How Australian government is experimenting with Rules as Code to deliver complex digital services
Rules as Code (RaC) is gaining momentum and has considerable transformative potential, if done right. This is especially the case for governments, because complex legislation and government rules in a constantly changing landscape can be codified to drastically simplify digital experiences for its citizens.
Beth Noveck: Demand a more open-source government
What can governments learn from the open-data revolution? In this stirring talk, Beth Noveck, the former deputy CTO at the White House, shares a vision of practical openness -- connecting bureaucracies to citizens, sharing data, creating a truly participatory democracy. Imagine the "writable society".
How the Internet will (one day) transform government | Clay Shirky
The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub -- so why can't governments?