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Continuing to champion ‘resilient digital government’ could be greatest legacy of new minister, says expert
Dec. 2, 2019
Former Treasury Board President Joyce Murray was appointed minister of digital government in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet, with Jean-Yves Duclos tapped to replace her.
Minister of Digital Government Joyce Murray, pictured on Nov. 20, 2019, arriving at Rideau Hall with her husband Dirk Brinkman, shortly before being sworn into cabinet at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Given the scope and complexity of the challenges surrounding the development of a resilient digital government, one expert says that realistically, “it does need to be someone’s job that they wake up to every morning and are focused on.”
Mike LapointeMike Lapointe joined the The Hill Times in June 2019 and covers the federal public service, deputy ministers, the Privy Council Office, public service unions, the Phoenix pay system, the machinery of government, and the Parliament Hill media.
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