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I disagreeThis idea is active.Datasets »Calendar - Public Consultations
http://australia.gov.au/have-your-say/public-consultations This may be a new level of 'meta' - proposing via a public consultation that a dataset of public consultations be released. Presently, no common way of describing a public consultation seems to exist. I don't imagine that a calendar or API of 'current / closing soon / recent closed' consultations being conducted by government could exist without first finding ...more »
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This may be a new level of 'meta' - proposing via a public consultation that a dataset of public consultations be released.
Presently, no common way of describing a public consultation seems to exist. I don't imagine that a calendar or API of 'current / closing soon / recent closed' consultations being conducted by government could exist without first finding a way to aggregate the consultations easily?
This wouldn't strictly be a dataset so much as a feed or calendar, allowing citizens to easily browse and discover consultations by topic, tag, agency, jurisdiction or date.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Datasets »Court records
1 comment for Idea: Court recordsFree access to criminal and civil court records for Australian federal and state courts, boards and tribunals. Caveat: The identity of victims would be withheld at their request.
Free access would enable the creation of Australian versions of watchdog services such as public.resource.org in the US.
[Note that currently electronic court records are available for a fee in limited form.]
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Gov 2.0 Innovators »SLIP Developers Program
The SLIP Developers Program is a unique government/private partnership that leverages the expertise and responsiveness of the private sector to provide information solutions from the vast amount of government data available through the online Western Australian Shared Land Information Platform (SLIP). As government is the major collector of data throughout Australia, the program provides online access to SLIP for authorised ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: SLIP Developers ProgramThe SLIP Developers Program is a unique government/private partnership that leverages the expertise and responsiveness of the private sector to provide information solutions from the vast amount of government data available through the online Western Australian Shared Land Information Platform (SLIP). As government is the major collector of data throughout Australia, the program provides online access to SLIP for authorised developers who are able to quickly respond to the public’s needs for information anywhere and anytime providing a complete understanding of the interest area. This developers program, led by Landgate (the Western Australian Land Information Authority) is positioning itself as a workable model that utilises Web 2.0 technologies to allow governments to collaborate with community groups, provide information and ensure the needs of citizens for complete information are being met.
Recently, Landgate has established a seed funding model for authorised SLIP Developers to identify opportunities that will develop new and innovative ways of delivering, analyzing and using the data made available through SLIP. This seed funding allows developers to invest in a ‘proof of concept’ that can be showcased to gain support and further investment. An example from the seed funding model for the program is the development of a location-based service tool that draws upon crowd-sourcing technologies to deliver information from SLIP, customised to the needs of the public, and linked to other Web 2.0 applications such as Facebook. This tool would not have been possible without the linkages of government information and private sector expertise providing cohesion between social networks, citizen needs and government information.
Further information on the SLIP Developers Program can be found at https://www2.landgate.wa.gov.au/slip/portal/focus/innovation.html
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Gov 2.0 Innovators »Gov 2.0 and Public Sector Change
Hi Steve Davies here - Current APS public servant, previously S.A and N.T. I am new to the taskforce space, but due to my work over the last 9 years far from new to the concepts and technology. Due to the work I have done over the past 9 years - and my 30 years plus as a public servant - one of the things that concerns me is the gap between Gov 2.0 and what happens within Agencies. If we don't get the internal wheels ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: Gov 2.0 and Public Sector ChangeHi Steve Davies here - Current APS public servant, previously S.A and N.T. I am new to the taskforce space, but due to my work over the last 9 years far from new to the concepts and technology.
Due to the work I have done over the past 9 years - and my 30 years plus as a public servant - one of the things that concerns me is the gap between Gov 2.0 and what happens within Agencies. If we don't get the internal wheels spinning in sync with the external then we have 'drag'.
My observation and experience indicates that what needs to happen is for the walls within and between Agencies to become more permeable so that good ideas from the community can get in and so that those of public servants can be shared. With each other and the community which we are part of. Nothing new in that really.
Agencies can no longer be fortresses and the community can no longer afford to be the cost of them being so.
I think the big blocker in all this is corporate areas within Agencies. They need to stop being fortresses within.
