New blog post! 🗺 “Hellos and goodbyes” https://sboots.ca/2023/08/15/hellos-and-goodbyes/ #GCdigital #Yukon #opendata

Cooperatives are at a disadvantage when dealing with Corporations Canada online. Are there too few federal cooperatives to prioritize digital service? #GCDigital, help me understand why.

Current pain point: businesses and not-for-profits can easily submit (and pay for) required filings online, but cooperatives cannot. These are all corporations but they have different available options: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/corporations-canada/en/federal-corporation-forms-and-instructions

Discovered https://www.improvethenews.org/ listening to the SmartLess podcast this weekend. Its a free news aggregator and analysis site developed by a group of researchers at MIT and elsewhere to improve your access to trustworthy news. Seems like a really good idea in today's world of make believe and fake news. I like the way it summarizes the perspectives of various stories. #news #fakenews #gcdigital

"No one at Shopify would expense a $500 dinner," Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian, who built the program, told Bloomberg. "But lots and lots of people spend way more than that in meetings without ever making a decision. The goal of this thing is to show you that time is money. If you have to spend it, you think about it." https://www.businessinsider.com/shopify-tool-shows-cost-of-useless-meetings-at-work-2023-7 #GCdigital

“Digital, as a concept, has worked very well to connect a practice community within and beyond government. It's also been a double-edged sword in this regard, creating an in-group and an out-group, and making some concepts so well shared by the in-group that it's hard to understand the context, concerns, language, and needs of the out-group.” Great post from Kent Aitken: https://medium.com/@kentdaitken/digital-is-not-a-thing-55d1ffdabbe4 #GCdigital

New blog post! 🎙️ Public service tech tip: Get yourself some good audio gear https://sboots.ca/2023/06/26/public-service-tech-tip-get-yourself-some-good-audio-gear/ #GCdigital

More people in government need to accept the uncomfortable truth that demonstrating impact creates a fantasy world. We need to see that what we are trying to do is complex, not complicated.

I like this idea for replacing the idea of "demonstrating impact"
“ Create accountability for enabling the healthy systems, which are how positive outcomes are actually achieved in the real world.” — @tobylowe https://link.medium.com/pXZ1eEWBRAb #gcdigital

“The report also calls on the government to tie senior public servants’ bonuses to their access performance and change the funding mechanism for the Information Commissioner’s office. It says that all released access requests should be published in full in a searchable database.” #cdnpoli #cdnfoi #GCdigital https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-parliament-mps-access-to-information/

“And yet falsely claiming to be a human through online interaction could/should be seen as a manifestation of false and misleading advertising under the Competition Act. Chatbots should be clearly labelled, too. They should not be able to masquerade as humans.

Synthetic media is super similar. If we are to consider consuming stuff conjured by artificial intelligence, we should be able to know what made it.” A+ piece from Vass Bendar: https://www.regs2riches.com/p/what-tech-policy-can-learn-from-textiles #AI #techpolicy #GCdigital

Great blog post from GDS: “Updating GOV.UK when there is a machinery of government change” https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2023/06/15/updating-gov-uk-when-there-is-a-machinery-of-government-change/ #GCdigital #govuk

“I would love to be able to design a government service where users didn’t need to go to the big website at all — a service so seamless and invisible that they barely register they are dealing with government.” Fantastic piece from @marthaedwards with an insightful look at GOV.UK’s recently-published growth strategy: https://medium.com/@mlhedwards/were-not-here-to-grow-f124f875f8b4 #GCdigital #govDesign #govuk

“The department and the people working within the department have been waiting for a long time to address the operational issues and the cultural issues at GAC.” Melanie Joly: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/melanie-joly-says-rules-based-system-is-cracking-launches-major-overhaul-of-global-affairs-canada #GCdigital #cdnpoli

Fantastic newsletter today from @allafarce – “What might better accountability systems for government technology (and customer experience) look like?” https://daveguarino.substack.com/p/what-might-better-accountability #GCdigital

RT @SSC_CA: We are hiring!

Come join SSC to become part of the #GC’s digital difference. Our diverse and inclusive workforce reflects the Canadians we serve.

Submit your CV and kickstart your #GCDigital career! https://t.co/sClW4UOb4d #GCJobs https://t.co/igH4cVrqRh

RT @DigitalCDN: During Canadian Innovation Week 2023, we encourage everyone to step outside of the box and discover new and innovative ideas. #GCDigital #CIW23 https://t.co/fg6qbDSWW9

RT @sboots: New blog post! 🎉 Public service heroes: Deepika Grover https://t.co/jZcLy742cd @barefoot_pivots #GCdigital

New blog post! 🎉 Public service heroes: Deepika Grover https://sboots.ca/2023/05/04/public-service-heroes-deepika-grover/ #GCdigital #GCverse

“The strictest, most literal and inflexible interpretation of a policy is almost always the option that will ensure the benefit of the doubt in failure.” – Marianne Bellotti https://bellmar.medium.com/the-death-of-process-cdb0151a41fe #GCdigital

RT @RyanAndrosoff: ICYMI: Last week we released our latest episode of the #LetsThinkDigital podcast where I talk with @RobynScott from @apoliticalco about how to build a 21st century public service. Here are some of my closing thoughts from the episode.

#GCDigital #ELPDigi https://t.co/wZgPQ2foOh

“In this way, PSAC members’ fight to secure the right to remote work connects with the broader labour movement’s struggle to win more autonomy for workers.” https://breachmedia.ca/as-cost-of-living-soars-for-all-federal-workers-are-fighting-back/ #PSAC #GCdigital #cdnpoli (via @Auxonic)