Want to help with Civics Ed 2.0?
Posted on July 15, 2010 by Michael de Percy - 1 comment
You might not think it is relevant to the ACT, but a Victorian high school [...]
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Website:
http://www.politicalscience.com.au
Profile description:
I lecture in Government-Business Relations and Leadership, Innovation and Change at the Faculty of Business and Government, University of Canberra. I am a graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon and I have consulting experience with various public, private and community organisations. My research focuses on comparative broadband policy and regulation, the deployment of broadband infrastructure and services, and the use of new media in politics, government, and citizen engagement, from a political science perspective.
Gungahlin Community Council Website
Posted on June 23, 2010 by Michael de Percy - 6 comments
I’m a little surprised that the Gungahlin Community Council website has not received much attention [...]
Continue ReadingTwo Thumbs Up: Canberra Airport Open Day
Posted on March 28, 2010 by Michael de Percy - 0 comments
Who ever thought an airport would have an open day? And who would have thought [...]
Continue ReadingFolk Festival not really for the ‘folk’
Posted on March 23, 2010 by Michael de Percy - 2 comments
I heard on the grapevine that some organisations were offering entry to the National Folk [...]
Continue ReadingTrad media slams new politics
Posted on July 15, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 1 comment
Premier of SA, Mike Rann, has been a leader in using twitter for state politics [...]
Continue ReadingVictorian Premier John Brumby launches Youtube Channel
Posted on July 9, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 1 comment
Victorian Premier John Brumby has launched a Youtube Channel where Victorian citizens can ask questions [...]
Continue ReadingBribery: No pockets, no problems!
Posted on July 2, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 2 comments
Interesting approach to anti-corruption in Nepal:
we decided that airport officials should be given trousers with [...]
Kate Lundy’s Public Sphere #2: Government 2.0
Posted on June 6, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 1 comment
Senator Kate Lundy has organised the next Public Sphere event on Government 2.0 to be [...]
Continue ReadingPipe Dreams: A vision for a connected Australia
Posted on May 15, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 2 comments
The University of Canberra is hosting a free public seminar:
Pipe Dreams: A vision for a [...]
Wowsers
Posted on May 12, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 11 comments
I love the word ‘wowser’. It is an old Australian saying, once used to describe [...]
Continue ReadingKate Lundy’s Public Sphere
Posted on May 3, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 0 comments
The pace of change is exhausting. Following discussions with a number of tweeps, OpenAustralia.org has [...]
Continue ReadingList of *Real* Politicians Online?
Posted on April 24, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 17 comments
A necessary first step in moving toward cyber-citizenship is to have a list of *real* [...]
Continue ReadingISP Filtering: An evidence-based scam
Posted on April 22, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 13 comments
I get a little fired up about the use of the term ‘evidence-based policy’ (ever [...]
Continue ReadingTime for the New Media debate
Posted on April 20, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 3 comments
The digital revolution is on our doorstep, but will the federal government open the door?
I [...]
Comments on NBN
Posted on April 7, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 16 comments
I have an article on ABC’s Unleashed about today’s NBN announcement here: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2536796.htm
Cheers,
Michael.
We’re not as open as Canada…
Posted on April 6, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 2 comments
The Canadian Privacy Commissioner has unveiled a project regarding Deep Packet Inspection of Internet communications: [...]
Continue ReadingTypeboard Rocks!
Posted on April 4, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 23 comments
Couldn’t help but thinking how good this forum is… so I blogged a little on [...]
Continue ReadingCanadian Govt e-consults on Net Neutrality
Posted on April 1, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 1 comment
Interesting development in Canada. The CRTC is e-consulting on Net Neutrality (in particular ISP intervention [...]
Continue ReadingYouTube for Not-for-Profits
Posted on March 29, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 4 comments
Not sure on the details yet, but YouTube’s new ‘Call to Action’ function for not-for-profits [...]
Continue ReadingNew Media: Freedom for US Public Sector
Posted on March 27, 2009 by Michael de Percy - 7 comments
The US Public Sector has signed agreements with social networking sites to help improve transparency [...]
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