Category Archives: eGovernment

Searching Open Government Data in four dimensions

Posted on November 9, 2009 by oliver

The current trend of governments releasing massive and diverse datasets will demand something different from internet search tools in the future, something that we might consider a little extraordinary today. Today most of us search in a single dimension, we … Continue reading →

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Open Government Data and The Great Expectation Gap

Posted on October 20, 2009 by oliver

The level of activity around the world in opening up government data is nothing short of astounding. Governments at every level have engaged citizens, businesses and developers in combinations of public discussions and hackfests to look at how the data … Continue reading →

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New Zealand’s Open Government (#opengovt) barcamp

Posted on August 30, 2009 by oliver

The long week last week ended with my joining the Open Government Data barcamp event that several folks have been busy organizing in Wellington. It is clear from the topics that were discussed that there is lots of great work … Continue reading →

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gov20, if it was my plan I wouldn’t start there

Posted on August 27, 2009 by oliver

There are a couple of ways of looking at gov20 technologies and their role in national governance, most of the chatter that I’m seeing at the moment is focused on just one side of the opportunity. Certainly there is a … Continue reading →

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Do you want control, a megaphone or real participation?

Posted on July 30, 2009 by oliver

Early eGovernment history is littered with examples of implementations by departments who were struggling to work out what it meant to provide an online service. Many of those early sites did little more than provide you with a form that … Continue reading →

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Open Government Data, Complexity vs. Usefulness

Posted on July 13, 2009 by oliver

On the flight yesterday I was thinking through the various models that we are seeing emerge for open government data. As with most computer systems you can begin considering a model that should help when it comes to thinking about … Continue reading →

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Open data – seeds of a second eGov revolution

Posted on July 10, 2009 by oliver

The discussion around open data is gathering pace in several countries around the world, and the more I see of that discussion the more convinced I am that we’re watching the second significant revolution within government that has been driven … Continue reading →

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The failure of Gov 2.0, many implementers are missing the point

Posted on May 16, 2009 by oliver

Government’s around the world seem to be fundamentally missing at least one of the key tenants of how Web 2.0 technologies can be used to enhance eGovernment programs, not for lack of trying, more likely because it is hard not … Continue reading →

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Can we build an EHR that people want?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by oliver

I loved this quote from a Dr. Kevin Hughes (a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital) that was published in New Zealand’s ComputerWorld earlier this week. … a story titled, “E-health records not enough, experts say”; “We don’t have interoperability within … Continue reading →

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2009, a year for public service reform?

Posted on March 15, 2009 by oliver

A post appeared on New Zealand’s publicaddress.net blog earlier this week which I thought was fantastically insightful. The site invites guest bloggers from around New Zealand to post on whatever topic is dear to their heart, this one in particular … Continue reading →

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