Tag: Interoperability

In today’s increasingly digital society, data systems fuel our understanding of – and interactions with – the world. Yet, changing political and international tides risk these systems going dark. This is why rethinking these systems’ governance and technical considerations – through promoting shared governance, funding diversity, interoperability, and data redundancy – is critical. Read our piece to learn more.

In the context of digital public infrastructure, design systems unify how public services look, feel, and function. By standardizing and streamlining digital building blocks—everything from form fields to security warnings—governments can offer faster, clearer, and more user-friendly experiences. Read this piece to learn more about the importance of effective design systems in DPI-enabled systems and services.

Every day, governments generate massive amounts of data, spanning everything from birth certificates to weather data. Effectively managing and sharing that data can deliver a wide range of benefits to governments, the private sector, academia, and — crucially — to people. To support these efforts, this expert comment outlines some of the foundational components – and attributes – that make up effective, trusted national data exchange systems.

The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) conducted new research to help countries make smarter and more strategic decisions in their ICT investments.