The Government has now responded to the Government 2.0 Taskforce's report. As such, comments are now closed but you are encouraged to continue the conversation at agimo.govspace.gov.au

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Enid Bulman

TOWARDS GOVERNMENT 2.0: AN ISSUES PAPER [final], paragraph 30

The main obstacle to fostering a culture of online engagement within government is financial. Both in acquiring the hardware and software to allow this engagement and in providing sufficient staff time to engage!

I have witnessed government departments desperately wanting to open up user forums and blogs but knowing that in the government domain these need to be moderated – and not having the human resources to achieve this. The government workforce is struggling to cover its existing workload and there is just no “fat” left in the public service to take on new tasks.
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Posted August 13, 2009  5:08 pm