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Public access to govt info: submissions released

16-Sep-08

About a month ago I blogged about the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into Improving Access to Public Sector Information and Data.
Submissions to the Inquiry are now available online.
I’m reasonably pleased with the Melbourne University document (PDF 1.2 Mb). M’colleague Sally and I were able to gather some useful input from well-informed people on very short notice [...]

The committee’s first meeting

21-Feb-08

For a successful project, you need an effective steering committee and an influential sponsor who cares about what you’re trying to achieve in the project. Ideally the sponsor should chair the committee.
We had our first steering committee meeting today.
The sponsor/chair opened the meeting.
He tabled a single printed page, an excerpt from a book: Yes Minister’s [...]