'We need a richer debate around what the institutional, technical, cultural responses are going to be to cross-government platforms and more digital public services' Richard Pope and Antonio Weiss join Tanya Filer to talk about core themes in digital government today. They explore the topics that Richard and Antonio intend to investigate as Digital State affiliated researchers at the Bennett Institute, from digitalisation and historical patterns of state reform to user-centricity and it...

What promises and perils does the internationalisation of digital government bring with it? In November 2018, the Digital 7 (D7) group of countries grew to nine. As politically and demographically diverse as Estonia to South Korea, a common identity as digital government 'leaders' nonetheless binds together the D9 member states into a collaborative and growing network. Digital government teams from the US to the Middle East meanwhile emulate the creativity of the early years of the UK Gover...

"You now, in this era, can, should, and must iterate your way to the least bad solution...and build a culture and a community of constant improvement." This episode of Tech States features Tom Loosemore, co-founder of Public Digital and prior co-founder of the UK Government Digital Service. Interviewed by Dr. Tanya Filer, Tom discusses his recent essay on 'Government as a Platform' (GaaP), as well as the politics and practice of digitising government more broadly. They also discuss the ...

"If you make the machine work incredibly effectively, what are the checks and balances to stop people abusing that?" Russell Davies is former Director of Strategy for the UK Government Digital Service (GDS), which is widely considered a global pioneer in digital government. In this episode, Russell discusses the founding days of GDS, the challenges to public sector technology reform, institutional memory-building, and the future of digital government in cities and states across the world.Tech...

This episode of Tech States features Shai-lee Spigelman, CEO of Digital Israel. Digital Israel was established as Israel's digital government bureau by the Office of the Prime Minister in 2014, and is now based in the Ministry for Social Equality. Interviewed by Dr. Tanya Filer, Shai-lee discusses the ambition of Digital Israel to bring some of the digital talent and creativity of Israel's Hi-Tech industry—the success of which has earned the young state the moniker of 'Start-up Nation' —into...