So what I have started to do and it would be great to have people shaping is OZloop >>>http://apsozloop.ning.com/
Also check out http://www.govloop.com/ to see the great work of Steve Ressler.
Cheers - Steve Davies
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Not for Profit PSI »Categorised not for profit information website
Add your comment for Idea: Categorised not for profit information websiteA frequently updated information website categorised by State first and then area of Non Profit Organisation eg..Queensland, NSW etc
Example
Early Childhood > Kindergarten > Childcare > Playgroups
> Funding
> Grants
> Resources
> Literacy/Numeracy
> Health/Developmental
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Not for Profit PSI »Self-directed funding portal
Self-directed approaches for funding is the current new policy direction by the Victorian Government. This is inline with current international models of funding services for people with a disability. This policy direction sees people with a disability having control over the type of support they receive, enabling people with a disability to be able to manage how their funds are spent and choice over service delivery. ...more »
1 comment for Idea: Self-directed funding portalSelf-directed approaches for funding is the current new policy direction by the Victorian Government. This is inline with current international models of funding services for people with a disability. This policy direction sees people with a disability having control over the type of support they receive, enabling people with a disability to be able to manage how their funds are spent and choice over service delivery.
It is imperative for this new policy direction to be effective that people with a disability have comprehensive information about service providers to enable good decision making.
We see the need for the development of an interactive website, incorporating web2.0 software that contains information about service providers that would assist people with a disability with purchasing services. These service providers could come from the traditional disability sector or from the general community.
The interactive website would allow service providers to upload the following types of information:
Regions where services are delivered
The type of services
Flexibility of service deliver
The cost of services
Policies and procedure
Contact details of providers
The interactive website would also provide the opportunity for people with a disability to find and connect with one another around self-directed approaches. The website would:
Allows people to register and connect with others to discuss the polices/ information
Opportunities for people to comment and provide feedback
People to pose and answer questions
Access information to support the uptake of self-directed approaches
People with a disability to share their experience around their uptake of this policy
Uses RSS feeds to dynamically input information and updates from other websites.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Not for Profit PSI »government funding
we would like to be able to access a list of services that have been funded to our community. we are a rural community with many visiting services from a major regional centre - it is often confusing about who is providing what - so if we could access a government website which lists services funded for our area that would be fantastic. it would also enable us to identify any gaps in service provision which would assist ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: government fundingwe would like to be able to access a list of services that have been funded to our community. we are a rural community with many visiting services from a major regional centre - it is often confusing about who is providing what - so if we could access a government website which lists services funded for our area that would be fantastic. it would also enable us to identify any gaps in service provision which would assist with future planning - it could also identify multiple service provision. This would be of assistance to many communities throughout Australia as well as planning sections within the various departments.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Not for Profit PSI »long term accommodation and support for people with mental illness
We are seeking information in relation to the rehabilitation and recovery potential of people with long term mental illness who are accommodated in independent housing, and who receive ongoing individual support from service providers and families. There is a huge demand for independent housing for persons with ongoing mental illness. Our organisation is addressing this demand through the establishment of independent ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: long term accommodation and support for people with mental illnessWe are seeking information in relation to the rehabilitation and recovery potential of people with long term mental illness who are accommodated in independent housing, and who receive ongoing individual support from service providers and families.
