[LINK] AIIA raises concerns on Tanner and Conroy blog

[Brendan Scott]

Malcolm Miles wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:51:39 +1100, you wrote:
> 
>> AIIA raises concerns on Tanner and Conroy blog
> 
>> AIIA CEO, Ian Birks, welcomed the use of leading-edge technology to help 
>> with the business of e-government but questioned the ability to garner 
>> tangible outcomes from an open and unstructured blog process.
> 
> A blog is leading-edge technology? Ian Birks needs to get out a bit
> more.

I suspect it has more to do with the fact that if government makes policy based on talking directly to citizens, then the AIIA has less reason to exist.