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