[LINK] "All Gov correspondence will be online by 2017"

[JanW]

At 01:31 AM 23/06/2014, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>Governments' IT projects needn't cost the world. Here's how we can do better
>
>By Malcolm Turnbull
>Friday 20 June 2014  http://www.theguardian.com
>
>
>Australia has ambitious targets to improve the relationship between 
>citizens and the government: all correspondence will be able to be 
>conducted online by 2017

Not a bad article overall (breaking down common processes and sharing 
'code' - seriously he talks about sharing code), but the idea that 
*all* correspondence will be online in 3 years is a wrong headed one. 
It's not even a reasonable target, let alone a clear headed sentence.

Who is "Australia" in that sentence? Does he mean the Australian 
government? Which "governments"? What sort of correspondence? From 
the government to the public or vice versa? What does *all* really mean?

But the biggest problem is the disenfranchisement of citizens who 
cannot participate online. And that won't change in 3 years.

Do all politicians take hyperbole tablets every morning?

Jan


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