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Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com · Aug 11

Delighted to see some of our work with open roadmaps listed on @rossferg.bsky.social’s growing reference page.

We couldn’t be in better company.

sites.google.com/view/public-...

Two links under a German flag emoji:

BMDS (Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernization) - Service Standard

BMJV (Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection) - Rechtsinformationen des Bundes / Federal legal information

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jul 25

The bar is high 😉 and these are great. I like the format. Will get them added on.

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jul 23

Its dated but there are some evergreen classics on there docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Product management learning list - for government, open to all

docs.google.com

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Mar 31

We've opened a ticket ballot for GovCamp Scotland 2025 www.govcamp.scot/tickets.

Please register and spread the word 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Tickets — GovCamp Scotland

www.govcamp.scot

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Hugh Wallace @tumshie.me · Mar 25

🚨 Exciting news 🚨

If you’re in/around service delivery in the Scottish public or third sector, GovCamp Scotland is returning after more than a decade, taking place at Edinburgh Futures Institute on 19 June.

Tix available from 31 March. See you there?

www.govcamp.scot

Photograph of the Edinburgh Futures Institute on a sunny day.

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Mar 24

Tickets will be free and will be released in batches.

We’ll be opening the ballot on 31st March.

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Mar 24

GovCamp Scotland will use an ‘unconference’ format to explore what’s working well, what more could be done, and create connections to make it happen.

So will particularly suit people working in central or local gov in Scotland, and those delivering services in the public or third sectors.

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Mar 24

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Very excited that GovCamp Scotland will be returning on 19 June at Edinburgh Futures Institute.

If you’re involved in the design and delivery of public services in Scotland, please join us to share stories, ideas and best practice.

www.govcamp.scot

GovCamp Scotland

www.govcamp.scot

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jan 24

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jan 21

Crossed my mind this morning too

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hurrah! Roadmaps for the win in 'A blueprint for modern digital government'

www.gov.uk/government/p...

A blueprint for modern digital government (HTML)

www.gov.uk

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jan 21

Blessed are the archivists web.archive.org/web/20250000...

Wayback MachineHamburger iconInternet Archive logoWeb iconTexts iconVideo iconAudio iconSoftware iconImages iconDonate iconEllipses iconDonate iconUser iconUpload iconSearch iconSearch iconSearch icon...

web.archive.org

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jan 13

So very sad learning about Vicky this morning. She was a great person to talk to and she was so good about sharing her passion for her profession; I learned so much from Vicky. Lovely but tragic to read all the condolences here from all the other people who appreciated her and will miss her too.

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Dave Rogers @daverog.bsky.social · Jan 10

I've written this about trust between leaders and teams, and why there's often a trap you can fall into. Don't trust your team? Don't trust your leadership? Might be worth a read...
public.digital/pd-insights/...

The Trust Trap: How Leaders and Teams Can Rebuild Trustpublic digitalpublic digital

Struggling with trust issues at work? Learn how leaders and teams can escape the Trust Trap and rebuild trust for a healthier, more productive workplace culture.

public.digital

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Jan 7

Very excited to add the oneEdo Roadmap to www.publicbackroads.xyz, which is the first public roadmap from an African government for a digital service as far as I’m aware. Well done the team at Edo State’s Digital Governance and Data Management Agency!

Public sector backlogs and roadmaps

This is a list of product and service backlogs and routemaps/roadmaps opened in the public domain by public sector organisations around the world. And some charities and community-interest organisati...

www.publicbackroads.xyz

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Heledd Quaeck @helivans.bsky.social · Dec 19

📣 Last blog post for 2024… it’s a biggie.

Our journey so far with - and what we’ve learnt.

This is prob the hardest blog post yet - as we tried to summarise our journey of testing, learning and forming our approach over the last few years!

lnkd.in/dr_VUv-T

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 18

Tick tick tick tick tick open.spotify.com/prerelease/3...

Upcoming album · Colours Revisited

Adam F · Releases on Feb 21, 2025 · 10 Songs

open.spotify.com

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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social · Dec 13

Resharing today, looking for LGBTQ+ young people (and allies) in Scotland/Edinburgh for a day of filming on 8th March 2025 for my doc

Age range, 13 up to early 20s

Don't need pro actors, but willing to try some scenes that recreate the past

More info on the form

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Blurred out pink face with text that says Call for Scottish LGBTQ+ young people to take part in filming

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 9

Added GOV.UK Forms and Simpler.Grants.Gov as routemaps #20 and #21 to www.publicbackroads.xyz

Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 9

'The Radical How' is now in a shiny open, html format. Literally living the 'test and learn' approach... public.digital/the-radical-...

Public Digital | The Radical How in a nutshellpublic digitalpublic digital

public.digital

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 7

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 7

Data so good, it's from the future dtechtive.com/topic/62

Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 4

These are the sites we reviewed (part 2) accesscanberra.act.gov.au, croydon.gov.uk, hel.fi, leipzig.de/services-and-administration, myla311.lacity.org, stadt.muenchen.de/buergerservice, nairobi.go.ke, ny.gov, oslo.kommune.no, sfpublicworks.org, zh.ch

Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 4

These are the sites we reviewed (part 1) eesti.ee, island.is, gov.kz, norge.no, ontario.ca, mygov.scot, life.gov.sg, gov.uk, amsterdam.nl, gov.kz/memleket/entities/astana, aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, ajuntament.barcelona.cat/guiadeserveis, birmingham.gov.uk, buenosaires.gob.ar...

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Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social · Dec 4

Looks like progress to me. But there's plenty of work needed to get the basics sorted. And lots of opportunities for the teams to support one another and to share more about what's really working well or not.

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