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Why is GovTechTokyo focusing on Digital Public Goods?

22 June 2026

Ikuo Koboku, Manager of the Co-creation in Public Services Division at GovTechTokyo, shares their approach to Digital Public Goods.

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Baselining, the key to unlocking value in local government using AI

22 June 2026

Sarbjit from the LOTI team shares his thoughts on how understanding the cost of delivery it helps strategic planning and where to focus with AI.

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The cost of building fell…but the cost of deciding hasn’t

26 May 2026

Dwain Nicely, Continuous Innovation Manager at Barking and Dagenham, shares his thoughts on the cost of deciding in local government.

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Legacy technology Inertia: Why things don’t change

26 May 2026

Sarbjit from the LOTI Team examines systematic and non-technical forces contributing to legacy technology inertia and what we can do about them.

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Agentic AI in Council Services

22 April 2026

A collaborative approach to map service patterns and deploy Agentic AI to resolve complex resident requests.

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What drives risk-averse procurement?

17 April 2026

Radical thinking doesn’t happen unless the culture in a borough can support it. Sarbjit from the LOTI team discusses how challenges in procurement may be cultural.

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Join our new Buying Better Tech Community of Practice

24 March 2026

We’ve created a new LOTI Buying Better Tech Community of Practice for LOTI members to discuss and solve some of the key pain points in buying tech.

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When is the best time to start your procurement process?

24 February 2026

Sarbjit from the LOTI team discusses the best time to start your procurement process and ideas for how to approach it from a user needs perspective.

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How to tell if you are locked-in with vendors

28 January 2026

Sarbjit from the LOTI Team shares the different ways that you may be locked-in with your existing vendors.

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AI Procurement Information Governance Checklists

16 January 2026

A set of checklists to help you ensure that the laws relating to data protection and equalities are suitably considered and met when you are procuring AI-based technology.

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Beyond the grind: Leading change with AI in Local Gov Drupal

24 November 2025

Angie Forson from Southwark Council shares how she has unblocked the team from the grind of manual copy and pasting from PDFs into HTML publishing.

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Rethinking how councils buy technology

24 November 2025

Katy from Westminster City Council shares how Westminster is rethinking how they buy technology with a more consistent approach to procurement.

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