Information for Local Government
I noticed recently that the Queensland Main Roads website had a page titled "Information for -> Councils, local and state government". The page is now deleted (thanks for letting me know about the...
View ArticleNewsletter
I've been thinking that I should create a newsletter that could be sent out to Council's every six months or so, to remind them of the site, and why it is a good idea for them to both contribute to it...
View ArticleCouncil Wikis
One of the first ideas I had when I set this site up, was to list which software packages different Councils were using. I thought this would help any Council planning to purchase a new system, by...
View ArticleSaving time & money through knowledge sharing.
One of the main purposes of this site is to help Councils save money by sharing knowledge and information. Obviously, a very important first step is sharing knowledge about how to save money! If you...
View ArticleOn-line services delivery
Hi, Everyone, We are conducting a study into on-line services delivery (covering Australian and New Zealand local councils), and I would like to share some preliminary findings with you and seek your...
View ArticleIntroduce Yourself
Hi all, I have been very remiss about not starting an "Introduce Yourself" in the forum until now. I'll start to get the ball rolling. My name is Wayne Eddy, I am Manager Assets at Bundaberg Regional...
View ArticleCalling all retired Council employees.
OK, so probably a lot of recently retired Council employees, will be out travelling or fishing or just relaxing down the beach, and the last thing on their minds will be their former career, but it...
View ArticleAustralian Local Government Knowledge Sharing Initiatives
The reason this website exists is to enable Australian & New Zealand Councils to more easily share information with each other. I believe it is self evident that open and free knowledge sharing...
View ArticleLocal Government Employee or Public Sector Employee Credit Union
Is there any attempt on forming a Public Sector Credit Union (may be in conjuction with IPWEA) or otherwise?? This is more on benefits of LG employees/ public sector employees outside their...
View ArticleFeedback
Any feedback you might have about the site would be really really really appreciated. What is good about it? What is bad about it? How could it be improved? How did you find out about it? Do other...
View ArticleAccessing Local Government's Collective Intelligence
Is anyone aware of any software or sites that will look at the content of a message and then pass it on to only those persons who have registered or shown an interest in the topic? I'd really love to...
View ArticleKhan Academy
This post is quite a bit off topic, but it may be of interest to anyone currently studying. The Khan Academy is an impressive collection of you tube video tutorials on a range of educational topics....
View ArticleThe Future
Hi all, This is a bit off topic, but you never know it might be of interest to some of you. I have created a separate wiki about technology & the future. If you think you might be interested the...
View ArticleGPS Cameras
I was wondering if anyone is using a GPS Camera to capture asset information, which camera you purchased, how you are using it, and what you think of it?
View ArticleThe importance of linkages
I was just thinking that for the most part it is not the content of the Local Government & Municipal Knowledge Base that is important. Much of it is probably available in a 1000 dusty books and in...
View ArticleUseful tools & ideas
I attended a communication / team building / change management workshop last week. It wasn't too bad as far as that sort of thing goes, but I'm not sure that there was anything much that I can take...
View ArticleCouncil Encyclopedia
I originally set up this site for number of reasons. One of them was because I thought wikis were a fantastic tool for capturing & storing information, and I wanted to show staff at other Councils...
View ArticleOnline Database Specification
Over the past few years I have thought a lot about how to encourage the development of an Open Source Local Government Software Suite, and in particular an open source Asset Management System. I have...
View ArticleBCS Upgrade - What tool/software to go with?
Hi all, I have just stumbled across this forum and think its a great idea that we share knowledge across councils. I'm about to undertake a review of our BCS tool. We currently use a excel spreadsheet...
View ArticleAsset Management Vision
Hi all, I am very interested to hear about your vision for Asset Management at your organisation. My vision is pretty simple - I can sum it up in a couple of points: 1. I want to make all asset and...
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