Sycamore is a UK-focused newsletter from a collective examining how public sector technology and AI can be designed to serve democracy and the public interest. Recent issues cover sovereign AI policy, lessons from the US DOGE experiment, and events on pro-democracy public tech.
Website: https://sycamore-collective.org/
A podcast-style newsletter featuring interviews with public sector technology leaders such as county CIOs and higher education IT executives. Each issue offers key takeaways, timestamps and transcripts covering leadership, AI adoption, cybersecurity and digital services in government.
Long-form explainers on data and analytics for local government and water utilities, covering regulatory compliance, dashboards and infrastructure technology. Readers get practical, US-focused guidance on organizing data to meet requirements and manage budgets and assets.
This is a vendor blog publishing templated council planning guides on ANPR and compliance software, with each issue swapping in a different town and service name. Readers get generic advice on scoping data collection, retention and review paths before buying surveillance-style enforcement tools.
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