Author Archives: oliver

governance vs. management

Posted on July 1, 2010 by oliver

From dictionary.com; gov·ern·ance government; exercise of authority; control. a method or system of government or management. man·age·ment the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control. skill in managing; executive ability: great management and tact. the person or persons … Continue reading →

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Gartner’s Open Government Maturity Model

Posted on June 30, 2010 by oliver

I see from Andrea Di Maio’s blog that Gartner have published their “Open Government Maturity Model”. A similar piece of work that Gartner did around eGovernment a decade ago was often seen as the gold standard for measuring progress that various … Continue reading →

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Semantics and gov20

Posted on June 30, 2010 by oliver

Lessons of the last two weeks; Open Government != gov20 gov20 != Open Government Open Data != gov20 Open Data != Open Government gov20 != open data Open Government != Open Data eGovernment != Open Data gov20 != eGovernment blah … Continue reading →

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Understanding gov20 adoption, Citizens / Consumers

Posted on June 25, 2010 by oliver

The final post in my series of none scientific reviews of gov20 adoption will focus on citizens and consumers. It is worth asking friends and family what they think gov20 means to them, and how they think some of the … Continue reading →

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Understanding gov20 adoption, Politicians / Civil Servants

Posted on June 23, 2010 by oliver

For the second of my none scientific posts about the adoption of gov20 I thought I would look at the progress that has been made by elected officials and government employees. This is a little harder to take a single … Continue reading →

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Understanding gov20 adoption, Developers / Technologists

Posted on June 22, 2010 by oliver

So, for the first in my series of none scientific posts about the state of gov20 deployment I thought I would pick up the easiest of the three segments that I mentioned yesterday and look at how developers and technologists … Continue reading →

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Understanding gov20 adoption, finding a model

Posted on June 21, 2010 by oliver

The day I started my first technology marketing job my hiring manager presented me with a book about the technology adoption lifecycle. It is a phenomenally useful way of looking at the market adoption of a new product or technology, … Continue reading →

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CSIRO Megatrends and Megashocks

Posted on June 21, 2010 by oliver

One more that I missed when it was published earlier this year. Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have published a report outlining what they call their megatrends and megashocks titled “Our Future World: An analysis of global … Continue reading →

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Information is currency

Posted on March 23, 2010 by oliver

For centuries economies have been based upon a well proven model of bartering, early trading involved individuals exchanging goods or services of similar value then over time we saw cash become the primary means of applying a value to a … Continue reading →

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Ultra High Speed Standardization

Posted on March 19, 2010 by oliver

Originally posted on TalkStandards.com, 18/3/2010 Since I first got involved with eGovernment projects in the mid-nineties I have been encouraging governments that I have been working with to look towards international standards as a route to solving system interconnect challenges, … Continue reading →

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