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Tax collection in the age of digital
At this Global Government Forum webinar, experts from national governments and the private sector explored the issues around transforming and digitising tax systems – identifying the main challenges and discussing the policies, capabilities and systems required to...
- Posted May 10, 2021
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Time traveller: Israeli IT chief Shahar Bracha on digital’s leap into the future
The pandemic has supercharged progress on Israel’s digital services, says the head of its Government ICT Authority – and cleared the path ahead for radical reforms to create corporate IDs
- Posted April 12, 2021
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Take out the tedious: robotic automation in government
Taking on routine, high-volume tasks, Robotic Process Automation can create huge time savings for both public servants and citizens. At a GGF webinar, experts from Finland, Romania, the USA and
- Posted October 14, 2020
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Remote control: how to make a success of home-working
In advance of a free webinar on the topic, three experts discuss how civil servants at every level can adjust to home-working – forging new skills, relationships and reputations in
- Posted April 27, 2020
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People power: why digital tech demands very human attributes
To improve trust in government, civil servants must deploy digital tech to meet citizens’ needs. And as officials heard at Global Government Summit 2019, that requires an understanding of human
- Posted August 30, 2019
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Digital citizens: an interview with Estonia’s e-Residency chief, Ott Vatter
When Estonia launched its e-Residency scheme five years ago, it was a leap in the dark. But as its managing director Ott Vatter tells Matt Ross, nowadays the programme is
- Posted June 16, 2019
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Enabling e-government: Estonia’s National Digital Advisor Marten Kaevats
Widely recognised as one of the world’s digital leaders, Estonia has built a public IT infrastructure offering unparalleled convenience, security and data-exchange. The country’s lead digital adviser Marten Kaevats tells
- Posted January 6, 2019
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Don’t let your procurement hit the buffers
In the wake of the collapse of the UK’s huge contractor Carillion, new concerns are being raised about the weaknesses in public procurement and contracting. Former senior supplier manager James
- Posted January 29, 2018
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Ombudsman calls for ECB chief to quit global bankers’ club
The EU ombudsman has called on the president of the European Central Bank to stop taking part in the ‘Group of Thirty’ – a global alliance of banking leaders working
- Posted January 23, 2018
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Former UK chancellor condemns ‘idiotic’ Brexiteer lines on EU talks
Veteran Tory Ken Clarke last week criticised Britain’s ‘doolally debate’ on Brexit – and argued that politicians’ focus on media headlines has undermined good policymaking, leaving the door open to
- Posted November 22, 2016
