AKA, stop copying the UK and start strategically working within your own environment In a previous blog post, I ruminated on the factors that lead to the creation, mutation, and current state of the Australian Digital Transformation Agency (DTA). To summarize briefly, the picture isn’t particularly rosy: The DTA lost…

Contemplating Act III for Australia’s digital service organization Act I: The Ambitious Unveiling The Australian Digital Transformation Office (DTO) came into existence as an executive agency in July 2015. Tied to then-Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull’s vision of a Federal government that was as easy for citizens to interact with…

Exploring the immediate and long-term impacts of Australia’s #CensusFail For most people, it wasn’t even really a big deal. So what if you can complete the Census online for the first time…tell me when the government does something innovative that actually matters to me, etc. For me, however — a…

Tackling misinformation and mob violence in India Please note the below structure and some content is entirely fictitious and created for the purposes of DPI-662 Assignment #5. Briefing #1815— November 19, 2018 Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology NOTE FOR THE SECRETARY From: Daniela Jozic, Senior Policy Adviser Subject: Managing…

Or, grappling with my own hypocrisy when it comes to online privacy Working on this latest DPI 662 assignment made me realize something unpleasant about myself: I am a huge hypocrite. …When it comes to my privacy online, that is. I say this because, on one hand, I worry intensely…

Piloting a new approach to mitigating cybersecurity threats at HKS Note: This blog post is written from the perspective of the CIO of HKS as part of DPI-662 Assignment 3 and does not reflect any real views or situations at HKS. One of the questions I get most often as…

Notes: New South Wales (NSW) is the largest and wealthiest state in Australia. Since 2011, there have been three distinct iterations of the state’s digital government strategy. The latest — focused on customer experience, data, and digital on the inside — was launched in late 2017. Greg Wells was appointed…