There is a huge demand for independent housing for persons with ongoing mental illness. Our organisation is addressing this demand through the establishment of independent living units in Melbourne (completion date Sep 2010). Although we are following a Boston University model of care to provide support to the tenants of these new units,we are seeking models that have been developed in Australia which could be easily adapted for our circumstances.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Datasets »Calendar - Public Holidays
Add your comment for Idea: Calendar - Public Holidayshttp://australia.gov.au/topics/australian-facts-and-figures/public-holidays
Presently an index of largely state/territory-authored PDF/HTML calendars.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Datasets »Government Contact Directories
www.directory.gov.au Presently output as HTML, RTF/PDF and dead trees. Proposed additional outputs: - Microformat hCard - RDFa - X500 connectors - Per-record metadata - RSS - API > JSON/XML whitepages.com.au appears to attempt to re-use this at: http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/initGovSearch.do?subscriberName=&location= Distributed agency authorship may get more buy-in when agencies (and interested third parties) ...more »
2 comments for Idea: Government Contact DirectoriesPresently output as HTML, RTF/PDF and dead trees. Proposed additional outputs:
- Microformat hCard
- RDFa
- X500 connectors
- Per-record metadata
- RSS
- API > JSON/XML
whitepages.com.au appears to attempt to re-use this at:
http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/initGovSearch.do?subscriberName=&location=
Distributed agency authorship may get more buy-in when agencies (and interested third parties) can acquire and re-consume this authoritative, centrally-served data. Publish once and re-use in many locations.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Brainstorming »Whole of government persistent URL resolver service
This was raised by Adrian Cunningham in his most recent blog entry. Link rot is a universal problem but happens regularly as government departments change their names and acronyms every few years. Persistent URL resolver services are well established in the scientific community but rely on the goodwill of a few key institutions to provide the resolver services. To guard against link rot and to support semweb activities ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: Whole of government persistent URL resolver serviceThis was raised by Adrian Cunningham in his most recent blog entry. Link rot is a universal problem but happens regularly as government departments change their names and acronyms every few years.
Persistent URL resolver services are well established in the scientific community but rely on the goodwill of a few key institutions to provide the resolver services.
To guard against link rot and to support semweb activities it makes sense for the government to have its own resolver. PURL server source code is open source so the cost is minimal.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Datasets »RTA Traffic Volume Data
Some old data is provided at http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/publicationsstatisticsforms/aadtdata/index.html?plid=trafficvolume but it is "© COPYRIGHT ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY 2003" No license is given so it must be All rights reserved. 1. The data needs a much looser licence (this is just data it should be copyright free) or to be release into the public domain. 2. We need current real time data, not just historical ...more »
1 comment for Idea: RTA Traffic Volume DataSome old data is provided at http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/publicationsstatisticsforms/aadtdata/index.html?plid=trafficvolume
but it is "© COPYRIGHT ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY 2003"
No license is given so it must be All rights reserved.
1. The data needs a much looser licence (this is just data it should be copyright free) or to be release into the public domain.
2. We need current real time data, not just historical data.
(and it appears that they already have this data "Traffic Volume publications containing the AADT volumes plus hourly and daily traffic counts with maps showing survey locations may be purchased from the RTA library.")
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Gov 2.0 Innovators »wePlan Alpine DSE parks Victoria
Add your comment for Idea: wePlan Alpine DSE parks Victoriahttp://weplan.parks.vic.gov.au/
Web 2.0 for public consultaion & crowd-sourcing protected area planning, includes collaboration with Central Washington University and the University of South Australia.
Included the Public Participatory Geographic Information System (PPGIS) interactive web-based program alllowing anyone to identify and map the places they value and any impacts, experiences and observations.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Web 2.0 Accessibility Makeover »Parliament of Australia - Live Broadcasting (and Replays)
http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/ > http://www.aph.gov.au/house/house_news/index.asp http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/whatsnew.asp - No synchronisation with Hansard (captions) - Individual videos not bookmarkable (understandable, given that they're only "available for approximately one month") - No MediaRSS feed? Other common accessibility issues with Flash-based content occurring: - Keyboard navigation ...more »
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http://www.aph.gov.au/house/house_news/index.asp
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/whatsnew.asp
- No synchronisation with Hansard (captions)
- Individual videos not bookmarkable (understandable, given that they're only "available for approximately one month")
- No MediaRSS feed?
