Canada to develop LNG locomotive
Canadian National Railway and natural gas distributor Gaz Métro are teaming with Westport Innovations to develop a liquefied natural gas locomotive. Original post
ANU Ethel Tory Collaborative Learning Studio
The Ethel Tory Centre in the Baldessin Building opened for use at the Austrlaian National Unviersity in early March 2011. The centre is a contemporary learning commons, with 3 computer equipped teaching and learning studios, video-conferencing facility and Collaborative Learning Studio with “diner” booths, individual workspaces, group-work tables and a “cafe” area.The video conferencing studioRead… Read more »
Carbon Footprint of Paper versus Electronic Invoices
One of my Green ICT students pointed out the very useful paper “Assessing the Carbon Footprint of Paper vs. Electronic Invoicing” ( Tenhunen, Maija and Penttinen, Esko, 2010). They found electronic invoices reduce the carbon footprint by 63%. Most of the saving comes mostly from reduced manual labour, not reduced paper production or transport. AbstractRead… Read more »
E-invoices Online in Taiwan
The Australian Taxation Office allows electronic tax invoices , provided both parties to the transaction to keep a copy (I assume the ATO can then check the two copies match). The Taiwanese regulations seem to require the seller to make their copy available to the buyer online, at least for transactions with consumers. That mightRead… Read more »
149 steps to a better government website
This is a little blog post about a big spreadsheet. I’ll understand if you click onto the next post 🙂 One of my early consulting projects over the summer since leaving the UK Civil Service and going freelance was for the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office, helping the digital team there to assess their complianceRead… Read more »
Government 2.0 at Parliment House
At Parliament House Canberra today, I attended the Gov 2.0 lunch with Alison Michalk on Community management . Also Professor Rachel K. Gibson, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, said a few words on research in the UK and Australia on use of Internet in election campaigns.Alison Michalk on Community managementAlison, Quiip Director andRead… Read more »
What E-Participation is
Professor Rachel K. Gibson, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, will talk on “What is ‘E-Participation’?”, 4pm, 19 April 2011, at the Australian National University in Canberra. Seminar – Professor Rachel K. Gibson – Tuesday 19 April at 4pm Professor Rachel K. Gibson, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester Original post
Professional Speakers – Should You Speak for Free?
I recently responded to a question from one of my professional speaking groups in LinkedIn. The person asked about the value of free workshops. Absolutely, if done deliberately. Here’s my answer… For new speakers, free/unpaid speaking engagements is a great way to build momentum, brand, awareness, etc. Also, in regard to some of the otherRead… Read more »
REGISTER TODAY: National Press Club Event for Government Librarians Hosted by LexisNexis
Register now for a special breakfast event at the National Press Club especially for government librarians hosted by LexisNexis. PROGRAM: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons DATE: Thursday, April 28, 2011 TIME: 8:00 ¬ 11:00 a.m. Sign-in and continental breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. Presentation begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. Guest speakers for this eventRead… Read more »
Signs you are a victim of tax identity theft
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