#publicsector — Public Fediverse posts

Chicago abandons government-run grocery stores amid Save A Lot collapse https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/3016/ #chicago #Illinois #IllinoisDining #IllinoisFood #IllinoisGroceryStores #IllinoisRestaurants #issues #local #media #PublicSector #StateAndLocal #Taxes

Applause for a fellow #DigitalPublicGood! 👏 Kudos to Eirik Backer for a great talk at #IntoDesignSystems #Oslo.

#Designsystemet — a Norwegian framework-agnostic, #OpenSource #DesignSystem — turns #PublicSector fragmentation into a strength: modular, lean HTML, tested accessibility.

❤️ Framework agnostic
❤️ Open source
❤️ Community-based

🌍 They call it a global design system

➡️ https://designsystemet.no/en/

I'm bringing it with me to #TYPO3's government website standardization work in the #GlobalSouth

Applause for a fellow #DigitalPublicGood! 👏 Kudos to Eirik Backer for a great talk at #IntoDesignSystems #Oslo.

#Designsystemet — a Norwegian framework-agnostic, #OpenSource #DesignSystem — turns #PublicSector fragmentation into a strength: modular, lean HTML, tested accessibility.

❤️ Framework agnostic
❤️ Open source
❤️ Community-based

🌍 They call it a global design system

➡️ https://designsystemet.no/en/

I'm bringing it with me to #TYPO3's government website standardization work in the #GlobalSouth

Applause for a fellow #DigitalPublicGood! 👏 Kudos to Eirik Backer for a great talk at #IntoDesignSystems #Oslo.

#Designsystemet — a Norwegian framework-agnostic, #OpenSource #DesignSystem — turns #PublicSector fragmentation into a strength: modular, lean HTML, tested accessibility.

❤️ Framework agnostic
❤️ Open source
❤️ Community-based

🌍 They call it a global design system

➡️ https://designsystemet.no/en/

I'm bringing it with me to #TYPO3's government website standardization work in the #GlobalSouth

Applause for a fellow #DigitalPublicGood! 👏 Kudos to Eirik Backer for a great talk at #IntoDesignSystems #Oslo.

#Designsystemet — a Norwegian framework-agnostic, #OpenSource #DesignSystem — turns #PublicSector fragmentation into a strength: modular, lean HTML, tested accessibility.

❤️ Framework agnostic
❤️ Open source
❤️ Community-based

🌍 They call it a global design system

➡️ https://designsystemet.no/en/

I'm bringing it with me to #TYPO3's government website standardization work in the #GlobalSouth

Applause for a fellow #DigitalPublicGood! 👏 Kudos to Eirik Backer for a great talk at #IntoDesignSystems #Oslo.

#Designsystemet — a Norwegian framework-agnostic, #OpenSource #DesignSystem — turns #PublicSector fragmentation into a strength: modular, lean HTML, tested accessibility.

❤️ Framework agnostic
❤️ Open source
❤️ Community-based

🌍 They call it a global design system

➡️ https://designsystemet.no/en/

I'm bringing it with me to #TYPO3's government website standardization work in the #GlobalSouth

L'enregistrement vidéo de la conférence de Jehan (@zemarmot), mainteneur de #GIMP, au Congrès @adullact début juin est sortie (en français):

https://video.adullact.org/w/1c4n7yyqrLZtBHAdZu8oeu

#conference #ADULLACT2026 #Community #FreeSoftware #PublicSector

L'enregistrement vidéo de la conférence de Jehan (@zemarmot), mainteneur de #GIMP, au Congrès @adullact début juin est sortie (en français):

https://video.adullact.org/w/1c4n7yyqrLZtBHAdZu8oeu

#conference #ADULLACT2026 #Community #FreeSoftware #PublicSector

L'enregistrement vidéo de la conférence de Jehan (@zemarmot), mainteneur de #GIMP, au Congrès @adullact début juin est sortie (en français):

https://video.adullact.org/w/1c4n7yyqrLZtBHAdZu8oeu

#conference #ADULLACT2026 #Community #FreeSoftware #PublicSector

L'enregistrement vidéo de la conférence de Jehan (@zemarmot), mainteneur de #GIMP, au Congrès @adullact début juin est sortie (en français):

https://video.adullact.org/w/1c4n7yyqrLZtBHAdZu8oeu

#conference #ADULLACT2026 #Community #FreeSoftware #PublicSector

L'enregistrement vidéo de la conférence de Jehan (@zemarmot), mainteneur de #GIMP, au Congrès @adullact début juin est sortie (en français):

https://video.adullact.org/w/1c4n7yyqrLZtBHAdZu8oeu

#conference #ADULLACT2026 #Community #FreeSoftware #PublicSector

“Two trends are unfolding in parallel around the world. Public anxiety about #artificialintelligence is growing while communities’ satisfactions in how they #participate in civic activities and contribute to government policy and programs is declining.
Pathways to resolve this tension might be where we least expect them: #governments finding ways to use these technologies to #listenbetter and enable communities to participate more meaningfully.
This paper examines how artificial intelligence and digital platforms are changing what is possible and suggests that a key opportunity is to build #publicsector capability to deliver meaningful #engagement.”

