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Digital Transformation

‘Great projects are being pushed out slowly and quietly’: five minutes with… Iceland’s Vigdís Jóhannsdóttir

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders attending our free AccelerateGov conference on all things digital transformation, […]

David Thodey

Major review of Australia’s government service platform launched

David Thodey, the Australian businessman who spearheaded an influential review of the Australian Public Service (APS), is to lead an audit of the government’s myGov site. Launched in 2013, MyGov […]

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Governments urged to recognise universal right to proof of ID; UK civil servants praised for work arranging Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Campaign urges governments to recognise universal right to proof of ID The Identity Day […]

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‘They call it public service for a reason; you are serving something that is bigger than yourself’: five minutes with Stephen Burt, chief data officer of Canada

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free AccelerateGov conference on […]

Five minutes with… AccelerateGov speaker Cristina Shimoda of Brazil

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free AccelerateGov conference on all things […]

‘No matter how senior we get, we must be open to hearing views across the table’: five minutes with GovTech Singapore’s Karen Kee  

Karen Kee, deputy director, international and community development lead at GovTech Singapore, tells GGF about her agency’s data exchange platform, the importance of ‘intellectual humility’, and why her dad is […]

Stelios Himonas, Permanent Secretary, Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Cyprus

Five minutes with… AccelerateGov speaker Stelios Himonas of Cyprus

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free AccelerateGov conference on […]

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Canadian government CIO to address AccelerateGov digital transformation conference in Ottawa

Catherine Luelo, the Canadian government’s chief information officer, is to be among the speakers at Global Government Forum’s AccelerateGov conference that will shine a light on how public servants can […]

‘Bureaucracy – oh a living hell’: five minutes with Estonia’s CTO Kristo Vaher

The chief technology officer tells GGF about having finally ‘cracked it’ after years as an automation engineer, why he believes the civil service should neither design nor build citizen services, […]

Minister Heather Wheeler delivers a keynote speech on the government's new digital strategy

UK government admits lack of digital skills ‘holds back’ transformation as it sets out reform plan

The UK government has unveiled a new digital transformation strategy that commits departments to delivering better public services, cutting costs and reskilling civil servants, but has acknowledged that a lack […]