Working more efficiently, environmental sustainability, and security through a central government-wide ICT infrastructure.
Generic, government-wide provisions such as the Digital Workplace for the Central Government (in Dutch, Digitale Werkplek Rijk), the Central Government Portal (Rijksportaal), the Hague Ring, data centres, and the Government Pass (Rijkspas) have become indispensable. Collaborating often results in cost savings and energy efficiency. Moreover, government-wide agreements on security (vital infrastructure) are feasible.
I focus areas
I focus area 1: Developing a government-wide digital infrastructure (RDI)
A government-wide digital infrastructure (in Dutch, Rijksbreed Digitale Infrastructuur or RDI) across departments bring scale benefits and better oversight of information security and asset management.
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- Researching the advantages, composition, and definition of the GDI.
- Updating the assessment framework for potential generic facilities.
- Preparing legislative processes for embedding the Generic Digital Infrastructure (GDI) in the Digital Government Act (Wet Digitale Overheid or Wdo).
I focus area 2: Generic provisions for further development and innovation
Consolidating requests for ICT support in order to add suitable products, services, and facilities to the generic product and service portfolio.
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- Further development of generic facilities such as the Single Sign-On (SSO) for Central Government, Collaboration Functionality (in Dutch Samenwerkingsfunctionaliteit or SWF), Identity Management (IM), and the Government Pass.
- Innovation of generic facilities such as the Central Government Portal and the Central Government Address Guide (Rijksadresgids).
- Establishing multi-year product-portfolio management for generic facilities.
- Setting up and organising asset management for the RDI.
I focus area 3: Sourcing and managing costs and quality
Making choices about internal operations and what is outsourced. It also involves agreements on software quality.
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- Updating the Sourcing Guide and Sourcing Framework for the Central Government.
- Incorporating governance of generic provisions into the architecture.
- Benchmarking internal suppliers to achieve alignment with market pricing.
- Developing guidance for contracting software (development).
I focus area 4: Connecting with other governments
Sharing knowledge and expertise for the development of common frameworks. Shared metric tools for improving the quality of provisions.
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- Establishing conditions for the use of generic provisions by autonomous administrative authorities
- Exploring the scaling of generic (government-wide) to nationwide domains.
- Investigating opportunities for strategic collaboration between GDI and Common Ground.
