The Functional Government Podcast

When a democratic process becomes a spam target

Regulations.gov is a public feedback platform where citizens can comment on how laws affect them. It's democracy in action. But it's also drinking from…

Jun 15 • Alistair Croll

Why do I have so many government logins?

Untangling the digital identity issue with Tim Bouma

Jun 1 • Rebecca Croll

May 2026

How "license on your phone" became an instrument of national security

Tania Vakhrycheva explains the birth and growth of Diia, Ukraine's national government app

May 18 • Alistair Croll

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Digital ID, single-sign-on, and what government knows about you

With Alistair Croll

May 4

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April 2026

When the paperwork breaks down the building / Quand la paperasse fait craquer le système

On tient parfois le transport pour acquis.

Apr 27 • Alistair Croll

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The wisdom to know the difference

Michael Wernick on the software and hardware of government

Apr 13 • Alistair Croll

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Atoms aren’t bits

Digital government isn’t just about using computers—it‘s about a different way of building

Apr 6 • Alistair Croll

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December 2025

Is this Canada’s Estonia moment?

A conversation with author Joel Burke about how to reboot a nation—and whether it’s Canada's turn

Dec 23, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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Canada nearly put online passports—in 2013

What happened when we tried to modernize the agile way

Dec 16, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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How Ireland fixed its passport system

From round-the-block lineups to printing in minutes, we talked to someone who was there

Dec 8, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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November 2025

The problem with passports

The first in a surprisingly interesting three-part series about the modern travel document

Nov 24, 2025 • Alistair Croll

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You can’t have an innovative economy without an innnovative government.

So says Senator Colin Deacon, in this wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, risk-taking, and public sector modernization.

Nov 19, 2025 • Alistair Croll