"I have rarely seen information presented in a visually exciting and impactful way in government documents or website. Why? It can't be due to accessibility - it is simple to display the same information in text or tabular form and to provide alt text. This is where the web can provide support." Includes a list of online tools.

An overview of what Peter Alexander spoke about at the Gov 2.0 conference in Canberra on 3-4 November, 2010.

"Microsoft has made available to the Federal Government $1 million to support the further development of tools and processes to enable the culture of Government 2.0 to be realised across the Federal Public Service. The $1 million has been provided without condition and Microsoft has neither requested nor expects to receive any reconciliation of the use of these funds."

Hayes Knight and South Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

Good post by David Weinberger: Gladwell discovers it takes more than 140 characters to overturn a government

"before we can move forward and embrace UGC, we need to be open to the possibilities ourselves first. We need to trust our users and build a relationship with them and let them come to you organically. Remember TRUST IS CHEAPER THAN CONTROL - @LeeBryant"