The Path to Digital Governance

The initiative seeks to provide a conceptual, behavioural and institutional framework for innovation in the Canadian federal public service; one that positions our public institutions to take full advantage of the digital age and the opportunities it provides to government as we seek to evolve Westminster in the Canadian context. [...] The guiding question the project seeks to answer is: given the opportunities afforded by the digital age, how do we encourage innovation and responsible risk-taking on the part of public institutions, to ensure that governments meet the challenges imposed by an informed public that increasingly expects engagement in the development of policies and programs, and tangible, visible results within eve [...] Rather, it is The Path to Digital Government: An Agenda for Public Service Innovation and Excellence 11 imperative that elected officials and public servants work together to develop a vision for how digital technology is connected to and embedded in a broader, long-term public sector reform agenda and a strategy to transform how the government operates and delivers the services that citizens and [...] Like mobile, the rise of ubiquitous computing and connectivity, and an increasingly data- rich world, will have profound effects—from the ability of policymakers to detect and interpret new patterns and relationships that are integral to understanding the root causes of social and environmental problems, to the use of geographic information systems and remote sensing to provide immediate and incre [...] A number of years ago, the Power of Information Taskforce, which was established to advise the UK government on how to take advantage of new developments in digital media, recommended that all public agencies in the UK create online innovation spaces where the general public and staff can co-create The Path to Digital Government: An Agenda for Public Service Innovation and Excellence 18 informatio