By Steven McGinty “Singapore leads in all dimensions of digital readiness and scores high in economic competitiveness, citizen engagement as well as public sector productivity.” These are the words of Ng Wee Wei, Managing Director (Health & Public Service) at ....
By Morwen Johnson This week has been Open Access Week – an annual global event which is a chance for the academic and research community to discuss the benefits of Open Access, and inspire wider participation in helping to make ....
By Steven McGinty Last month, the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee launched an inquiry into the UK’s digital economy. Iain Wright MP, the Chair of the Committee, explained that: “Digital technology is rapidly changing the economic ....
By Rebecca Riley With the impact of refugees, asylum seekers and migration receiving high levels of media coverage at the moment, this blog highlights some of the statistics and recent research into the issues. Asylum seekers and refugees’ nationalities change ....
By Steven McGinty Continuing my series on digital government best practice, I will be looking at the success of Norway and what they hope to achieve through their Digital Agenda for Norway (DAN) strategy. Norway is already a leader in ....
By Steven McGinty In April 2011, the Government Digital Service (GDS) was launched to lead the digital transformation of government. The focus was on making public services digital by default (a policy which envisions most public services being delivered online), ....
By Rebecca Jackson 361 days since Scotland went to the polls in the 2014 independence referendum, and in the context of the current political climate regarding displaced peoples and refugees, BEMIS hosted a conference on Monday in Glasgow to consider ....
Local authorities face many challenges when it comes to creating successful places. In this Q&A I speak to Waheed Nazir, Director of Planning and Regeneration at Birmingham City Council. I find out how his infectious enthusiasm for shaping and leading ....
By Rebecca Jackson Public sector cuts under the coalition and current Conservative governments’ programme of austerity have been far reaching and severe. Social enterprises and charities have been promoted by government as a new and effective way to deliver public ....
By Steven McGinty In July, Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office, Lord Bridges, announced that there would be an independent cross-party review on Freedom of Information (FOI). The UK’s FOI Act was introduced in 2000 (in Scotland, FOI legislation ....
