usage within the organisation. It should be remembered however, that heavy handed IT security policies can demoralise and demotivate staff. The old adage, ‘treat people like children and they will behave like children’ comes to mind.
I know some people whom have had experience working in […]

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I Just came across this document on the Data Protection Commissioners website. Its a projected vision of public surveillance in the near future, a dsytopian one as far as individual privacy is concerned. Thought provoking and worth a read.
A Report on the Surveillance SocietyFor the Information Commissioner, by the Surveillance Studies Network
Public Discussion […]

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Don Tapscott (one of the authors of Wikinomics) was invited by the Davos management to organise an impromptu meeting of business and government leaders and some leading academics and thinkers on the topic of rethinking democracy. The topic he chose was government 2.0 – how the new Web 2.0 might lead to new models of […]

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From Intergovworld.com
Governments have been taking tentative steps towards establishing a presence in the virtual world. And while the business case may yet to be proven, there is potential for the public sector to utilize virtual applications such as Second Life, says analyst Alison Brooks.
Second Life is the increasingly popular online universe created entirely by […]

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The Washington Post Reported yesterday on how recently, president Bush challenged Congress to cut the number and cost of earmarks by half. (Earmarks are controversial, set-asides, that members of Congress place into annual spending bills for favoured constituents.)
The Office of Management and Budget, has embraced Wikipedia as a model, hosting an online place where […]

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The Director of Public Prosecutions has published a discussion paper on the DPP website. He is asking the public to provide feedback on the current policy of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions not to give reasons either to victims or to the public generally when a decision is made not to […]

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I was hoping to have had a chance to finish reading this report before I posted it but decided to post it now in case anyone find it useful. It a report commissioned by the Australian QLD government entitled, ‘Legal Aspects of Web 2.0 Activities: Management of Legal Risk Associated with Use of YouTube, […]

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The Wiki project is proceeding , I installed MediaWiki on an internal weberver today and found it straightforward to get configured and up and running. We are currently entering some test content before we ask for some input from our staff.
In addition to our public wiki ,we also intend to include an interactive mapping […]

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