Viewing blog entries by the tag 'government'

Many New Zealanders don't vote in local body elections, but with less than two months until the elections, we're hoping a new site we've built for Local Government New Zealand will help increase voter turnout. Elections2010.co.nz makes it easier to participate by providing simple access to information about local candidates,...

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At the end of August New Zealand's first Open Government Data Barcamp will take place at the National Library in Wellington. The barcamp is an open, participant driven event organised and run by people who have an interest in making government-held data freely available.

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SilverStripe recently attended and exhibited at GOVIS, a three day, IT sector conference for New Zealand government agencies. Our experience there reminded us why our government has such a hard time using the web innovatively.

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I imagine Barry Polley expertly swinging a machete to clear a path in a dense Honduran jungle. If Barry's never cleared a path in a jungle, I'd be surprised. Because that's exactly what he's doing at the Ministry of Justice.

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Last Saturday I (Brian) went to the NZ egov barcamp here in Wellington. It was a wonderfully informal event attended by about 80 or so of the New Zealand website creation crowd and government representatives who care about how government websites get built.

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at standards-schmandards.com

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