Government use of technology in administration
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EurekAlert
In the era of big data, transparency has become a popular policy tool for addressing potential problems. But new research from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs shows that publicly disclosing personal information -- such as government officials' income -- may result in unintended consequences, such as pay cuts and turnover.
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Nerdwriter1
HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS: http://www.patreon.com/nerdwriterWADE INTO THE DEEP BORING OCEAN:Brian W. Head, “Three Lenses of Evidence-Based Policy” The Austral...
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Techcrunch
Smartphone apps have improved convenience for public transportation in many urban centers. In Washington, DC, riders can download apps to help them figure out where to go, when to show up and how long to wait for a bus or train. However, the problem with public transport in DC is not the lack of modern, helpful and timely information. The problem is that the Metro subway system is on fire.
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Demos Helsinki
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Recode
Crowdpac CEO Steve Hilton presents a data-based critique of modern American politics. Government is where meaningful change happens, he says, but people are ...
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The Guardian
From driverless buses to an AI council worker called Amelia, municipal services are becoming increasingly automated. But what does that mean for the future of our cities and the jobs market?
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Wired
WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama discusses what he’d like to see technology solve in government with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Medi...
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Zero Hedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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World Government Summit
Session by: Brian Greene, CO-Founder and Chairman of the World Science Festival
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Fast Company
President Obama has quietly recruited top tech talent from the likes of Google and Facebook. Their mission: to reboot how government works.
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Medium
It is always worth visiting the UN headquarters in New York. I am in the fortunate position to participate in regular meetings of a working group that attempts to reduce regulatory and other…
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The New Yorker
Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future?
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Global News
The National Research Council is trialing the use of the Ethereum blockchain to publish transparent funding and grant information in real time.
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Medium
Well, it’s going to be hard to regulate Facebook when politicians know less about how social media works than their grandkids do. That was one of the biggest takeaways of Facebook CEO Mark…
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Bangkok Post
The Revenue Department has outlined its plan to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in tax management to transform the tax-collecting agency into a fully digital organisation and improve efficiency.
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Fast Company
In partnership with Pivotal Labs, a pilot program is out to remake how the Pentagon acquires weapons systems.
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McCarthy
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The Guardian
Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John Naughton explains the importance of Zuboff’s work and asks the author 10 key questions
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Wired
Direct democracy! Universal basic income! ... Fascism? The inside story of Italy’s Five Star Movement and the cyberguru who dreamed it up.
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ZDA Developers
Android R could support securely storing mobile driver's licenses on devices like the Google Pixel 2, Google Pixel 3, or Google Pixel 4.
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USA Today
About a dozen states are in various stages of testing mobile or digital driver’s licenses that operate on smartphones.
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VisualPolitik EN
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Nextgov
The government’s goal right now is to promote its robot employees to higher tasks.
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Deloitte
Done right, the cloud journey for public sector organizations doesn’t end with migration but lays the groundwork for greater innovation in the future.
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Deloitte
As government grapples with new technologies, how can leaders prioritize which technologies to select and deploy? One approach is to start with the solution, not the problem, using push innovation.
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Deloitte
With companies increasingly leading technology advances, government often has to look externally for solutions. Corporate venture capital offers a blueprint for governments to spin in technology innovation.
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Deloitte
Service design combines principles of customer experience and business process design to help public sector agencies improve three critical tasks: mission effectiveness, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
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Deloitte
How is government adapting to the unprecedented changes reshaping our world? As it works toward becoming more integrated and intuitive, here are nine of the most transformative trends in government today.
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Deloitte
The growing toolkit of artificial intelligence—from computer vision to machine learning—has the potential to enhance almost everything government does, spanning education, health care, and defense.
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Deloitte
Imagine logging into a government website the way you log into your bank account. A unique digital identity, increasing being adopted globally, can streamline citizens' and businesses' interactions with government.
