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Democracy meets GIS
Governments are getting smarter in their use of GIS and other geospatially enabled systems – but can they overcome long-running data issues to share better?
[ + ]Councils big on GIS but some still struggling with business links: survey
A survey of Australian local governments has found that while most use GIS for specific tasks, many struggle to promote geospatial usage across the business
[ + ]Selling social by the seashore
South Australia's City of Marion has been pushed, slowly, towards a social media culture thanks largely to the efforts of deputy mayor David Speirs.
[ + ]Six steps to good social media
Social-media expert Mariah Gillespie offers local governments six steps to successfully entering the world of social media.
[ + ]Kingston goes all-in on social media
While many councils try to fight perceived exposure to social media, Melbourne's City of Kingston council saw better results by embracing it completely.
[ + ]Emergency services: Answering the call
This GTR roundtable brings together three experts in emergency services technology to discuss innovation in this crucial area of government services.
[ + ]Something happened on Vic eGov Resource Centre's way to the forums
The Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre learned the hard way that social media services like Twitter are about much more than simply publishing news.
[ + ]Learning the downside of free education devices
Improving bandwidth is important to boosting education outcomes – but it can have unintended consequences, as the Catholic Education Office discovered.
[ + ]NBN, IBM drive Geraldton's tech vision
The NBN is at the forefront of a joint effort between IBM and the City of Geraldton to identity and exploit broadband opportunities for the regional WA city
[ + ]Despite cloud hype, most CIOs still doing IT inhouse
Actual adoption of cloud services remains low despite the media attention and hype they get, Ovum CIO survey has found – although that may soon change.
[ + ]Fremantle Ports gets analytics into ship shape
WA's Port of Fremantle is using advanced analytics and business intelligence capabilities to improve its visibility of shipping operations.
[ + ]Lessons from the shared services battleground
Winning internal support is never easy for shared services organisations (SSOs), but NZ Defence Force's SSO turned its early failures into success.
[ + ]Rewriting the rules for IT applications
A requirement for revisiting traditional models of IT development is forcing government agencies to consider new models for application development.
[ + ]Labor won’t stuff NBN pipeline as election poison pill: Conroy
Labor will not push NBN Co to sign extraordinary contracts to increase the NBN's longevity after a possible Coalition election win, Stephen Conroy told GTR.
[ + ]Five months from election, Coalition launches NBN alternative
Ensuring robust election-year debate over the the national broadband network (NBN), the federal Coalition has launched its alternative FttN policy.
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