One of the most critical activities influencing the future of UK society is the rapid evolution of government services from a fixed set of closed, slow-moving paper-based transactions toward online digital services focused on encouraging a new kind of interaction between UK citizens and government.
A major milestone in this journey was the publication of the Government Digital Strategy (GDS) at the end of 2012. It lays out the principles and pathway toward the UK government’s “digital by default” strategy.
Swift response to user need, lower costs for the taxpayer, faster delivery of major IT projects and the ability to stay ahead of the curve and make use of the newest technology all seem to be on the government’s wish list. However the team of key academic thinkers have found that the GDS is light on detail and raises a number of issues that need further scrutiny if this wish list is to be delivered.
Launched recently on www.ukgaap.org, a major new report by leading academics examines the Government’s digital strategy and highlights key challenges to delivering on the promises of the GDS. This report, designed to be part of an on-going dialogue between government, academics and industry, is part of a larger initiative aimed at a deep investigation into the promise and pitfalls of greater digitization of government services, and the broader move toward “Government as a Platform (GaaP)”.
The report and has been authored by Alan W Brown, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, John A McDermid, Professor of Software Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, Ian Sommerville, Professor of Software Engineering, School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews and Rob Witty, Professor of Software Engineering, Dept. of Informatics and Software Engineering, Cranfield University.
A major milestone in this journey was the publication of the Government Digital Strategy (GDS) at the end of 2012. It lays out the principles and pathway toward the UK government’s “digital by default” strategy.
Swift response to user need, lower costs for the taxpayer, faster delivery of major IT projects and the ability to stay ahead of the curve and make use of the newest technology all seem to be on the government’s wish list. However the team of key academic thinkers have found that the GDS is light on detail and raises a number of issues that need further scrutiny if this wish list is to be delivered.
Launched recently on www.ukgaap.org, a major new report by leading academics examines the Government’s digital strategy and highlights key challenges to delivering on the promises of the GDS. This report, designed to be part of an on-going dialogue between government, academics and industry, is part of a larger initiative aimed at a deep investigation into the promise and pitfalls of greater digitization of government services, and the broader move toward “Government as a Platform (GaaP)”.
The report and has been authored by Alan W Brown, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, John A McDermid, Professor of Software Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, Ian Sommerville, Professor of Software Engineering, School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews and Rob Witty, Professor of Software Engineering, Dept. of Informatics and Software Engineering, Cranfield University.
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