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Even as long standing allies and friends with many shared values and priorities, service delivery in the US and Canada each have their own distinct issues, our discussion yielded insights into the parallels of our work.
Even as long standing allies and friends with many shared values and priorities, service delivery in the US and Canada each have their own distinct issues, our discussion yielded insights into the parallels of our work.
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'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:125%'>Tools for the Win!</span>'''
'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:150%'>Tools for the Win</span>'''
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The people we serve may be different, but the tools needed to help public servants get great work done are often the same. The need for surveys and consultation tools, instant messaging and team chat, space for ad hoc, cross-team working groups, or document sharing that meets government standards seems more or less universal. Commercial tools do a lot, but open source tools can be tweaked on the fly to meet the regs & legs of governments in charge.
The people we serve may be different, but the tools needed to help public servants get great work done are often the same. The need for surveys and consultation tools, instant messaging and team chat, space for ad hoc, cross-team working groups, or document sharing that meets government standards seems more or less universal. Commercial tools do a lot, but open source tools can be tweaked on the fly to meet the regs & legs of governments in charge.
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'''Our Questions:'''
'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:125%'>Our Questions</span>'''
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* What might it look like for governments around the world to build up open
* What might it look like for governments around the world to build up open
: source tools that can meet the needs of our employees?
: source tools that can meet the needs of our employees?
* How might we decentralize, build, and invest in processes to support open
* How might we decentralize, build, and invest in processes to support open
: source projects for public benefit work around the world?
: source projects for public benefit work around the world?
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=== '''Sharing the Secret Sauce'''<nowiki/>'' '' ===
'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:150%'>Sharing the Secret Sauce</span>'''
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The Digital Collaboration Division, alongside partners, has already spun up beta versions of tools that are free to use or copy-paste into a new version, right now (!).
The Digital Collaboration Division, alongside partners, has already spun up beta versions of tools that are free to use or copy-paste into a new version, right now (!).
* ''Instant Messaging for team chat and on-the-fly exchanges''
* ''Instant Messaging for team chat and on-the-fly exchanges''
