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Open innovation from a UK hospital bed
When talking this morning on Skype with my good friend Chris Quigley, from the UK-based company Delib, he informed me that he was in the hospital for a slipped disc in his back. The amazing thing is...
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€1m-plus fund for ideas to move Ireland forward
Earlier this week, President Mary McAleese launched a search to find two “game-changing†ideas that will help secure prosperity and jobs for Ireland. The initiative comes in the form of a...
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UK Gov’s Digital Revolution: Digitise, Personalise, Economise
Gordon Brown’s speech last week on “Building Britain’s Digital Future”, covered a wide range of topics, but focused particularly how digital technologies such as the “semantic web” could drive a...
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UK government launches Spending Challenge: ‘Help us get more for less’
UK Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off a consultation exercise on ways to reduce government spending. Together with Nick Clegg he has written to public service workers asking them to share their...
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Government spending cuts: Who knows best?
The recently announced UK Government Spending Challenge, has this week, invited members of the public to send in their ideas on how to get value for public money. The UK Spending Challenge was...
View ArticleGovernment open source procurement toolkit helps dispel myths of OSS
The British government’s Cabinet Office has published an Open Source Procurement Toolkit as part of its ongoing information and communications strategy. From the site: The purpose of this toolkit is to...
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How the UK is raising the open government bar and setting a new standard
I’ve been collecting links (below) from the UK’s Government Digital Service blog for a while wondering when they’ll stop executing their great “beta” work on GOV.UK, but they continue to outdo...
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GOV.UK updates digital service standards
The GOV.UK team has updated established protocols that serve as the foundation for ensuring government digital teams provide high-quality citizen services. Effective June 1, the refined Digital Service...
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Doing/done: The beauty of GOV.UK’s ‘What we’re working on’ updates
Photo: Roo Reynolds GOV.UK’s occasional “What we’re working on” post is an excellent example of how government can share regular updates on recent accomplishments and what will be worked on next. While...
View ArticleBuilding an internal digital government champions network
Jenny Cearns from GOV.UK’s Department of Health has a great post on cultivating a community of digital champions within government that mirrors what I know some chief data officers are doing around...
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Digital government transformation at scale
While several books have contributed to the knowledge share of the digital government narrative, few have effectively addressed transformation holistically from firsthand experience, and Digital...
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Government open innovation labs
Policy Innovation Exchange – Argentina and the UK (Photo: UK Government) I’m a big proponent of the open labs concept in government, because it creates space for a more inclusive approach to...
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UK will pilot AI government procurement guidelines co-designed with World...
Photo: World Economic Forum The United Kingdom Government announced it will pilot newly-developed artificial intelligence procurement guidelines it co-designed with the World Economic Forum. From the...
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Roadmapping government websites
Photo: GOV.UK GOV.UK Head of Product Leanne Cummings shares the GOV.UK roadmap for the 2020 to 2021 financial year. From the post: Our roadmap publication is part of our commitment to working in the...
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