This morning, David Eaves plotted where he thinks various GoC 2.0 initiatives fall against Gartner’s hype cycle. I very much agree with his overall impression that in terms of adoption of “Government 2.0,” the Canadian federal government is at a very early point.
This got me thinking about how other federal governments are doing. Here’s my highly unscientific impression:
Highly unscientific impression - Government of Canada lags in terms of Government 2.0
So why did I put the US government at the peak of inflated expectations? Well, that’s how Gartner analyst’s Andrea Dimaio sees it, and I can’t quibble with that.
And as for the UK? Well, they’ve had their big 2.0 taskforce and are well into implementation on a number of fronts. They are comfortable with bureaucrats participating online. They are integrating 2.0 aspects into many of their core web presences (random examples: DFID, BIS, No. 10). And last but not least – they base their official tweeting on actual strategy. ;+)
What's a spaghetti test?
As a fellow GoC peep, I FULLY agree. Engaging higher-ups in social media and selling them on it when most of them have never used it/barely heard of it is akin to climbing a mountain.
I think you definitely have the GoC positioned correctly – there are departments that are ahead (like Public Health, Citizenship), but most of them are stuck at the bottom and just starting to learn about this.
Thanks for stopping by Leslie. Selling the vision to execs is something that I am definitely struggling with. Pilots a la the PHAC and CIC examples are one way to start.