Comments on: Declaration of Open Government

By: AGIMO Blog Team

AGIMO Blog Team — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:11:33 +0000

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By: Jimi Bostock

Jimi Bostock — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:43:58 +0000

Ah Kanook, what has happened to you that brings you to such a cynical state.

I think that you might look again at the declaration. I seems that it is addressing the very issues that, perhaps rightly, you object to.

So, perhaps you might want to engage in the discussion with your thoughts on how things can go forward. I for one would liek to hear your thoughts.

By: Delimiter – Open government: By the people, for the people

Delimiter – Open government: By the people, for the people — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:54:58 +0000

[...] I describe this example here, not to bemoan how hard the job of a journalist is – nor even to give readers an insight into the inner workings of the press. Instead, I describe it here to consider how laughable I consider the Declaration of Open Government that Minister for Finance and Deregulation Lindsay Tanner so pompously made last week. [...]

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:18:36 +0000

Great to have an Open Government. How about the language used in the information provided? Would there be a requirement for them to be written in plain language/English?

By: Nathanael Boehm

Nathanael Boehm — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:22:32 +0000

This is excellent news and a very positive, tangible step. From the comments here it’s obvious we have a lot of work to do to convince the cynics that there is a genuine desire to engage and participate in an open and transparent manner. I know there are people within the government/APS who are keen as beans to share their data and invite the public into design and decision-making processes, who see themselves as public servants and want to do the best job they can for the citizenry of Australia.

This Declaration is a very clear authorisation to those people to go out and engage now.

Very exciting times ahead!

By: J.R. Dan

J.R. Dan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:49:59 +0000

Congratulations on this milestone!

As many of the comments above illustrate, an important next step is demonstrating the alignment of the actions, behaviours and policies of the government with the principles and values stated in the Declaration. People do take issue with some of the policies that seem to contradict the stated direction and principles of the government.

However, many of the fundamentals are already there – and mentioned as Supporting Initiatives – or forthcoming. Incidentally, this blog – including the number of comments and the feedback from AGIMO – is a great example of that.

Personally, I am confident that with a strong focus and the right strategy for what I would call “the transition period”, the government will be successful in turning what is currently the Declaration of Open Government into a Reality of Open Government.

By: Weekly bits of interest – 19 July 2010 | Innovation Blog

Weekly bits of interest – 19 July 2010 | Innovation Blog — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:37:52 +0000

[...] Australian Government has issued a Declaration of Open Government which advocates greater innovation in Government 2.0 by Australian Government [...]

By: Delimiter – Open Govt declaration attracts filter dissent

Delimiter – Open Govt declaration attracts filter dissent — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:04:17 +0000

[...] Federal Government’s use of its fledgling blog to publish its declaration of open government last week has stimulated a vigorous debate about the initiative — with some commenters offering their [...]

By: Jimi Bostock

Jimi Bostock — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:56:43 +0000

Interested, I have been watching this comment stream closely and I have not seen this drop of posts. I can clearly see that all posts remain.

Me thinks you are seeing some conspiracy that is not there.

Perhaps you might ponder that you (and people like Kanook) are actually posting your less than positive views on a government site. That is quite amazing, if you think about it.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:52:47 +0000

So government.

Can you please tell the good citizens of communist Australia a singular reason why we should even consider Labor to be an open government.

It was quite obvious almost immediately Kevin Rudds vision for Australia was comparable to Communist China.
A singular entity holding power with no regards for what the general public want or need.
[Moderator's note: sentence removed because of inflammatory language.]

You then attack what we hold dearly in this Democracy: Freedom to information and Freedom of speech, by the introduction and implementation of a Mandatory internet censorship program which you hide from the public because you know of the backlash this is causing.
Labor, you are a disgrace of a party and the public will not stand for your atrocious wasting of taxpayer money and the constant assault on democracy.

Regards,
Phil