{"product_id":"working-papers-volume-ii-gordon-guthrie-9781068545160","title":"Working Papers Volume II: The Foundations of the Digital State","description":"This the second volume of Working Papers that support \u003ci\u003eThe Foundations of the Digital State\u003c\/i\u003e - an independent report written for the Scottish Government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was a practioner-led, holistic review of how the state creates services built on digital foundations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe review covered the entire political cycle: from think-tanks and manifestos, through policy development, programmes of proposed legislation, bills and bill packs, parliamentary process and onto the traditional disciplines of design, technology, data, delivery and ending in-service management. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt identified structural and institutional lacunae in state structures arising from the transition from an analogue to digital world and makes a series of recommendations to address them. The recommendations are underpinned with proposed legislation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe issues are: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe government needs a single organisation with the mechanism to make decisions about \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ehow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e digital systems should work, and parliament needs a single structure to oversee those decisions.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDecisions about \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e digital systems should do are made sub-optimally by parliament using ad-hoc repurposed mechanisms.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe state lacks a research capability for digital systems.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe recommendations fall into 3 themes to address the points: \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunitary specification of services and systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebetter iteration in service development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edeveloping a research capability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003eThe first puts infrastructure and joined-up government on a par with the delivery of siloed solutions. The second address speed and course correction, bringing public sector practices in line with major tech companies. The third prepares the state to use the new capabilities built by the first two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe detailed recommendations are supported by details technical discussion in the 2 volumes of working papers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGordon Guthrie has a unique blend of experience, combinging a lifetime career on the internet as a software engineer for some of the UK and the worlds biggest tech companies, as well as front line political and policy experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Guthrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 106854516X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781068545160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Digital Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Gordon Guthrie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241206591743,"sku":"9781068545160","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6160035b-0de1-43ee-8885-9beaed603125.jpg?v=1772653301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/working-papers-volume-ii-gordon-guthrie-9781068545160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}