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Tl;dr: I believe the primary reason why #COVIDAlert (and the many sibling apps in the U.S.) didn't meet expectations starts with the fact that the process of reporting an infection into the app depended on a huge, highly fragmented web of health and test result providers. 1/
Before the prevalence of at-home tests, there was enormous diversity in the "last mile" of test result delivery into patients' hands: in-person, texts, phone calls, paper reports, websites, hotlines. That diversity was not managed, and was probably unmanageable, centrally.
Combined with the uncertainty about just how much good EN apps could do, it was never, and could never be, a high priority for provincial authorities to create, and incentivize compliance with, the array of protocols necessary for all those different providers to,
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Statement on a cyber incident involving @GAC_Corporate: The #GC deals with ongoing and persistent cyber risks and threats every day. #GCDigital (1/9)
Cyber threats can result from system or application vulnerabilities, or from deliberate, persistent, targeted attacks by outside actors to gain access to information. (2/9)
.@TBS_Canada & @SSC_CA, can confirm they are working with #GC partners, including @cse_cst & its Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, in response to a recent cyber incident involving @GAC_Corporate. (3/9)
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It’s go time! For the next 90 minutes, ask our product managers anything in this thread!

👋 @ClementineHahn @sidewalkballet @danprime @StevieRayTalbot and Bryan here, and we’re excited to answer your #ProductManagement questions!

#GCDigital Photo of @ClementineHahn @sidewalkballet @danprime @StevieRayTalbot and Bryan holding sign that reads, “Twitter #AMA!”
.@lovskogen We don’t have set tech or UX requirements for PMs. PMs have diverse backgrounds and some might lean more UX or dev-heavy, but we look for experience with problem solving, successful delivery, agile product techniques, and coordinating a multidisciplinary team.
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Hi #development Twitter & #GCDigital. I'm thinking of creating a gentle #Python-based learning session on how applications work for senior executives. I need your help. Yellow sign -
My hypothesis == w/ hands-on practice of some simple programming fundamentals, senior folks can better understand modern applications, how they are developed & work + the value of #opensource. Maybe some agile.
This, in turn, leads to understanding the art of the possible, better questions on work being done, potentially practical support for building broader #programming & #DataScience capacity in their organizations & more open access to #opensource tools.
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👋Hi! @aaronsnow and @sboots here! We'll be taking over the CDS twitter account for the next 90 mins to answer your questions about #Roadmap2025.
ICYMI, you can read about it on our blog: bit.ly/2JsrNYX

So…#AMA here!

#GCDigital 4 CDS staff in person, and two online, with a sign that says
@aaronsnow @sboots Definitely agree. New Zealand has done some really impressive work on this (bundling together life events like a newborn child). apolitical.co/solution_artic…

Here's their online service, SmartStart! smartstart.services.govt.nz Definitely a great source of inspiration.
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I'm not. This is replacing one orthodoxy for another, and it lacks nuance. User centricity is not a north star for digital government.

Our job overall is to balance the rights and interests of individuals, communities, and the collective towards an overall greater good.
Not everything we do is a "service." Sometimes personal interests are sacrificed for others. Maintaining the commons, for example, may require excluding humans from a region altogether. Are the flora and fauna then our "users?" No. Our wards, maybe, but not users.
Sometimes policy should very much be separate from delivery to maintain an ethical wall. Or simply to balance interests in programs that may have competing interests. For example, I can see a very good reason why trade policy and trade services are divorced.
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Just about to kick off the keynotes at #ODSCWest - also to come today: job fair, hands-on workshops & networking. First speaker: @karpathy
Key element of #AI is that neural networks are code. It's just written by machines - #Code2point). Still need to be maintained, develop tests, refactoring and organization. #ODSC
Need to set up unit tests for #AI neural networks. How to meet tests, tune dataset, tune model, tune optimization. #ODSCWest
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Now up: Zachary Brown, Lead Data Scientist at S&P Global on #DataScience and #OpenEducation for the enterprise. Dayjob: #AI, Sidehustle: building #digital skills using #opensource #ODSCWest @School_GC
#DigitalLiteracy - Why? Effective work today requires a lot of associated learning. @linuxfoundation @github #VersionControl #Visualization -- continuous learning is critical. Optimal tools & processes are probably not the ones you are using now (Matlab vs. Scikit-Learn)
Need an evolving understanding for what tools are available today to get your work done. If you want your business people to work with your #datascience team, they need to understand what data is and what it can do. Also helps to avoid chasing buzzwords and bling.
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Kicking off day 1 of #ODSCWest. I'll be tweeting through the next few days and pinging #GCDigital folks for interest or potential follow-up. #opensource #DataScience #openeducation @School_GC
First up: @asuonline will be hosting an educational analytics conference in March 2019 focusing on what we can learn from learner data and how to structure learning to better meet learner needs. #ODSCWest
#AI differential - being able to tailor products to specific users == better able to predict value to and from users. E.g. cost to deliver value to user vs. cost to company to deliver that value. Allows ruthless competitive focus - @DataRobot #ODSCWest
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