[LINK] Government 2.0 Taskforce released for public comment

[Steven Clark]

Tom Worthington wrote:
> Stilgherrian wrote:
>   
>> Government 2.0 Taskforce released for public comment
>> ... available at http://gov2.net.au/  ...
>>     
> There are some useful recommendations in the report. Unfortunately they
> are buried in 159 pages of hard to read, hard to navigate report.
>   
The website pleads with us: "Please understand that this is a draft and 
there will be some proofing issues which we are still working on."

Understatement, and then some.

I'm considering printing the whole thing out and wading into it with a 
highlighter to see if I can find what I'm hoping is in there ...
> The task force needs to work out on exactly what it is trying to say and then say it, briefly and clearly.
I fear the whole thing may be mired under too many 'objectives', 
beholden to too many agencies' interests.

> The language of the report could be made a little clearer.
>   
And then some.

Unfortunately, all too often bureaucracy looses good opportunities in 
the wilderness of it's own competing agendas. It looks to me as though 
the Taskforce is a collective of semi-autonomous groups, all working 
diligently on a piece of the 'problem', rather than a coordinated group 
addressing clear objectives in a structured way.

-- 
Steven R Clark, BSc(Hons) LLB/LP(Hons) /Flinders/, MACS, Barrister and 
Solicitor
PhD Candidate, School of Commerce, City West Campus, University of South 
Australia

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