On Wednesday 18 February 2009 the State Services Commission hosted a discussion on aspects of data re-use. Sponsored by GOVIS, with five expert panellists (Nat Torkington, Fiona Romeo, Toby Segaran, Adrian Holovaty and David Recordon) supplied by Webstock, this was a wide-ranging discussion covering policy questions and technical issues. Staff of the Strategy and Innovation [...]
Here in the GCIO we’re considering the question of government information and data re-use. We want to work together with suppliers of non-personal government information, opening the vaults, releasing the butterfly from its chrysalis. To keep ourselves firmly rooted in reality we’re looking at the problem through the lens of a real-world test case: job [...]
Further to Vikram Kumar’s excellent Showing us a better way post, here is some information about the Open Government Information and Data Re-use project, led by the State Services Commission.
Here also is our just released Promoting Government Information and Data Re-use Background Paper. We have summarised the New Zealand government information environment, described key international government information policies and initiatives, and are proposing a [...]
Over the last 3 years we have seen a steady increase in the use of social media by State servants:
sanctioned government agency blogs (like this one),
State servants blogging about their organisations in their spare time,
State servants responding to blog posts,
State servants writing guest posts on blogs,
sanctioned government agency wikis,
State servants editing articles relating to their [...]
Reminder: The public consultation period on the guidance closes on 15th December 2008. So anyone who would like to be heard, please leave a comment here or send us an email to ict.offshore@ssc.govt.nz.
As promised, a post about personal information and offshore providers.
Scenario 1
You’ve put your tender out. And because you know the project will involve [...]
The UK Government’s competition Show Us a Better Way is living up to its name. The competition is run by the Power of Information Taskforce.
The page About This Competition describes it eloquently:
“The government produces masses of information on what is happening around the UK. Information on crime, on health, on education. However, this information is [...]
Last month Jason Ryan blogged about our need to share not just success stories but also mistakes when Government uses social media/Web 2.0 (or indeed to avoid dishonestly painting the mild successes as stunning successes). He is right; what we need is lessons and examples, the good, the bad and the ugly. The problem [...]
Last month I was lucky enough to attend the International Conference of IT Administrators where I met Steve Ressler the founder of GovLoop.
GovLoop is a “non-government” government social networking site. To elaborate, it is not run by a government organisation (though Steve does work for Homeland Security, GovLoop is extracurricular), but is designed for government [...]
Congratulations! You’ve looked at the Offshore Guidance but you need a quick answer and it’s 29 pages of heavy reading.
Would some quick check tests for those of us with smaller projects help? Here goes:
Will you be signing or “clicking through” a service agreement of some kind? This includes any and all End User Licence Agreements [...]
What are the implications for the government use of ICT arising from the financial turbulence that we have seen over recent weeks?
The most obvious consequences are in the government’s fiscal position; the release by Treasury of the PREFU (pre-election fiscal update) on October 6 provided a clear signal that the NZ government will be facing [...]
