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Ottawa, Ontario
Joined June 2012
The latest @Microsoft #PublicSectorFuture podcast is live! Host @colleenelliott_ and guest Dr. Joseph Atick, Chairman of @ID4Africa, explore developing #DigitalIdentity systems in Africa and the importance in empowering people with an identity. msft.it/60169ZNbw
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Thanks to @mkashman and the #intrazone team for highlighting some public sector stories through their podcast!
🆕 #TheIntrazone 🎙️ episode, "Fighting crime in real time." Real-time and data-driven, @PoliceDigital and @NYPDnews design solutions to support policing at-scale; in cooperation with the 'Public Sector Future' podcast with host @LivNeal. 📃🎧 Blog+audio techcommunity.microsoft.com/…
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Join host @LivNeal on the latest episode of #PublicSectorFuture. She speaks to Gulsanna Mamediieva, who shares how Ukraine has embraced #DigitalTransformation in government services, and how this has supported citizens during the war. Listen: msft.it/60155GeCX
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I think I’m doing well in Canada, and then my brother does things like this… – at Chelsea, Québec
Looks just a touch cold! 👀❄️ Check out these Arctic Survival training shots from Helicopter Pilot Rob Neal, one of our 🇬🇧 Military Exchange Officers working in the Canadian Armed Forces 🇨🇦. ⤵️
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Join #PublicSectorFuture as they introduce a Defense & Intelligence focus this month. The first guest, Rob Clifford from @BAESystemsplc, discusses how digital engineering with cloud-enabled technologies can help achieve mission outcomes. Listen: msft.it/6011eQbFh
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So excited to be heading back to #FWD50 today, in-person! @acroll @rebeccacroll you’ve got a great line up, can’t wait to see everyone there! – at Chelsea, Québec
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Join #PublicSectorFuture for #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth: Yeo Beng Huay from @GovTechSG explains how her team uses policy making, automation, and training to help agencies manage #Cybersecurity and compliance in the transition to cloud. Listen: msft.it/6014ddQap
Join #PublicSectorFuture for #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth: Tom Burt talks about working with Ukraine on #Cyberdefense, how organizations can be better prepared for future attacks and more. #BeCyberSmart and listen here: msft.it/6013dKpnR
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Getting towards peak?
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Sure people will be reading the latest UN DESA 'e-gov' rankings out yesterday with interest. Worth bearing in mind that the headline 'rankings' are comprised of 3 different indices. It's often more useful to look at these separately to get insights
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Quick reminder: OSI - Online Services Index (Number of govt services online. Measures quantity not quality) TII - Telecommunication Infrastructure Index (Internet connectivity. Mobile and Broadband subscriptions) Human Capital Index (Adult literacy rates, school enrollments)
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EGDI - E-Government Development Index, created from the three indices above. So, if you're interested in digital gov services, look at OSI, rather than the overall rankings. Using the data visualisation useful for selecting different views: publicadministration.un.org/…
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UNGA session today on digital public infrastructure at 1.30pm Eastern, accessible through link below. Encouraging to see participants now at PM/Presidential level, increasing impact and moving this up from what would have been a more niche session just a few years ago
On 21 September, join us and @DPGAlliance partners at #UNGA as we set out a bold agenda for the future of digital cooperation with @ASteiner, @AlarKaris, @UNSGSA, @jonasgahrstore, @DavidMalpassWBG, @unicefchief, @BillGates and more. Learn more: digitalcooperation.webflow.i… #DPGs4DPI
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Join @livneal on #PublicSectorFuture as she speaks to the DG of Portugal’s National Security Authority, António Gameiro Marques. Learn about their approach to #security in the cloud and how they protect restricted data. Listen here: msft.it/6016j55JK
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Listen to HE Huda AlHashimi, Deputy Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Strategic Affairs of the UAE, at Microsoft’s Public Sector Future podcast, as she discusses the importance of innovation in government and shares her team’s innovative successes: bit.ly/3JpzwDi #MBRCGI
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Wildlife camera really paying off… #bears – at Chelsea, Québec
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Particularly like the initiative shared in this podcast on an accelerator approach - identify the thorny, cross-govt problem (e.g. road traffic deaths), get a multi-disciplinary team together, free them from bureaucracy for 100 days, and see what they can achieve together
Join @livneal on #PublicSectorFuture as she speaks to H.E. Huda AlHashimi of the United Arab Emirates Government. Learn how the UAE have used experimentation, enablement and culture to accelerate #innovation: msft.it/6018jH6YO
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Super deep dive report on Korea's approach to greening its ICT sector from @WBG_DigitalDev Haven't seen many (if any) other countries with such a cross-government, cross-sector approach. Definitely worth a read: documents1.worldbank.org/cur…
ICYMI, last week the World Bank released a report 'Government migration to cloud ecosystems'. As a major funder of public sector projects, it's so important to see a focus on the need for modern tech approaches. Listen in to the latest #PublicSectorFuture podcast to hear more
Join @livneal @MSFTnews on #PublicSectorFuture as she meets Dr. Rami Amin as they discuss the benefits of moving to cloud ecosystems including lessons learned and practical steps for governments around the world: msft.it/6018bcOc8
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