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Comment on A response from the DPS by George

George — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:20:22 +0000

Too many years with a different regime fosters this type of behavior. Sen. Faulkner would be interested to have both copies of this exchange methinks. At least if what he was flagging in his speech at the opening of the Citizens Parliament is to be believed.

Comment on A response from the DPS by OpenAustralia » Government is heavy user of openaustralia.org email alerts

OpenAustralia » Government is heavy user of openaustralia.org email alerts — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:05:29 +0000

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Comment on DPS, where the bloody hell are you? by OpenAustralia » A response from the DPS

OpenAustralia » A response from the DPS — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:45:32 +0000

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Comment on Which Australian Politicians are on Twitter? by Michael de Percy

Michael de Percy — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:23:05 +0000

Legitimacy is a key issue – it is foundational to democratic practice and is equally a foundational principle for e-democracy. An automated validation system is a great idea. It might be worthwhile that COAG or a similar group look seriously at this idea. Politicians such as Kate Lundy and SA Premier Mike Rann seem to be at the forefront of new media use – maybe they would be interested in a proposal for such a system? Great work OpenAustralia!

Comment on Which Australian Politicians are on Twitter? by James Dellow

James Dellow — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:20:09 +0000

I think we have to be pragmatic in our approach – particularly as Twitter isn’t the only tool out there in the Web 2.0 ecosystem. Also, for the most part, we’re not talking about mission critical systems. Part of the longer term solution has to be in enabling people who have an official role in government (politicians, their support staff, public servants) to have a self-service system(s) which they can update and people in the community can access in order to validate online identities for themselves. If we can automate that, so much the better (as I’ve suggested). PS Keep up the good work with OpenAustralia.

Comment on DPS, where the bloody hell are you? by Julian Todd

Julian Todd — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:44:03 +0000

The page here is what you want. Review all the documents, and then start using the email at the bottom.

http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/publ/index_jcp.htm

I don’t suppose it’s got a lot of traffic, so you should expect a reply. If that doesn’t work, start going through the members on the committee.

Comment on DPS, where the bloody hell are you? by Julian Todd

Julian Todd — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:36:24 +0000

Send out a press release to all the IT sections of the newspapers. They go for this sort of stuff — small geeks showing up the experts.

Use better title, eg: “Parliament lists non-members as having voted”.

Is there a business contract with a company and DPS to supply the service? Obtain it by FOI. Does it have performance measures in it, and a House committee that keeps it up to standard? Find that out and cc everything to them. (You won’t be surprised if DPS doesn’t tell you about this.)

Comment on DPS, where the bloody hell are you? by pfctdayelise

pfctdayelise — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:09:19 +0000

Add a “DPS” JIRA component and start reporting bugs on it. Assign them to their webmanager email address until they give you a more specific one to work with.