UK Government Platforms | Revisited

The UK Government was a platform pioneer. It was amongst the first to understand the potential of platforms in the design and delivery of public

UK cross-government Platforms, 2003 edition

While reviewing and updating my Digital Government Archives, I came across some old slide decks from the days of the eDelivery Team (the Government Digital

360-degree policy making

How can we improve policy making to make it more effective — not just for politicians and policy makers, but citizens, organisations and communities too?

policy making in the digital age

UK Authority have published my article Rethinking policy making in the digital age. It explores the need for a national digital infrastructure that provides open,

Rebooting ‘progressive’ politics

In his speech at the end of July, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury talked about the need for a “faster, smarter” culture in government

Maggots, rats and a fork in the road

So what’s it going to be then, hey? Will the outcome of the Brexit negotiations see the UK forced to adhere to the EU’s “level

tortoise banks and uneven playing fields

Perhaps we had a lucky escape when banks declined to become online ‘identity providers’. After all, their track record in online security has some peculiar

the elusive pursuit of outsourced digital identity

Remember when UK banks were innovative, leading the world and always at the top of the polls for brilliant customer service? No, me neither. Actually,

the rise and fall – and rise? – of the performance platform

Open data and open standards were given a welcome and practical revival in the early days of the Government Digital Service (GDS). This included the

Digital government and asymmetric justice

Governments are acquiring and sharing more of our data on the basis that it will improve efficiency, personalise services, and reduce fraud, error and debt.

Improving identity assurance and trust

We may live in a digital age, but paper documents – notably passports – are still the most trusted evidence to help prove who we

Data Privacy Day musings

Consider this on #DataPrivacyDay. For more than 60 years now, organisations have been trying to understand and manipulate the way we think, as the first