Other common accessibility issues with Flash-based content occurring:
- Keyboard navigation prevented
- Links to from video pages to previous broadcasts and associated Hansard transcripts are available only via Flash
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Not for Profit PSI »Targetted promotion of Australian Government funded services run by Not For Profits
The Australian Government provides significant funding to Not For Profits (NFP) to deliver needed services to the community. This includes the nationally funded Commonwealth Carelink Program, which maintains an updated list of community services for carers. Whilst NFPs are able to access this information through the website or over the phone, there is no simple way for them to access mailing lists (either electronic or ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: Targetted promotion of Australian Government funded services run by Not For ProfitsThe Australian Government provides significant funding to Not For Profits (NFP) to deliver needed services to the community. This includes the nationally funded Commonwealth Carelink Program, which maintains an updated list of community services for carers. Whilst NFPs are able to access this information through the website or over the phone, there is no simple way for them to access mailing lists (either electronic or post) to promote their NFP services to consumers in need. The result is that NFPs must consume a proportion of their Government funding to extract this information manually every time they promote their services. As new services emerge, contact details change, or services cease to operate, NFPs need to update their mailing lists, consuming even more resources. Ultimately this means less resources are dedicated to providing support for carers and consumers, resulting in a need more for funding or services.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Brainstorming »Social media is connecting nonprofits' *ideas* to each other, now let's connect their content!
IDEA That government take the lead in licensing some of their own public content with Creative Commons licenses, share the process and challenges of doing this and encourage/assist nonprofits to do the same. WHY THE IDEA? From my experience at small nonprofits and in local government, staff were often wondering "what other people were doing" in their area, including - policies - plans and strategies - community programs ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: Social media is connecting nonprofits' *ideas* to each other, now let's connect their content!IDEA
That government take the lead in licensing some of their own public content with Creative Commons licenses, share the process and challenges of doing this and encourage/assist nonprofits to do the same.
WHY THE IDEA?
From my experience at small nonprofits and in local government, staff were often wondering "what other people were doing" in their area, including
- policies
- plans and strategies
- community programs
- educational brochures and factsheets
- website content
- images, graphic design, flyers
- brainstorming (like here!) and visions for the future
The way they found out was through existing networks (usually confined to that local city and that particular sector eg arts, health), conferences, meetings and the web.
After finding what you wanted, the next question was "Hey, that's good, can we use that too?"
Sometimes people contacted them and asked, sometimes they didn't, and sometimes they took little bits and changed things round so it wasn't recognisable.
EXAMPLE
A website I am redeveloping about young people's relationships is hoping to borrow (and credit) great existing online content, text and images, made by other nonprofits, but there's no easy way to do this, other than write to them all individually and ask, unless they've used tools like Flickr or YouTube that clearly state the intended use.
One nonprofit in the US that I contacted was in the process of licensing ALL THEIR CONTENT into Creative Commons content, including some with a "payment attribution" license attached, but this one small org is the only one I found attempting to remodel the way they control and share their information resources.
WHY DO IT?
When local governments or nonprofits share a common goal, and may not have the money or time to employ experts to develop content or programs or strategies, the ability to easily see and use other people's ideas and content appropriately and with proper acknowledgement would make a big difference.
It could improve the quality of content overall, improve citizens access to government information through easier online searching, and connect nonprofits and their audience with other likeminded nonprofits and their audiences and users - everybody wins!
Finally, of course many nonprofits do compete with each other for people's donations, grants, attention, volunteering time, and may not want to lose contro of content they have worked hard on or paid lots of money for - but firstly, you'd be surprised, and secondly, from my experience there and from what I see online, there is still a huge willingness to support each other that does not really exist in the for-profit world...
GOVT 2.0 and CREATIVE COMMONS
I am still a bit fuzzy as to goverment's role in this, so please add your own ideas and thoughts...
I've heard the Qld government considered CC licenses, and I see that of the ideas posted here related to govt and CC licensing issues too. Maybe the goverment using CC licenses themselves is not an essential part of this idea, but that they could encourage and facilitate nonprofits to consider and possibly implement the CC model...
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Not for Profit PSI »National Enduring Power of Attorney Database
The Problem: There is currently no state or national database for registering or searching information about enduring power of attorney documents. Enduring documents provide for the appointment of another person to make financial and other important decisions when an individual loses their decision making capacity. The lack of any database results in the inadvertent appointment of multiple attorneys, facilitates ...more »
Add your comment for Idea: National Enduring Power of Attorney DatabaseThe Problem:
There is currently no state or national database for registering or searching information about enduring power of attorney documents. Enduring documents provide for the appointment of another person to make financial and other important decisions when an individual loses their decision making capacity.
