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Saving Rwandans’ time and money By Nasra Bishumba Ten years ago, 58-year-old Pascaline Nikuze needed a passport that would enable her to fly to Zambia for a reunion that was almost two decades in the making. To begin the process to acquire the passport, Nikuze was required to leave her…

👋 In case you haven’t been greeted, welcome to the age of digitalization. As digitalization grows, so does SLED technology spending. Overall, SLED IT spending is expected to grow between three and five percent in 2023 with total spending reaching as high as $137 billion. 💸 Welcome to the “big…

Govtechlab Madrid was the first govtech laboratory in Spain. I was part of the core team from its inception to the last retrospective after three years of implementation. Although it was not the first govtech laboratory in the world and we set it up based on other international experiences, there…

Louisiana Act 440 of 2023 has generated a bit of snickering in the press and protest by civil liberty organizations about the state requiring adult entertainment websites to validate that their customers are 18 years or older. No more pinky swears. If you’re 18, you’re going to have to prove…

The success of Rules as Code and its impact on citizens. — We are thrilled to congratulate OpenFisca on winning the Edge of Government’s Innovation Award from the World Government Summit 2023! The summit, held in Dubai, brought together global experts, thought leaders, and decision-makers to discuss how to shape future governments through policies, models, and tools. …

Next week The Atlas is hosting a roundtable discussion focused on workforce retention and hiring issues facing local and state governments across the country. …

👋 Joe Morris here. Today, I’m diving into some of the market buzz that has kicked-off 2023. As a bonus, I asked Teri Takai, Former California and Department of Defense CIO and current Vice President of the Center for Digital Government, three questions about the market. …

(It’s been about 5 months in a tech organisation, where I am at GovTech Singapore, and I must say understanding communication and behaviour has been an eye-opener. …

As part of a research seminar with the Stanford University Future Bay Initiative, we completed an estimate of the economic impact of our partners’ projects that have been or are currently being implemented as of January 1, 2023. Projects Connect SoCal Southern California’s Association of Governments (SCAG) 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan…