For a relatively small, but highly successful country on the global stage our national leaders take an overly complex and often ambivalent view towards the role and potential of information and communications technology. They do so because in many ways the government perceives that it is immune from any action the ICT industry takes. But we strongly believe that this is not the case and that debate on ICT policy should not be confined to the few weeks our policy makers spend on the hustings.

Beginning on 1st June the Naked Chief will be writing 30 blogs in 30 days addressing the topic of ICT policy and we'd like you to join the debate by adding your comments, queries and criticisms to the ideas we will throw-up throughout the month.

Grass-root ICT action and policy, far from the intelligent infrastructure mentality of telecommunications networks, or traditional infrastructure such as tunnels and buildings, is all-but non-existent.  Those ministers that do truly understand the grass-roots ICT industry, such as Senator Kate Lundy, still get lost in the system. Big T Technology, like big P Politics, is a theoretical practice. The realities of political application are much different to theory. It is why political systems are run by bureaucracies. So too the realities of technology adoption to technical theology.

We do not propose to have any of the answers, but in our interactions with vendors, suppliers and end users who produce and consume technology on a mass scale we've seen some very promising ideas that have not yet found a voice else where. So some of the things will explore over the month include:

• Why do all public servants need a government email address?
• Why are there not more broadband pipelines to Guam?
• Why don't we teach LAMP in high school?
• Why don't we do more to protect local R&D investment during foreign M&A?
• Why don't we re-instate recruitment company scholarships and graduate programs?
• Why are there no central technology agencies?
• What are the alternatives to throwing money at innovation?
• When will we see the first regional government cloud computing hub?
• Will we ever revisit a national smartcard?, and
• When can we expect more mobile government services and brokers?

To ensure we capture a broad perspective we have had pre-launch discussions with a wide variety of people, including senior politicians on both sides of politics, over the past few months. The 30-in-30 campaign will hopefully go someway to aiding the goal of achieving an ongoing focus for grass roots and broad practical ICT policy at both a state and federal level.

It is a focus that must not be allowed to ebb as the noise of pre-election promises ceases, or far-flung future budget spin ends and once again the ICT industry finds itself a poor cousin to traditional mega infrastructure and primary industry. We sincerely hope you will join the conversation starting June 1.