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15 October 2026
From testing to advocacy: How Smart Nation Ambassadors helped make Singpass passkey easier to adopt
Category
Tech for Public Good
Digital Government
See how Smart Nation Ambassadors tested Singpass passkeys before launch and how their feedback made the feature easier for everyone to use.
14 October 2026
Building Products That Last: How Product Ownership Helped Singpass Evolve into a Trust Ecosystem
Category
Tech for Public Good
Digital Government
Discover how Singpass grew from a login tool into Singapore’s Trust Operating System, built on a product ownership approach designed for decades, not roadmaps.
8 October 2026
AfterLifeSG: How a hackathon idea became Singapore's first digital memorial service
Category
Tech for Public Good
Digital Government
Learn how a prototype from GovTech’s inaugural {build} hackathon grew into AfterLifeSG, a digital memorial service now open to the public.
2 October 2026
Getting AI Right: How GovTech Is Making Sure Government Data Means What It Says
Category
Building Tech at GovTech
Discover how GovTech's context layer helps AI not just read government data, but also understand it, so officers get answers that are accurate, traceable and grounded in policy.
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
Category
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
Category
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.