Alex Holmes
@alexholmes24
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Senior Manager Sovereignty and Strategic Infrastructure @awscloud All views all my own, this one is of the Isle of Skye. He/him also they/them
Joined October 2012
RT @RomanRoadLDN: Residents have voted in favour of adopting the Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Plan - 1743 Yes votes to 736 No votes. Seven….
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RT @Andrewwood17: Roman Road Neighbourhood Plan referendum is this Thursday.🧵why you should vote Yes even though your vote maybe ignored by….
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Estado Digital es un buen podcast nuevo donde se habla de la tecnología en América Latina, sus avances, ventajas, desafíos, alcances y mucho más. Aquí es un avance -
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RT @wdangersmith: Great to see our @GDSTeam #GlobalDigitalMarketplace open source @ocdata 'Silvereye' prototype, which we've helped the Sou….
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RT @MerrittBaer: Don't forget to check out my BSides Vancouver session today at 6pm ET on career entrypoints.
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RT @PolicyCenterNS: "We are moving away from #digital government and we are moving into an era, a phase, of what I would call responsive #g….
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A bit US centric, but good general points for any gov trying to sort out tech or services from @hondanhon @cydharrell +others. Having a tech literate org stands out for me (and understanding real users' needs).
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Great to see @wdangersmith in conversation with @AWS_Gov own @widgity on how to make inclusive services. Your context is not always your citizen's or user's context.
Pointing the spotlight at #SEADS2021: “Context is absolutely critical. [. ] It’s important that services are inclusive and accessible, making these better for everybody.” .—Warren Smith, UK Government Digital Service (GDS), Global Digital Marketplace Programme Director
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Women only have fair representation of legislative seats at a national level in less than 2% of countries in the world. #ChooseToChallenge #InternationalWomensDay.
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Call out to other governments around the world - go learn from what is working and not working direct from one of your counterparts. Also you should do this too!.
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Government's need to 'innovate' - solve problems themselves and not being able to accept someone else's solution to a problem, international best practice or standard is one of the biggest blockers to actual innovation.
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So much gold in this conversation and blog based on @Drawerer's experience transforming UK govt and how a dated approach to data classification and security was stopping government from improving services through cloud computing.
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This is excellent news. @thommeread really gets the spend controls and really showed strategy is the delivery, whether that’s delivering a a revolution in office IT in the cabinet office or overhauling legacy tech in MoJ. GDS in safe hands again.
We’ll welcome @thommeread as Chief Executive Officer in February. Tom will oversee the operation of GDS's standards, controls and assurance functions, and enhance our focus on developing and delivering new digital products and services. Press release ⬇️
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RT @TheRealNooshu: 45K to 610K in 10 mins. I'm so glad we have an infrastructure that scales quickly! Still growing. 85% mobile! https://t.….
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This was an excellent (and deep) holiday read. Would strongly recommend for anyone interested in digital sovereignty and data privacy. Discusses risks of future EU direction - including move towards techno-nationalism and Chinese model of the internet.
This Study discusses extensively concept European #DigitalSovereignty.It presents opportunities but also risks/pitfalls & provides panorama major debates on digital issues 🇪🇺.Glad to share it #openaccess @SSRN @AI_Regulation @grenobledata .👉Check ToC.👇
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Welcome back, here's a recent blog post from the team on why design systems are important in building better public services
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RT @kristallakis: One thing I 💜 about government is that we can share, adapt & re-use eachother's work. Any city/government/business could….
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Massive congratulations to @DawsonCanada, completely deserved. In the short time I've worked with her, have been constantly impressed, you can see what I mean from useful blog posts like this one -
Thrilled to announce our Award of Distinction Winner @DawsonCanada @amazon Web Services Institute! The Award goes to a remarkable professional who, over their career, has made a significant contribution to #publicaffairs in 🇨🇦 Conference registration:
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£3.6bn (over $4.2bn) going to domestic SMEs is worth celebrating! For others who want to learn how to replicate this success @GoAgileGov’s blog is a good starting place
Happy 6th birthday to the Digital Marketplace 🎂 . From the start @gov_procurement and @GDSTeam have collaborated to design and deliver a platform that works for public sector buyers and suppliers of all sizes. #UKDigitalMarketplaceIs6
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This feels quite expensive? I wonder if there’s a market opportunity here for GOVUK Notify given it’s less than half the price and the scaleable infra is already there.
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