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“Open by default” as law

EMBAG obliges the federal administration to publish all software under open source licences in future and to release government data as Open Government Data. The law thus leads to more openness and innovation and brings about a cultural change in the federal administration. Digital sustainability is also promoted through more “digital public goods”. The Federal […]

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Why digital and sustainable transformation must happen simultaneously

Several 2022 reports from government and academic organisations contain the key message that sustainable development can be achieved using digital technologies. The report  ‹Digital Reset› (Digitalization for Sustainability, 2022) calls for using digital technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and resource waste in the agriculture, mobility, industry, and energy sectors. The researchers see digitalisation as […]

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Algorithms and Natural Language Processing in the Public Sector – A Review of the Transform Conference 2023

The theme of TRANSFORM 2023, which took place on 3 May 2023 in Bern City Hall, was “artificial intelligence in the public sector”. Machine learning, chatbots, natural language processing and other methods based on artificial intelligence offer many opportunities, but also certain risks for public authorities. Where are we today with the application of AI? […]

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When the public sector authorities use foreign cloud providers for data storage

Digital sovereignty is one of three annual focus topics of the “Digital Switzerland Strategy”. It is about the question of how dependencies in the digital world can be reduced. One concrete application is the public authority cloud: Is a Swiss administration allowed to store its data with a foreign cloud provider? Yes, concludes a panel […]

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How Open Data can work in the social sector

In the course of the digitalisation of social institutions, a tension is emerging between two issues that are gaining increasing attention: the publication of data and individual data protection. Making data accessible brings various benefits, but also risks. These trade-offs will be discussed at the two-day Hack4SocialGood which aims to support social organisations with concerns […]