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Deloitte
Government is increasingly using nudge thinking—designing environments in ways to help humans make better decisions—to improve outcomes in areas ranging from tax compliance to retirement savings.
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Deloitte
The idea that government should focus more on preventing problems than just reacting to them is not new. Today, however, advances in predictive analytics allow more governments to work toward preempting problems.
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Deloitte
Government and public services have changed substantially in the past decade and so have the demands on public sector leaders. This article sets out the new capabilities that the sector’s leaders need today – and the new mindset they will need to thrive in the future.
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Deloitte
Government is increasingly using nudge thinking—designing environments in ways to help humans make better decisions—to improve outcomes in areas ranging from tax compliance to retirement savings.
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Gov Insider
GovTech Poland is changing up procurement to fund innovations by startups, SMEs and ordinary people.
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Deloitte
As more and more business leaders redesign jobs around AI, robotics, and new business models, here are steps public sector leaders can take now to transform their workplaces and maximize human and machine capabilities.
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Mckinsey
When customer experience in government agencies improve, they deliver measurable impact across multiple priorities. Public-sector leaders should pick their spots and be bold.
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The New Yorker
Big technological shifts have always empowered reformers. They have also empowered bigots, hucksters, and propagandists.
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Deloitte
Data tokenization can allow government agencies to share data without compromising privacy, enabling them to pool data to gain deeper analytical insights.
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War On The Rocks
There was a time when much of U.S. academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. Some of the best
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McKinsey
An approach to managing reform initiatives, pioneered in the United Kingdom, has had significant impact in a number of other countries around the globe. Three critical components of the approach are the formation of a delivery unit, data
collection for setting targets and trajectories, and the establishment of routines.
collection for setting targets and trajectories, and the establishment of routines.
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Policy Options
The Liberals’ focus on deliverology must not distract from the important work of rejuvenating internal policy capacity.
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Deloitte
5G has the potential to change how government fulfills its many missions. Understanding 5G will help government officials make policy and infrastructure decisions that drive useful innovations in future.
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Mauldin Economics
Subscribe to Friedman’s free publication “This Week in Geopolitics” (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/subsc...) and get an in-depth view of the forces that wi...
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Deloitte
The growing adoption of augmented reality means that businesses and governments need to work together to regulate it better.
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Slate
Public services are becoming increasingly algorithmic, a reality that has spawned hyperbolic comparisons to RoboCop and Minority Report, enforcement...
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New York Books
In the face of the impulse to normalize, it is essential to maintain one’s capacity for shock. This will lead people to call you unreasonable and hysterical, and to accuse you of overreacting. It is no fun to be the only hysterical person in the room. Prepare yourself.
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The Verge
With New York’s marriage bureaus closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that the state will begin allowing marriage licenses to be granted remotely, and, for clerks to conduct ceremonies over video. "There is now no excuse when the question comes up for marriage," he said.
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Digital Journal
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Governing
A culture change is happening. It’s been happening for a couple of decades now. Data is becoming more accessible through automation. But it’s not easy to make this transition.
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Fifth Domain
With a lack of good training opportunities, one Air Force unit took matters into their own hands to develop a competition aimed at developing better defensive cyber tradecraft and tactics.
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Ship Technology
Andrew Tunnicliffe looks at how technology has revolutionised ship cadet training, the vessels used for it, and how standards must now catch up.
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Marketing
PA's appointment will be for 12 months, with the option to extend for another 12, while GovTech's appointment is for a duration of two years, with the option to extend for another two.
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Yahoo
The demand for talent with innovation and technology skills is set to drive recruitment activity in 2020 across different sectors, as digitalisation becomes an urgent priority for businesses to adapt to the uncertainty over global economic prospects and, more recently, as a key part of business continuity planning in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to KPMG's analysis.
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Deloitte
CEOs not only trust technology leaders to be a strategic business partner and to drive organizational change through technology—they are clamoring for tech executives to do so.
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HRD
Here's how you can break new ground in the field of HR analytics
