Story Behind the Open Government Tour mandala
A number of people have reached out to me asking how the mandala became the unofficial logo for The Open...
Hyrdo Quebec: The business case for robotics
The rapid growth of unmanned systems for military applications has been well documented. Whether it is aerial vehicles for intelligence...
Preparing for the impact of disruptive technologies
It is interesting to reflect back to 1995 when the internet first appeared on the glowing computer screens of the...
Designing for the individual
There are many reasons why governments should move to a citizen "outside-in" approach (as GTEC calls it) to service delivery....
Shipbuilding: Maintainability and maintenance management
Barry Shepherd, the principal surveyor and client support manager for Central and Eastern Canada for Lloyds Register Canada, will be...
A Citizen’s Perspective of GTEC
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny8uUVBVzFo] Last week I attended the 2014 Government Technology Exhibition & Conference (GTEC) for the third time in three...
GTEC: Showcasing IT’s strategic role
Ottawa’s GTEC 2014 event is in full swing, and its theme, Government from the Outside-In, touches on three important issues...
Social media’s deliberative challenge
Social media presents new challenges for all organizations and for government nowhere more so than in modernizing public engagement where...
With distinction: GTEC honours government ICT
GTEC honoured the best in government information and communications technology Monday night in an awards ceremony at the Ottawa Convention...
Digital government: Start with the data
Fifteen years ago, citizen-centric e-government drove transformation efforts. Today, the new frontier is digital government. Andrea Di Maio is managing...