Academic literature

Australia

Australian government consultation

Rudd

In 2008, Kevin Rudd's new Labour Federal Government in Australia held a 2020 summit on the 19 and 20 April. See: 

http://www.australia2020.gov.au/about/index.cfm

Howard

Cheeseman, G. & Smith, H. (2001) ‘Public consultation or political choreography? The Howard government's quest for community views on defence policy'. Australian journal of international affairs, vol. 55, pp. 83-100.

State of Victoria

Brackertz, N. 2006, ‘Hard to Reach? Engagement, Governance and Community Consultation in Victoria', Governments and Communities in Partnership Conference, Centre for Public Policy, Melbourne, available from http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/conference06/Brackertz.pdf%20accessed%20on%20May%201, 2010.

General

Catt, H. and M. Murphy (2003). "What voice for the people? Categorising methods of [Australian] public consultation." Australian Journal of Political Science 38(3): 407-421.

Bruns, A. and J Wilson. 2009, ‘Citizen Consultation from Above and Below: the Australian Perspective.' EDEM 2009 - Conference on Electronic Democracy 2009. available in QUT http://eprints.qut.edu.au/

Kane, J. and P Bishop. 2002, ‘Consultation and Contest: The Danger of Mixing Modes.' Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol 61, no 1.

UK

Scottish government national consultation in 2007

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/a-national-conversation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conversation

http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/hansard_society_scotland/pages/the-national-conversation.aspx

 UK Government consultation

Gordon Brown

Use of citizen Juries

Maer, L. 2007, Citizen Juries, Parliament and Constitution Centre, HM Government, London,  http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04546.pdf 

Maer, L. 2009, Citizens' Assemblies, Parliament and Constitution Centre, HM Government, London,  http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04482.pdf 

Merrick, J. 2007, Brown's Landmark Citizens' Juries Scheme in Fakery Row, Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-494548/Browns-landmark-citizens-juries-scheme-fakery-row.html 

Revill, J. 2007, "Sham" citizens' juries face controls, The Guardian, viewed 18 January 2010, http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/sep/30/immigrationpolicy.observerpolitics 

Credit Card Summit

In November 2008, Business Secretary Lord Peter Mandleson conducted a summit with credit card providers to discuss ways in which terms and conditions of card agreements could be made more equitable. The summit produced some tangible consequences - all card companies agreed to offer customers a thirty day amnesty period to establish a repayment plan, and offered to provide greater warning to customers for interest rate increases, see:

Charles, J. 2008, Credit Card providers to help indebted borrowers, The Times, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/borrowing/article5240839.ece

Employment/Jobs Summit

In January and September 2009, the Prime Minister hosted summits with more than 150 leading British employers to discuss ways in which job creation could be bolstered. The September summit saw a special emphasis on youth unemployment as part of the Backing Young Britain campaign, see:

Prime Minister's Office, 2009, PM Welcomes Employers' Support at Job Summit, http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20476 

National Security Forum

In March 2009, the Brown government established a 12-member private body consisting of leading national security experts to challenge government thinking on matters such as terrorism, organized crime, climate change, and international economic change. The makeup of the forum contains leading diplomats, internal development experts, policy advisors, and business leaders, see:

Baker, L. 2009, UK forms new security body, weighs financial crisis, Reuters, viewed February 12 2010, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL667760620090309

USA

US goverment consultation

President Obama

Health Care Community Discussions 

In March 2009, the White House hosted a Health Care Forum with over 150 leading figures - including those from politics, unions, and the medical and insurance industries - to provide solutions on health care reform, see:

Department of Health and Human Services 2009, Americans Speak on Health Care Reform: A Report on Health Care and Community Discussions, Washington, DC, viewed 15 February 2010, http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/hccd/

White House Jobs Forum

In December 2009, the President convened a summit with leading business figures to discuss ideas on how to create jobs and facilitate economic growth. In January 2010, a report on the summit was released by Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett outlining ideas from the summit which may be implemented in the future, see:

Lee, J. 2010, White House Jobs Forum: The Final Report and Follow-Up, The White House, viewed 10 February 2010,  http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/21/final-report-white-house-jobs-forum

Modernizing Government Forum

In January 2010, the White House conducted a forum with fifty private-sector leaders to discuss the best practices to streamline federal operations and improve frontline service delivery. Ideas garnered from this forum were later published on the White House website, along with videos of all "breakout sessions" conducted, see:

Lee, J. 2010, What We Saw and Heard at the Modernizing Government Forum, The White House, viewed 10 Feburary 2010, <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/15/what-we-saw-and-heard-modernizing-government-forum>

Presidential Memorandum Outlining Commitment for Open Government and Greater Public Enagement

Obama, B. 2009, Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, The White House, viewed 10 February 2010, <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/>

