A talk given to the Westminster eForum on 24 June 2015, it shares a vision for a simpler, cheaper government built on new Internet-era institutional and data foundations. Aka Government as a Platform.

1. Cabinet Office
Government as a Platform:
New foundations for a digital
state
Tom Loosemore
@tomskitomski
25 June 2015
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2. I’m from the
Government Digital
Service
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What is Government as a platform?
What are its principles?
What will it allow?
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What is Government as a platform?
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A new, shared infrastructure the whole
of government can use to transform
services
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What is Government as a platform?
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New foundations for a digital state.
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What is Government as a platform?
What are its principles?
What will it allow?
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10. 1. Simplicity
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11. “Simplicity is the end.
Digital is just the means.”
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12. 2. Iteration
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13. “Iteration has profound implications
for policy design.”
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14. 3. Transformation
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15. “We’ve had a paper-based
government since around the 12th
century.”
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16. “Now, for the first time, we are in a
position to build digital foundations:
made of data not paper, holding up
platforms not silos.”
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These new digital foundations are
Government as a Platform.
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…new foundations comprise of
shared tools, well-managed data, all
glued together by open standards.
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What is Government as a platform?
What are its principles?
What will it allow?
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< show the thing >
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Or starting a company?
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Here’s how simple it could
be to start a company
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62. < pause >
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63. “This is our chance to build a new state.
Crafted around the needs of the user.
To cut costs and improve services.”
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Thank You
@tomskitomski
Tom Loosemore