How Client Centric, Digital Public Sector Services Improve NSW Citizen Experience

Innovation is a word not often directly correlated with government services. Due primarily to challenges around size, scope, budgets, bureaucracy, general risk-aversion and public scrutiny, the public sector is often regarded as slow moving. As governments strive to balance priorities and the allocation of scarce resources, new approaches are needed. The public sector needs to be increasingly innovative and to work smarter to effectively respond to the complex challenges facing society now and into the future. In this whitepaper we explore these digital service delivery priorities and delve into why they’re crucial to the future of public sector innovation.

Digital Inclusion in the Public Sector

Digital Inclusion in the Public Sector  An Update on What it Means to be Digitally Inclusive. The Issues Facing Digital InclusionMore than 20 years ago, when personal devices started becoming ubiquitous, it was identified that not everyone had access to the same technology. A digital divide had bee…

Women in Leadership Spotlight Series: Marjorie A. Cadogan, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access, NYC Human Resources Administration

In short, I am a health insurance problem solver and educator. I lead a dedicated team in the NYC Human Resources Administration’s Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access to expand access to health insurance for New York City residents and small businesses. We achieve our mission in a variety of ways: by administering a Citywide outreach and enrollment assistance initiative known as NYC Health Insurance Link which uses city agency sites, activities and programs to insinuate health insurance outreach and education into New Yorkers’ routine interactions with city services; maintenance of a comprehensive website of health insurance guidance and materials; …

Natural Resource Canada’s Digital Accelerator

Canada has a rich history of innovation supporting economic growth, environmental protection and the well-being of Canadians. Over the last few decades the ever-changing forces of technology exerted transformational influence on our lives and on the global economy. This is particularly evident when it comes to natural resources where advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can bring wide-ranging improvements to science, research, production, resource extraction and other business functions.

Pivot-al Learnings: PSN's transition to virtual events

Last spring, we at Public Sector Network took all of our programming online, beginning with our Digital Inclusion event. ( It’s hard to believe that our second edition is next week! ) We have been learning and growing ever since then! Here are a few takea…

A Citizen-Led Digital Government Transformation

Customer centricity becomes more paramount in uncertain times, and the ability for the Public Sector to adapt and respond quickly to society’s changing needs is crucial in moments of disruption, as habits and behaviours irreversibly change and public trust is undoubtedly shaken. This is necessitating a new kind of governmental reform; to reshape services by redesigning, and reorganising how departments cater to the increasingly digitally driven – and now at times physically isolated – citizen. The focus needs to be on fostering a deeper understanding of public needs, combined with the transforming of service experience for citizens through embracing technological …

Customer Centric Contact Centres

Contact centres are staffed by people and are designed to answer the queries of people calling them. It is important that the people who run them consistently remember that people – both staff and customers – need to be at the centre of the operation. Public sector contact centres have changed and improved over the years, but recent catalysts like an examination of outdated measures, the pandemic and other crises have exacerbated the need for change, and thus contact centres have begun to innovate, change and improve. This paper incorporates three examples from different jurisdictions and follows their journeys as …

Multi Channel Citizen Engagement in 2020

Our modern world means that governments and government agencies need to engage with their stakeholders in new and innovative ways, and in multiple ways to create true engagement. Such an approach needs to have customers at its centre, needs to engage with the right audience for the right purpose and it needs to use technology in the best possible way to achieve its outcomes.