https://australiandemocraticresilience.substack.com/p/e0474853-dc87-4569-bf93-bd11d078459a

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/11/labour-mps-andy-burnham-overseas-aid-development-spending-levels. #Labour under #Burnham can't restore #overseas #aid to previous levels, preserve #social #spending AND increase #defence spending, all with no extra #publicsector #borrowing, without increasing #taxation - that is simple arithmetic. If they increase #taxes, the taxes should be #progressive, & fall most heavily on the #wealthy & #BigBusiness, NOT the #poor!

A good post on the state of civic tech today.

Many practitioners are rushing to implement harmful solutions, more efficiently

https://blog.ronbronson.com/better-technology-for-cruelty-or-administrative-burden-as-a-service

#Government #PublicInterest #PublicSector #CivicTech

The dutch alternative to sharing public code | Interoperable Europe Portal https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/dutch-alternative-sharing-public-code

#OpenSource #Forgejo #DigitalSovereignty #PublicSector #Innovation #GovTech #Digitalisierung #digitalization #Collaboration #CommunityDriven #SoftwareDevelopment #FederatedCode #OpenGov #TechCommunity #CoCreation #Independence #SoftLaunch #UserCentric #DigitalTransformation #PublicService #FutureOfTech

Join us this Wednesday, June 5, at the Swiss IGF were we will be again be bringing together stakeholders from #PublicSector, #PrivateSector, #Academia, #TechnicalCommunity and #CivilSociety in true #multistakeholder tradition and discuss the issues that matter: from #AI regulation abroad and in Switzerland to #cybersecurity, #DigitalSkills #Sustainability, #Disinformation and #DigitalRights

This year we also have #LightningTalks ranging from the Swiss strategies for #DigitalGovernment and the #GlobalDigitalCompact to new studies on how society sees #DigitalTransformation and the #IGF process.

If you are into #DigitalGovernance you don't want to miss this.

Details here: https://igf.swiss/
#SwissIGF24

i am a HUGE believer in the power of #PlaceBased interventions to support #health, #wellbeing and all measures of #prosperity

So I was fascinated by this short review of the #HealthyNewTowns programme here in the UK.

Although I was out of #LocalGovernment by this point, I was in the #NHS. However, I recollect very little about the programme overall - which suggests to me that it wasn't that well promoted/communicated.
Or maybe that the events of the intervening years have knocked it out of my head...

A few things struck me from this write up:

- This is proper #System level work. The #healthcare service is just one part of the overall whole. Good to see #LocalGov called out more, but it would have been helpful to have the reflection that the healthcare system could only ever be an advisory partner in physical #PlaceBuilding initiatives (as our systems are currently set up)

- #ICB / #ICS don't speak the language of #developers. True. Most of the #PublicSector lacks this ability, although some improvements are being made. What the system needs is people who can translate across organisation types & purposes. (This isn't a personal plug, but it's what I happen to be quite good at :D)

- Sharing of #data. Yikes. The NHS can't even get that right inside its own walls. But it is fundamental to success. There are some really good #citizen science interventions which can help - but the Big Anchor Organisations (NHS, Local Gov etc) need to be brave and cede some control.

- This is pure opportunity for #SocialMarketing folk to get involved. Up & downstream influencing, nudges and system tweaks at scale - I can't think of a better opportunity, personally. And that makes me really, REALLY excited! #SocMar is my happy place, so I am biased, but I really see that it can use its tools for a huge amount of good. We just need to make a seat at the right table.

- -> On that last point, any #SocialMarketing / #SocMar / #BehaviourChange / #BeSci folks in the #UK working in/around this area and would be up for a chat?

What are your take aways from this article?

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2023/05/healthy-new-towns-four-years-legacy-national-innovation-programme

#Urbanism #Urban #Development #System #Partnership #Town #Cooperation #City #Health #Healthy #Wellbeing