All posts tagged "New Zealand"

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  New Zealand’s digital chief Tim Occleshaw steps down

  Tim Occleshaw, a key player in New Zealand’s efforts to transform its digital services, has announced that he will be leaving the civil service in November. “It will be seven

  • Posted September 23, 2019
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  New Zealand beefs up IT security after government data breach

  New Zealand has clamped down on government agencies using unvetted IT service providers, following a data breach which saw a supplier inadvertently leak hundreds of people’s personal information.    The

  • Posted September 8, 2019
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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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  The power of priorities: goal-setting in Finland and New Zealand

  By rebuilding departments’ work around a handful of core goals, governments can get civil servants working together across traditional boundaries. In Finland and New Zealand, leaders have tried to do

  • Posted August 26, 2019
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  NZ Treasury boss rebuked over budget leak

  New Zealand’s outgoing Treasury Secretary, Gabriel Makhlouf, was “clumsy” in his handling of a suspected data breach but acted in good faith, a government investigation has found. State services commissioner

  • Posted June 30, 2019
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  World’s first ‘wellbeing budget’ broadens focus from GDP

  The New Zealand government announced details of their much-anticipated ’wellbeing budget’ last week, shifting the focus away from economic growth to include quality of life and public wellbeing. Rather than

  • Posted June 6, 2019
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  New report calls for New Zealand AI watchdog

  A new report has called for the creation of a regulatory body to oversee the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the New Zealand government. Researchers from the University of

  • Posted June 4, 2019
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  New Zealand launches ‘digital inclusion’ blueprint

  The New Zealand government has published guidelines aimed at tackling ‘digital exclusion’ and ensuring that everyone can “participate in, contribute to, and benefit from the digital world.” Launching the ‘Digital

  • Posted May 12, 2019
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  Commonwealth countries leading the world in civil service effectiveness

  A global league table ranking the effectiveness of civil services in 38 countries has placed four Commonwealth nations – the UK, New Zealand, Canada and Australia – in the top

  • Posted April 29, 2019
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  Taming the tiger: NZ’s digital chief on harmonious e-government

  Tim Occleshaw, who runs New Zealand’s digital operation, has learned from the backlash against other countries’ central digital units – and established a ‘networked leadership’ model that leaves agencies in

  • Posted January 10, 2019
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