{"id":407,"date":"2019-03-08T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2019-03-08T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:50:52","slug":"delivering-digital-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/08\/delivering-digital-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivering Digital Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Ward 24 Neighbours, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the March 5<sup>th<\/sup> General Government and Licensing\nCommittee meeting the Chief of Information Officer, Rob Meikle, gave a\npresentation on &#8220;Delivering Digital Government to Toronto&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Digital Government? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A Digital Government has core capabilities supported by organizational enablers. Capabilities are customer and business facing innovations such as: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-1.png 172w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Services that digitize touchpoints and consolidate online access platforms <\/li><li>The automation of transactional processes<\/li><li>More accurate and intelligent decisions through advanced predictive analytics <\/li><li>Data Sharing for greater transparency and strengthening public trust<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While enablers are innovations across government systems such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-2.png 400w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Strategy focus and attention on the needs of populations<\/li><li>Government and Organization funding mechanism for collaboration, innovation and efficiency<\/li><li>Leadership and Talent commitment and awareness of trends and opportunities<\/li><li>Technology and analytic platforms that support efforts in big data and open data<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does Digital Government Deliver?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital Government delivers City business modernization and innovation to enhance City Services delivery to the citizens of Toronto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-441\" width=\"181\" height=\"89\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital Government enhances the city&#8217;s business process and\nsystems with a focus on opportunities to streamline and integrate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Digital Government also drives improvements with a focus on social and economic benefits through the following examples:\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"63\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-9.png 671w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-9-300x28.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/city-government\/data-research-maps\/open-data\/\">Open Data  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By empowering citizens with access to city information at their fingertips <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/services-payments\/streets-parking-transportation\/road-safety\/vision-zero\/\">Vision Zero <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enhancing road safety through technology: enabling motorists, cyclists and pedestrians to make safe routing choices based on reliable road safety instruction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/city-government\/data-research-maps\/neighbourhoods-communities\/wellbeing-toronto\/\">Wellbeing Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fostering neighbourhood development: empowering citizens to access neighbourhood information through self-serve windows of engagement using the Wellbeing Toronto web application<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/city-government\/accessibility-human-rights\/equity-diversity-inclusion\/\">Equity Lens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advanced local outcomes: embedding access, equity, diversity and human rights practices into all aspects of the City&#8217;s business will lead to greater equitable outcomes for staff and residents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, the City of Toronto has delivered enhanced City Services\nthrough technological innovation through the following examples:&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2018 Municipal election results\ndelivered to the public within 15 minutes of closing<\/li><li>Improve Commuter Safety with the decline\nin public injuries with quicker reporting and resolution of sidewalk repairs\nwith Vision Zero<\/li><li>Advancing Social Outcomes through\nEquity Lens online tool to identify and address equity barriers<\/li><li>Enhanced Online Self-Service licensing\nsystem that enables online application of business licenses and permits<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital Government drives City business modernization and\ninnovation, focus on opportunities to streamline and integrate the City&#8217;s\nbusiness systems and ensures secure, reliable technology environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please let me know your thoughts and concerns! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All my best, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Ward 24 Neighbours, At the March 5th General Government and Licensing Committee meeting the Chief of Information Officer, Rob Meikle, gave a presentation on &#8220;Delivering Digital Government to Toronto&#8221;. What is Digital Government? A Digital Government has core capabilities supported by organizational enablers. Capabilities are customer and business facing innovations such as: Services that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/08\/delivering-digital-government\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Delivering Digital Government&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}