Search results for legislation as code
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Interest in the Service Innovation Lab from far and near
Found in Blog / Published 09 August 2018 / By Linda Sanders ,
… them through analysis, design and testing.
Pia Andrews, service integration lead, spoke about transforming government services delivery through mapping life journeys, identifying and creating reusable components to support digital services (including legislation as code), engaging with service delivery partners like the Citizen Advice Bureau, researching emerging technologies, and taking an evidence-based and user-centric approach.
Nadia Webster from the Lab and Pim Willemstein from the Bette… -
Using optimistic futures to inform your work today
Found in Blog / Published 15 August 2018 / By Matt McCallum ,
… our today?Through these conversations we are building a clearer picture of what’s expected of us and how we can contribute towards these visions. We can start to predict certain patterns for greater future-proofing of the work of government (such as legislation as code).
We can plan the work needed to understand the grey areas and to get feedback and input from those who are missing from the conversation. We also keep these bigger-picture ideas and assumptions of building towards better future… -
LabPlus: Connecting with service innovation labs in Auckland and Tauranga – part 1 of 2
Found in Blog / Published 10 May 2018 / By Glen Thurston ,
SummaryThis is the first of 2 blog posts about what we shared and learnt when Pia Andrews, Abbe Marks and I visited Innovation Labs in Auckland and visited Tauranga City Council to work with them on the development of the Rates Rebate Alpha. We aimed to build connections with people and Labs in Auckland and Tauranga for collaboration on Service Innovation Lab work programme initiatives.
In our 2-day race around Auckland we:
learnt about exhibition design at Auckland Museum
discussed how to col… -
Being a public double agent in Aotearoa New Zealand
Found in Blog / Published 06 July 2018 / By Matti Schneider ,
… community. I gathered as much information as I could on the specific context of operation and gave advice whenever I had relevant experience. I recommended source code and practices that had been opened by foreign agencies. I advocated for open data, legislation as code and government as a platform with local agencies. I participated in the Digital 7 Operational Opportunities group. But most importantly, I built relationships with highly competent, sincere and open individuals who put all of th…
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Domestic legislation
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Privacy / Public sector responsibility / Domestic legislation
The handling of personal information in New Zealand is governed by the Privacy Act, privacy codes and other legislation.
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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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Emerging Tech: Artificial Intelligence and what feeds it
Found in Blog / Published 13 June 2018 / By Nadia Webster ,
… wanted people to walk away with is that I didn't give you any answers. All I gave you was more questions. But I do not think that government is doing enough.
I do not think that we're joined up. I do not think that we talk enough. Thank you.
Legislation as codePia Andrews, Integration Lead in the Service Innovation Lab, talks about legislation as code as a precondition for AI.
Video 6. Pia Andrews (DIA) Emerging Tech: Legislation as code
Video transcript
First of all the reason w… -
Privacy Act 2020 for sharing information
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Privacy / Information sharing / Information sharing agreements / Legal authority to share information / What legal authority to use / Privacy Act 2020 for sharing information
The Privacy Act is the main legislation governing the sharing of personal information in New Zealand.
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LabPlus: Better Rules for Government Discovery Report
Found in Blog / Published 06 April 2018 / By Nadia Webster ,
In the Service Innovation Lab, we’re constantly identifying reusable components that could improve the user experience with government through service integration across agencies. Gaining cross agency access to the “rules” of government is critical to seamless and integrated services.
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Better Rules: a policy advisor’s perspective
Found in Blog / Published 19 April 2018 / By Abbe Marks ,
TL;DR
In February the Service Innovation Lab completed a three week discovery sprint on how policy, legislation and the business rules of government can be human and machine consumable.
‘Machine consumable’ means having rules so software can understand and interact with them such as with a calculation or eligibility criteria for a benefit.
This post looks at the outcomes of that discovery sprint from a policy perspective and what lessons can apply to designing a new way to draft legislation a…
