Tag: social-media

By Paul Hemsley The Local Government and Shires Association of New South Wales (LGSA) has become the latest local government peak body to launch a Twitter account as part of…

By Paul Hemsley The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has revealed that emerging technologies such as computer modeling and social media can help governments and emergency services more…

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Australian local governments are poised to rapidly become public sector front-runners in using innovative smartphone applications and the web to directly engage their communities…

By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Mayor Clover Moore has dished out Apple and Android smart phone applications for city diners to track the location of the council’s latest cultural…

Government organisations around the world are faced with new demands, new expectations and a fast-growing array of new technologies and tools. To be effective in today’s complex, interlinked and fast-changing…

By Paul Hemsley Individuals with chronic illnesses calling the NSW Department of Health’s telephone coaching service will be able to access the program online and via mobile applications. Executive in…

By Lilia Guan As traditional methods of communication with constituents are undergoing fundamental change, the public sector would do well to examine the way in which some of the world’s…

Facebook is not the only way to network, according to Adrian Robb, chief executive officer of Bayside municipality in Melbourne. Bayside City Council first established a business network in 2004…

COMMENT By Laurel Papworth Last year, the local council of Bozeman Montana insisted that prospective employees hand over their Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Google and YouTube usernames and passwords. Job suitability…