As an extension of Microsoft UK's ongoing support of the UK Government Gateway, the team there have also been working with a range of experts in UK Government and the technology vendor community to come up with solutions that address the challenge of secure Identity Management solutions for citizens and government workers.  ...

I met up with my colleague, Don Armstrong, the person in Microsoft that leads our efforts around the Government Security Program (GSP)."The GSP fosters partnerships between governments and Microsoft based on collaboration, information exchange, and a mutual trust fortified through ongoing interaction. Representatives of participating ...

Interop is on the agenda of many public sector organizations around the world, for many, knowing where and how to start building a strategy that effectively addresses the needs of citizens, businesses, and government can be a daunting challenge. To address this, and as part of Microsoft's Connected Government Framework initiative team, ...

A while ago, I posted about a brief meeting I had with Sean O'Driscoll, the person in Microsoft responsible for the MVP Program; at that time Sean agreed to do an interview with me where we would dig into some thoughts on what made for successful communities.  Sean is a very passionate and articulate guy, and I would highly recommend ...

The Microsoft Security Cooperation Program (SCP) is a worldwide program that provides a structured way for governments and Microsoft to engage in cooperative security activities in the areas of computer incident response, attack mitigation, and citizen outreach. The two main components of the SCP are the sharing of information and collaborative ...

One of the reasons for what has been termed the digital divide is a language barrier.  At Microsoft we produce most of our products in what are regarded as the most widely spoken languages, but that still leaves a lot of people grappling with an interface that is not in their native, or in some cases, preferred tongue. [VIDEO] The aim ...

I am not saying anything profound or ground-breaking when I make the statement that "interoperability is a complex business".  All sorts of people in the public sector are directly and indirectly involved with issues pertaining to it, and this is at a number of levels including policy, standards and technology.  Jason ...

Partners in Learning (or PiL for short) is a program through which we engage with our education customers through the highest levels of government in countries, and Kristen Weatherby is the person leading the charge on this at a corporate level. [VIDEO] The complete set of offerings through this program is wide-ranging and contains everything ...

An email from D.S. Paul Gillespie (now retired) from the Toronto Police service to Bill Gates requesting Microsoft's assistance in tracking down criminals that were involved in the exploitation of children kicked off a 2 year effort to develop an application that is now being picked up by many other law enforcement organizations across ...

I was able to spend some time recently with Jon Rosenberg, our Director of Shared Source programs at Microsoft.  [VIDEO] Shared Source is essentially an unmbrella initiative through which we share a lot of our most valuable IP with not just Public Sector customers, but also the broader developer community. Jon covered a lot of ground, but ...