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Turning the rules of government into code using OpenFisca
Found in Blog / Published 12 June 2018 / By Matti Schneider , Nadia Webster ,
At a recent Service Innovation Open Lab session, Matti Schneider presented OpenFisca, an open source computational law engine. Matti, who worked as the OpenFisca Product Owner for the French government, explained how the tool works and its benefits for public service delivery and evidence based policy development through modelling.
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FYI: Brasil is unlocking the value of government information and data
Found in Blog / Published 09 July 2015 / By Susan Diamond ,
What’s the big deal?Governments around the world released over a million datasets open in the last decade. The aim was to spur the creation of jobs and the realisation of changes in society, including increased government accountability and consumer protection, more transparency in costs to the health system and more resilience against climate change.
Why is it important?The analysis of these data, if done right, can help policymakers make better decisions, but they are just beginning to explor… -
Access to Information: Acting as an agent or representative
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Privacy / Data Protection and Use Policy (DPUP) / Read the DPUP Guidelines / Access to Information Guideline / Acting as an agent or representative
The Data Protection and Use Policy (DPUP) stresses the importance of enabling people to use their rights. However, sometimes people may wish to ask someone else to act for them.
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Govt.nz — design is a subjective thing
Found in Blog / Published 13 June 2014 / By Alison Green ,
Notice a few changes to the beta.govt.nz site? We’ve made some colour, font and template changes. Love it, like it or not too sure — opinions will vary, but there is a reason for every design element. Design is a process with the focus on the end result. We’ve had a few queries about the updated design so we thought we’d share our thinking.
Font or typeface?A typeface is a set of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols. Typefaces share common design features. You’ve heard of Times New R… -
Google Analytics for content design
Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / Google Analytics for content design
Some features in Google Analytics are useful for making content design decisions. But others should be treated with caution.
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A/B/C/D/Evolving the Govt.nz homepage design
Found in Blog / Published 05 December 2014 / By Nathan Wall ,
When Govt.nz launched in July this year we’d already completed several rounds of user research. The design of the site and the layout of the homepage had changed a lot since we launched the first beta version the previous year.
How users are getting to our homepageAfter several months, we started to see some interesting patterns in our website analytics. A lot of people were searching Google using terms like:
“new zealand government” (and various alternative versions)
“nz government website”
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Emerging Tech: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Found in Blog / Published 16 February 2018 / By Nadia Webster ,
TL;DRAs part of a regular Emerging Technology series the Service Integration team at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) brought together presenters from inside and outside of government to share how they were using Virtual and Augmented Reality to engage or train people, or perform tasks.
The technology behind Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) has advanced significantly. It now provides opportunities to deliver empathetic and insightful experiences that help people get close… -
Contact us
Found in About Digital.govt.nz / Contact us
You can contact Digital.govt.nz by email or post, or through the feedback form that’s on most pages. We’ll reply within 5 working days — or sooner if we can.
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Year in review — Digital.govt.nz in 2023
Found in Blog / Published 15 August 2024 / By Adele Kitto ,
The Digital.govt.nz team did some research to check our understanding of how people used the website in 2023, setting up future studies with these findings.
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When you assume...
Found in Blog / Published 18 November 2013 / By Katie Johnston ,
We recently completed our first round of user testing since publishing beta.govt.nz.
We learned a lot. Seeing actual users use your site is always enlightening…and occasionally frustrating. The urge to shake them and yell “it’s right there!” can be strong. Things that seemed so obvious when you did them turn out not to be obvious at all.
Overall, the testing showed we’re on the right track. There’s still a few things we need to think about, but people were very positive. Task completion went u…
