Kate Lundy outlines Golden Rules for Gov 2.0
20 Oct 2009
Senator Kate Lundy
Senator for the ACT, Australian Government
Successful implementation of Gov 2.0 policies and practices needs it to be citizen-centric, collaborative and open, ACT Senator Kate Lundy told CeBIT’s Gov 2.0 conference in Canberra.
Opening the conference, Senator Lundy, one of the leading Web 2.0 advocates and practitioners in Australian Government circles, spoke of her “golden rules” for Web 2.0 implementation in the public sector.
“To blindly follow the development of e-democracy in other countries like the United States does not take into account the differences in our systems,” Senator Lundy said.
“But nevertheless there are some common principles, or pillars, to open government interaction.”
Services needed to be citizen-centric, and open, she said.
“Openness is an important ally for collaboration,” she said.
She said Government should also look at itself as a “platform” for collaboration.
“Research communities are well versed in collaboration, and now it is important for the wider community to get used to it as well.
“Citizens need to participate in a responsible manner, and set an example for other people to participate thoughtfully.”
But open access to information was a vital foundation, she said.
“Open public sector information is an essential principle,” Senator Lundy said.
“All Government information that can be made available, should be made available.
“But that is harder than it sounds – it is not just about publishing spreadsheets of data online.”
Ms Lundy said these groundwork points must be addressed for further development and improvement of political processes to take place.
“Once these are established, we can then start to look at other areas that can be improved,” she said.
She said one of the aims of the present government was to close the “digital divide” between those with access to information and those without.
“The closure of the digital divide, I am glad to say, is progressing especially through the labor Government’s national broadband Network. It is now in reach,” she said.
“Now the task is to encourage online participation for the younger generation, to encourage them to use government digital services and participate in democracy.”
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