Korea’s new innovation strategy: Digital Platform Government

Korea’s new innovation strategy: Digital Platform Government

The Big Picture Crowdsource Innovation Digital Platform Government aims to overcome the limitations of existing public operations by making use of technologies like AI and the cloud. The purpose of the platform is so "citizens, businesses and government work in collaboration based on a platform where all data is connected". The Korean government will unveil the Digital Platform Government roadmap in March and develop specific goals and tasks. The Republic of Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol government, inaugurated last year, proposed the Digital Platform Government as a new innovation strategy. To realize this, the Presidential Committee on the Digital Platform Government, composed of 19 private experts and four relevant ministers as members, was launched on 2 September. The envisioned Digital Platform Government aims at fundamentally innovating government operations into a people-centred government, a scientific and transparent government, and a government driving the private sector growth by fully utilizing opportunities provided by rapidly evolving digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing. Have you read? Why did the Korean government present the Digital Platform Government as a new government innovation strategy? Over the past few years, the public has become accustomed to highly personalized, tailored services that innovative platform […]

Rutland, Vermont Pursues Digital Transformation

Rutland, Vermont Pursues Digital Transformation

Rutland City, Vermont, Jan. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A transition from paper to digital processes is underway in Rutland, Vermont where local officials have sought greater efficiency in municipal operations and constituent services. The City recently partnered with GovPilot , a New Jersey based provider of cloud-based government management software. Officials from Rutland have been working with, and are continuing to work with, GovPilot to implement a number of digital capabilities and public facing forms that aim to make operations more efficient and services more convenient for constituents and visitors to the picturesque municipality of 15,000 in Vermont’s Green Mountain region. Rutland is initially partnering with GovPilot to deploy digital Bids and Requests for Proposals; Building Permits; Zoning Permits; Certificates of Continued Occupancy; Driveway, curb, and sidewalk permits; Water and Sewer Allocation Permits; and non-emergency constituent concern reporting. The municipality has deployed GovPilot’s Report-a-Concern feature which enables residents to report non-emergency concerns such as potholes, unsanitary conditions, or general code violations directly via a digital form on the township website, or through an app on their phone, called GovAlert. The app, available to residents on Android and iOS devices, is easy to use and routes citizen concerns directly […]