Search results for legislation as code
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Alpha
Found in Standards & guidance / Strategy and planning / Digital lifecycle / Alpha
Build services around the needs of users.
Think about the lifecycle of digital delivery.
During the alpha phase you'll be drafting and testing prototypes of aspects of your site or service, to gather input from users and knowledge about ways in which the problem statement can be addressed.
Your objective is to develop a basic working model. Base your efforts on your research in the discovery phase and shape it in response to what you hear from users and stakeholders. Try to whittle down… -
Legislative barriers to digital service delivery
Found in Blog / Published 31 July 2018 / By Nadia Webster ,
SummaryThe Service Innovation Lab (the Lab) worked with the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) and Stats NZ to identify legislative barriers to delivering digitally enabled government services. We ran two workshops with people from a range of public sector agencies, and asked them about legislative barriers they have experienced, and their ideas to reduce or eliminate them. Many barriers prevent improvements to service delivery at scale and the ability for service providers to respond to change.…
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Security and GenAI
Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Artificial intelligence (AI) / Responsible AI Guidance for the Public Service: GenAI / GenAI foundations / Security
Learn about the key security risks of introducing GenAI to your organisation. Develop a list of considerations to ensure GenAI software undergoes basic security measures.
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Digitising government at Techweek 2024
Found in Blog / Published 12 July 2024
To celebrate Techweek 2024, the Digital Public Service (DPS) branch hosted 2 online events — on 21 and 22 May. The webinars highlighted initiatives within DPS and across government, that are helping agencies to provide digital services for New Zealanders.
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Insights from COVID-19: Using a model of needs to consider an agency’s digital capabilities
Found in Blog / Published 16 December 2020 / By Colin Holden ,
Insights from COVID-19 and some considerations for the digital capabilities that are needed to strengthen government resilience and responsiveness during a crisis.
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5 lessons learnt from testing on beta.govt.nz
Found in Blog / Published 26 March 2014 / By Siobhan Cotter ,
The Govt.nz project isn’t just about building a website. It’s about government doing things differently. The project approach involves using Agile development, focusing on plain English, and embedding a tester within the project team. It turns out that when you combine these elements, you get a wide range of unexpected benefits. In this post, Siobhan Cotter talks about her experience as tester on the Govt.nz team.
On the Govt.nz project, one of the guiding principles being followed is that a fu… -
What we copied from the UK, and what we didn’t
Found in Blog / Published 05 November 2013 / By Jared Gulian ,
When we launched the beta.govt.nz website in August 2013, people noticed its striking similarity to a certain website from the United Kingdom, GOV.UK. That was no accident. The UK website is an open source project that seeks to radically redefine government online delivery and share those innovations with the world. We took them at their word.
But what exactly did we borrow from the UK? And more importantly, what did we do to ensure that our solution meets the specific needs of New Zealanders?… -
Security
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Security
All government-held information requires appropriate protection. Government agencies must consider the nature and value of the information they’re managing and the measures needed to protect it.
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Privacy by Design (PbD)
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Privacy / Manage a privacy programme / Privacy by Design (PbD)
Privacy by Design (PbD) is a design methodology that includes privacy as an essential priority of any product, service, system or process.
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Terms and conditions for negotiating contracts for public cloud services
Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Cloud services / Adopt public cloud services / Negotiate contracts for public cloud services / Terms and conditions for negotiating contracts for public cloud services
When negotiations are needed, these are terms and conditions that government organisations often consider — including the minimum areas they must consider.