Clean Energy Forum

The White House conducted a forum in November 2009 to assist in the development of an energy plan that reduces dependence on foreign oil and facilitates in ‘green' job creation. Over 164 stakeholders - including sportspersons, business leaders, conservationists, and leaders from the Native American community - participated in the event. Video from the forum was then later posted online, see:

Salazar, K. 2009, Yesterday's Clean Energy Forum, The White House, viewed 10 February 2010, <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/03/today%E2%80%99s-clean-energy-economy-forum>

Distracted Driving Summit

In October 2009, over 250 safety experts, industry representatives and members of the public gathered to discuss solutions on how to prevent accidents caused by distracted driving. This summit was live-streamed to the public and updates were made available on Twitter. See: 

Stanton, K. 2009. Distracted Driving Summit Continues, The White House, viewed 10 February 2010, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/The-Distracted-Driving-Summit-Continues 

GreenGov Challenge

The White House 2009, GreenGov Challenge, http://www.whitehouse.gov/greengov/ideas 

Office of Public Engagement

The White House 2009, President Launches the Office of Public Engagement: A New Name, Mission for the White House Liaison Office, viewed 10 February 2010, < http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Launches-Office-of-Public-Engagement>

Fiscal Responsibility Summit

In February 2009, the President hosted a Fiscal Responsibility Summit which saw leading political and economic figures gather to discuss ideas on how to best reduce the federal income and budget deficits. In March 2009, ideas from the summit were compiled into a report by Office and Management Budget Director Peter Orszag:

Croft, C. 2009, Fiscal Responsibility Summit Report, The White House, viewed 10 February 2010, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/19/Fiscal-Responsibility-Summit-Report

Middle Class Taskforce Roundtables

Vice President Joe Biden - in his capacity as head of the Middle Class Taskforce - has hosted a series of public roundtable discussions with industry figures to garner solutions on the economic and health care problems facing America. For instance, in June 2009 Biden held a roundtable with business leaders on job creation, and in July 2009 conducted a roundtable with small business owners on health care reform. See:

The White House 2009, Vice President Biden Hosts Roundtable with Business Leaders on Recovery Act, viewed 10 February 2010, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Vice-President-Biden-Hosts-Roundtable-with-Business-Leaders-on-Recovery-Act  

The White House 2009, Vice President Biden to Host Middle Class Task Force Roundtable Discussion with Small Business Leaders on the Costs of Health Care, viewed 10 February 2010, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ADVISORY-Vice-President-Biden-To-Hold-Middle-Class-Task-Force-Roundtable-Discussion-with-Small-Business-Owners-and-Employees-on-Rising-Costs-of-Health-Care 

Citizens' Briefing Book

The White House 2009, Citizens' Briefing Book, http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/Citizens_Briefing_Book_Final2.pdf 

US generally

Scott, J. 2006, ‘E the people: do US Municipal Government Websites support public involvement?', Public Administration Review, May-June 2006.

NCLB Listening and Learning Tour

New Zealand

New Zealand Labour open government project, 2010:

OpenLabour NZ: http://olnz.ideascale.com/

More explanation at: http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2010/04/29/openlabournz-a-new-way-of-doing-things/

Final report on Open Labour NZ: http://blog.labour.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/OpenLabourNZ-Final-Report-for-conference13.pdf

Auckland City Council People's Panel

http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/AboutCouncil/Haveyoursay/Pages/PeoplesPanel.aspx 

Consultation on the "Super City" changes to Auckland Governance, 2009-10

Making Auckland Greater: The Government's decisions on Auckland Governance, available from http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/Making%20Ak%20Greater%20final%20media.pdf, accessed on May 1, 2010.

http://www.ata.govt.nz/ Auckland Transition Agency

http://www.manukau.govt.nz/EN/About/Aucklandgovernance/Pages/LatestUpdates.aspx

http://www.auckland.govt.nz/ ‘making Auckland greater' website

http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Resource-material-Our-Policy-Advice-Areas-Local-government-transparency-accountability-and-financial-management?OpenDocument

‘keeping people informed' (lists most of the consultative steps various agencies have taken) http://www.auckland.govt.nz/web/cms_rcauckland.nsf/weblive/WGTN-7RM7V2?OpenDocument

"Perceptions of Regional Governance" Auckland City Council Regional Governance Research Summary, Jan 2010 http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/supercity/newsbrief2.asp

and other documents available from http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/supercity/default.asp

Data from a survey of Rodney residents about Super City http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0906/S00295.htm

Other Countries

Worldwide views on global warming, a project which the Danish Board of technology initiated: see http://www.wwviews.org/

Northern Ireland

Canada

Interrnational

Audio-visual

Kevin Rudd Australian Labor Government Australia 2020

US President Obama - Public Consultations

UK PM Brown Public Consultations

Websites