small steps towards an open information infrastructure parliament house, canberra – 26 november...

Small steps towards an openinformation infrastructure

Parliament House, Canberra – 26 November 2010Using Creative Commons in the Public Sector: Open Access to

Knowledge, Culture and Public Sector Information (PSI)

Mosman• 8.7 square kilometres • population 28,000• approx 170 council staff

Social media use since 2005

• Twitter • Flickr photos• YouTube •

Community EngagementStrategy

Adopted April 2009 www.mosmanroundtable.net/ces

Strategy 3 : Involve

“Make information resources, wherever possible, available under an open content licence, specifically a Creative Commons Australia licence, to promote the use and dissemination of Council’s materials while retaining Council’s rights of authorship”

Strategy 3 : Involve

“Ensure that priority is given to open data formats to allow cost-effective and efficient use of that information by other Council systems as well as external applications and users”

iPhone appAugmented Reality

Layar app

Councils spend a lot of time putting ads in the paper, signs on sites and writing to people but it is not always easy to identify the community of interest for a particular development proposal or approval.

I see Planning Alerts as a supplement to the statutory notification we undertake and provides us with greater reach as a result.

— John Carmichael Director Environment & Planning Mosman Council

Mosman Council DATAstore

in development with

‘Right to information’ lawsGovernment Information

(Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act) New South Wales, since 1 July

Andrea Di Maio @andreadimaio

Government 2.0 is for every employee, not just

communication or public information officers

Toward a More Balanced View of Government 2.0Andrea Di Maio, October 27, 2010

thank youwww.mosman.nsw.gov.au

@mosmancouncilwebteam@mosman.nsw.gov.au