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Digital, Data & Technology

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The day-to-day of digital transformation: how governments are honing their data strategies

As governments amass ever larger sums of data to keep pace with the growth of digital public services, big questions loom about how they’re using the information they have, and […]

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Indian government to activate digital ID at birth

The Indian government is working to expand its ‘Aadhaar’ digital ID scheme by assigning unique identification numbers to citizens at the time their birth is registered. Sixteen states in India […]
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Australian government forms joint taskforce to prevent cyber attacks

The Australian government is set to launch a joint taskforce whose job will be to target hackers before they launch cyber attacks risking key public service systems and citizen data. […]
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Services Australia exposed in robodebt deal controversy; UK education department scolded for data protection law breach: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Services Australia gave US$3.6m in additional work to prosecuted robodebt collector It has been […]

Seven public servants’ ideas picked up by Canadian Data Challenge

Launched earlier this year, the Public Service Data Challenge aims to identify and develop public servants’ ideas on how to make better use of data in government – here, we […]

Data now, not later: why real-time information represents a step change for policymakers

Real-time data enables governments to keep track of events and trends as they shift, and has important applications in policy design work and the delivery of public services. At a […]

An ideas accelerator: how the UK’s Data Challenge built two new public services

Gathering ideas from the workforce, the 2021 Civil Service Data Challenge put the best on the path to delivery, bringing benefits for UK citizens overseas, peatlands conservation and the net […]

‘It is essential to think positively’: five minutes with Kenji Hiramoto

The head of data strategy, executive officer at the Government of Japan’s Digital Agency, tells GGF about the country’s government interoperability framework, modernising institutions, and why failing can be an […]

AccelerateGov: the digital goal for governments is clear, but the match is not yet won

Digital technologies demonstrated their potential during the pandemic, said panellists at the global AccelerateGov conference yesterday – but to realise that potential, further big changes are required. Matt Ross reports […]
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UN warns against ‘one-size-fits-all’ policy for government digital services

Governments around the world are making progress on the provision of online services for citizens, according to a United Nations (UN) report on digital government, but a one-size-fits-all transformation policy […]