Such a strategy has no option but to directly address starry night over the rhone van gogh crocband clog the fundamental training and leadership needs that a much more citizen-centric public service requires.
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Controversial issues ‘can overtake and hijack online public consultation, resulting in much online discussion being “off topic” and the consultation not achieving its objectives’. starry night over the rhone van gogh crocband clog However, ‘within particular communities of practice and communities of interest consultation can proceed relatively smoothly and productively’. There is a broad consensus, however, that online engagement opportunities for citizens, to be truly effective, require embedding in a broader context of government openness and transparency that includes robust legislative regimes for freedom of information, public service codes of conduct, public ownership and re-use of information gathered and generated by government, and society-wide access to high quality broadband networks. Australia appears to be making progress on all these fronts—and in some respects is already relatively well-positioned.
In June 2008, the Australian Government Information Management Office published its strategy document Consulting with Government Online, and by December 2008 a trial series of online consultations was launched. These included ‘a public consultation blog hosted by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy; the National Human Rights Online Consultation forum established by the Attorney-General’s Department; and an online forum on early childhood education conducted by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’. The findings of a study of these trials are discussed in more detail below. To this end, the APS has established the Strategic Centre for Leadership, Learning and Development focused on ‘leadership, learning & development and talent management strategy, system design and thought leadership for the Australian Public Service’. One of its core tasks is to ‘develop an interim learning & development strategy, based on priority leadership and management skills identified in the Blueprint for Reform of Australian Public Administration and other key APS materials’.
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