Government 2.0

What is it & why it is important

to science journalism Craig Thomler

Government 2.0 advocate

Managing DirectorDelib Australia

@CraigThomlerhttp://eGovAU.blogspot.com

More participatory democracy (Participation)Bringing citizens 'inside the tent’ via digital techniques.

Citizen-centric philosophies (Collaboration) Empowering citizens to be active participants in government decision-making & supporting communities to ‘do for themselves’.

Democratisation of data (Transparency)Releasing public data (including publicly funded science data) in reusable formats under open copyrights to inform and enable new insights, better decisions and policy.

Community-led initiativesFrom individuals, NGOs, media & companies.

Government 2.0 includes...

It changes the power equation

Why Gov 2.0 is important

Over 281 open data catalogues worldwide (released in last four years)

Gov 2.0 is Global

Sources: data.gov & census.okfn.org

59 countries in the Open Government Partnership

Gov 2.0 isn’t ideological

Source: opengovpartnership.org/

Because it changes:• Who funds scientific research• Who collects the data• Who analyses the data• Who reports scientific findings• How scientific findings are published, and• How science becomes policy

Why is Gov 2.0 important for science journalists?

http://www.galaxyzoo.org/

http://app.monitor.abares.gov.au/

http://my2050.decc.gov.uk/

http://hackerspace.govhack.org/?q=groups/giving-them-better-chance-life-analytics-meets-early-childhood-development

Government 2.0

What is it & why it is important

to science journalism Craig Thomler

Government 2.0 advocate

Managing DirectorDelib Australia

@CraigThomlerhttp://eGovAU.blogspot.com