Developing a national AI strategy: insights from global approaches As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a transformative force in governments and societies, nations around the world are racing to develop national AI strategies. These strategies aim to harness AI for economic growth, improved public services, and global competitiveness while mitigating associated risks such as ethical misuse, economic disruption, and social inequality. This report provides a comparative

What can be learned from Digital Government Units around the world? The evolution of Digital Government Units (DGUs) is a topic of...

Public Sector use of data in Irish Government

There are significant RegTech opportunities for governments. Concern around the time, cost, and complexity of compliance regimes across...

There are a number of things governments can consider in their efforts to create efficiencies across government digital investment. The...

The 2020 European Union report ‘Exploring Digital Government Transformation in the EU: understanding public sector innovation in a...

Back office (corporate) functions such as Human Resources (HR), payroll, and financial management systems are logical candidates for a...

Digital assets

Is it time to revisit the promises Lean Government offered over a decade ago? Janssen and Estevez (2013) summarised Lean-government as 'a...

The responsibilities of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) provide a sound template that could guide the priority work of any...

The 2019 OECD framework for an AI strategy (The Framework) provides a helpful structure for the development of a national AI strategy....

The term Government as a Platform (GaaP) has been around since it was coined by Tim O’Reilly in 2011. In the 2019, Playbook: Government...

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a crucial component of Government digital transformation. APIs can enable interoperability,...

How Singapore is seeking to build a government that is ‘digital to it’s core’ and 'serves with heart'. Singapore is frequently held up as...

Digital Government will never happen without an enabling Finance Ministry Governments increasingly rely on digital services to fulfill...

The EU report on API's for Innovative Public Services The European Commission launched the APIs for Innovative Public Services (API4IPS)...

In this blog we discuss the necessity to prioritise, regulate, and share national infrastructure data. The UK Government National...

Rwanda AI policy The Rwandan Government published its 'National AI policy' in 2022. The stated vision of the Policy was (for Rwanda) to...

Cyber security for Boards Cybersecurity is a significant organisational risk and needs the active attention and oversight of` Boards....

Introduction The advancement of digital communities in a networked society presents significant opportunities for public agencies, the...