The lack of any database results in the inadvertent appointment of multiple attorneys, facilitates family conflict and encourages fraud, particularly against elderly people. Financial abuse of older people is increasing rapidly as Australia’s population ages.
The Solution:
Centrelink and the ATO are amongst the largest government departments in Australia. Almost all Australians are brought into regular contact with their services.
An opportunity exists for either or both of these departments to enhance the information held by posing a request for voluntary answers to the following simple questions:
1. Does any person hold an enduring document in relation to you?
If Yes,
2. In whose favour is the power (ie who is the nominated attorney)?
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3. When did you sign the enduring document?
The information would be become a publicly searchable document, via the internet, subject to the following provisos:
• The searcher must register as a database user by providing satisfactory identification; and
• The searcher must agree to leave a public record of their search.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Brainstorming »Collaborative definition of Stakeholders
The Taskforce could provide a wiki like page for community groups and government agencies to register their interests/assets in Public Sector Information. For example, potential datasources that aren't published openly could be identified and against them, potential applications could be defined. Community groups could define what kind of PSI they already use, what kinds of data they would like to use and how they could ...more »
2 comments for Idea: Collaborative definition of StakeholdersThe Taskforce could provide a wiki like page for community groups and government agencies to register their interests/assets in Public Sector Information.
For example, potential datasources that aren't published openly could be identified and against them, potential applications could be defined. Community groups could define what kind of PSI they already use, what kinds of data they would like to use and how they could improve the utility/quality of that information.
This would make it easier to see at a glance the potential benefits of opening PSI and what value is being lost by restricting PSI.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Brainstorming »Wild Hare
Innovative projects frequently do not get off the ground because they cannot be aligned with existing policy, programs & projects. We need a channel of funding and project governance which supports the initiation, funding, resourcing & measuring of what I'd call "Wild Hare" projects. These are projects which may fail, or may be wildly successful - we don't knwo when we start them. So they are inherently risky, and so ...more »
1 comment for Idea: Wild HareInnovative projects frequently do not get off the ground because they cannot be aligned with existing policy, programs & projects.
We need a channel of funding and project governance which supports the initiation, funding, resourcing & measuring of what I'd call "Wild Hare" projects. These are projects which may fail, or may be wildly successful - we don't knwo when we start them. So they are inherently risky, and so I'd suggest that funding be strictly capped.
Wild Hares need to be funded on an ongoing (financial year to Fin Yr) basis - and probably best led out of a central agency.
Wild Hares are means by which we test if a Gov 2.0 innovative idea has legs.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Brainstorming »Gov 2.0 social innovation support program for not-for-profits
Australia has a limited tradition of social innovation. There are few non-government bodies engaged in developing online tools and systems that create public value, not because Australians don't want to engage in these pursuits, but because there are limited incentives to do so. In particular, organisations that are attempting online social innovation, such as OpenAustralia, and TweetMP, are very restricted in the funding ...more »
4 comments for Idea: Gov 2.0 social innovation support program for not-for-profitsAustralia has a limited tradition of social innovation. There are few non-government bodies engaged in developing online tools and systems that create public value, not because Australians don't want to engage in these pursuits, but because there are limited incentives to do so.
In particular, organisations that are attempting online social innovation, such as OpenAustralia, and TweetMP, are very restricted in the funding and public support available to them.
This has been pointed out previously by notable people, such as Cheryl Kernot: http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/cheryl-kernot-a-quiet-revolution/
I believe that the Australia government needs to have an ongoing social innovation support program, supporting not-for-profit organisations to provide public value through reusing government data.
This would help develop the area, encouraging innovation and improving the provision of public information to the audiences who need it.
Social innovation has been defined as important by the Deputy Prime Minister: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Speeches/Pages/Article_081017_153859.aspx
The first social innovation camp in Australia is being held next year in March: http://www.asix.org.au
REF: Adapted from my submission to the Gov 2.0 Taskforce - http://gov2.net.au/submissions/craig-thomler/
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