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23 September 2026
Three weeks, eight products, one midnight deadline: How GovTech powered Singapore’s vaping enforcement system
Category
Tech for Public Good
Digital Government
Learn how eight existing GovTech products were stacked into one system in three weeks, in time for Singapore’s revised vaping penalties on 1 September 2025.
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18 September 2026
What a UX Designer Learnt from Building Apps with AI
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Building Tech at GovTech
Derrick Ng is a UX designer and has never written production code. But over several months, he built a series of working apps entirely on his own by using AI to generate the code while he focused on the problem. It didn’t always go smoothly. Read more to find out.
15 September 2026
Tech in Action - What to expect at STACK Expo 2026
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Digital Government
Explore how STACK Expo's four zones, Growth, Community, Trust, and Impact turn government technology from concept into services that citizens use.
11 September 2026
Before It Goes Public: Using AI to Test Government Messages
Category
Building Tech at GovTech
Discover how GovTech is using AI personas to help public officers spot possible blind spots in government messages before they reach citizens.
8 September 2026
What life inside a GovTech internship is like
Category
Life Inside GovTech
Explore what a GovTech internship looks like through the experiences of two GovTech interns, as they share about the ownership, culture, community, and impact they found in their journey.
3 September 2026
How Sophie is making Singpass support work better behind the scenes — Public Sector Transformation Awards 2026
Category
Tech for Public Good
Life Inside GovTech
Learn how Sophie, this year's WOG Service Champion Award recipient, transformed Singpass support by empowering frontline teams to resolve issues faster and building stronger operations behind the scenes.
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2 September 2026
How Jian Ming is tackling scams at their roots - Public Sector Transformation Awards 2026
Category
Tech for Public Good
Life Inside GovTech
Learn how Jian Ming, this year's Exemplary Innovation Award recipient, is tackling scams at their root, building Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems that identify, understand, and disrupt threats before they reach citizens.
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1 September 2026
How Joy Ng is building a more accessible Singapore - Public Sector Transformation Awards 2026
Category
Tech for Public Good
Life Inside GovTech
Learn how Joy Ng, this year's Dare to Do Award recipient, is challenging Government to rethink accessibility, from building an in-house team of visually impaired testers to championing accessibility as a principle, not a compliance requirement.
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31 August 2026
Public Sector Transformation Awards 2026: The GovTech products and people shaping digital government
Category
Digital Government
From AI innovation and anti-scam technologies to accessibility and citizen services, discover how GovTech's award-winning projects and people are helping to shape Singapore's digital government.
28 August 2026
Joy Times Nine: How LifeSG Helps a Family Navigate Life’s Many Milestones
Category
Tech for Public Good
Lay Hui and Luke are raising nine children together. See how they use the LifeSG digital platform to handle the admin load so that they have more time for the family moments that matter.