Web 2.0, open data and the Government 2.0 Taskforce

Ann Steward

Australian Government CIO

Deputy Secretary, AGIMO

Department of Finance and Deregulation

Web 2.0: online tools encouraging user participation and interaction

Government 2.0: use of those tools to encourage more open governance

Open data: data publication as a sign of transparency

The Government 2.0 Taskforce (‘Taskforce’) will advise and assist the Government to:

make government information more accessible and usable;

make government more consultative, participatory and transparent;

build a culture of online innovation within Government;

promote collaboration across agencies with respect to online and information initiatives;

identify and/or trial initiatives that may achieve or demonstrate how to accomplish the above objectives.

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

Worries over privacy concerns

resulting in a one-way flow of

information

Websites contained "read-only"

material

Widespread computer illiteracy and

slow internet connections

Publishing

Web content as the outcome of large

up-front investment

Content management systems

Mainly static personal web pages

From publishing to participation

Links based on tagging

Decentralization of website content, now generated from the "bottom-up", with many users being contributors and producers of information, as well as the traditional consumers

Social networking profiles, such as Facebook

Readers can comment on posts

Blogs and blog site aggregation

Encouraged to engage

APS Values and Code of Conduct still apply

Official vs Professional vs Personal

Final report delivered

22 December 2009

13 recommendations

Government responded

3 May 2010

Open Government Declaration

Coordinate with leadership, guidance & support

Improve guidance & require agencies to engage online

Encourage public servants to engage online

Government 2.0 Awards

Accessibility

Security and Web 2.0

Definition of Commonwealth Record

Make PSI open, accessible and reusable

Addressing issues in copyright operation

Information publication scheme

Privacy & confidentiality

Encourage info-philanthropy

Released 3 May 2010

Accepted 12 of the 13 recommendations with some modifications

Deferred consideration of one recommendation

Agreed to make a declaration of open government

Appointed Finance as Government 2.0 lead agency

Directed Finance to provide online engagement advice and develop data.gov.au website

Directed Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to take forward work on PSI

Opening social media sites to employees

Providing employees with guidance on engaging online

Introducing permissive licensing schemes for Departmental publications

Launched AGIMO blog