Pia Waugh, IT&T Advisor to Senator Kate Lundy speaking at the Frocomm Web 2.0 in Government Conference 2009

1. Government 2.0: Policy & Practice
Pia Waugh
ICT Policy Advisor
Senator Kate Lundy

2. Pillars of Government 2.0
• Government delivery of services
• Facilitating public and private innovation
• Engagement with citizens

3. Pillars of Government 2.0
• Government delivery of services
• Facilitating public and private innovation
• Engagement with citizens
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Government
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Political

4. Government delivery of services
“I think it is that citizen focused
governance is a natural and inevitable
evolution in democracy”.
Lynelle Briggs, APS commissioner

5. Facilitating public and private innovation
"When people can just do stuff,
things happen"
Matthew Landauer – Open Australia

6. “Historically, openness - in the widest sense of the
word - has been an important contributor to economic
success. Open societies experience faster
economic growth and political stability than
closed ones.”
Cory Doctorow

7. Engagement with citizens
“...to ensure genuine means of engagement
between citizens and the government in
policy and decision-making.”
Senator Kate Lundy

8. Public Sphere (#publicsphere)
- High Speed Bandwidth
- Government 2.0
- Information industry development

10. Main ingredients for Government 2.0:
Openness & collaboration

11. The Government 2.0 Taskforce
- Great people
- Great ideas
- Openness and transparency

12. What can you do?
- Engage
- Collaborate
- Participate
- Innovate

13. Government 2.0: Policy & Practice
Questions?
Pia Waugh
ICT Policy Advisor
Senator Kate Lundy