{"id":4759,"date":"2023-09-25T09:42:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2023-09-25T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:42:56","slug":"basic-law-making-for-legislative-computer-systems-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2023\/09\/25\/basic-law-making-for-legislative-computer-systems-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Law-Making For Legislative Computer Systems \u2013 Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>Blog by Scottish Government, Research Fellow, Gordon Guthrie.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Gordon is a Research Fellow at the Scottish Government under the First Minister\u2019s Digital Fellowship Programme. All opinions in this blog are his own and\u00a0<span class=\"ui-provider fy b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">they do not represent Scottish Government policy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>This is the fourth of five articles outlining the research of the Blus project \u2013 Basic Law-Making For Legislative Computer Systems. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2023\/08\/28\/basic-law-making-for-legislative-computer-systems-part-1\/\">Read the first here<\/a> \u2013 it outlines the problems of connecting slow legislative iteration to fast digital development processes and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2023\/09\/04\/basic-law-making-for-legislative-computer-systems-part-2\/\">the second here<\/a> \u2013 it is about building a Frankenstein Bill that shows how legislation can accidentally or deliberately slow down development. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2023\/09\/11\/basic-law-making-for-legislative-computer-systems-part-3\/\">The third<\/a> looks at pattern books that describe what decisions various technical teams need to make, and what needs to be decided before they can make, and how their work is subject to scrutiny.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW263373551 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW263373551 BCX8\">Part 4 \u2013 A Legislative Architecture<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW263373551 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is the decision making process in government now:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/pt4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/pt4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"388\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/pt4.jpg 686w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/pt4-300x170.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 686px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 686\/388;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Notes<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Programme For Government is a Scottish government term \u2013 it means what we are going to do between now and the next election<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regulations is used here in the widest possible sense \u2013 as a record of decisions. They may impose conditions on citizens (bring 2 forms of identity to do this) or they may bind civil servants only (set up a programme board, produce a budget)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have the 4 types of decisions: at elections, in acts of parliament, by ministerial order (approved by parliament) and day to day work.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So what will it look like after the Blus process? Well it will look exactly the same. Bills will be bills, orders, orders and regs, regs. The difference is that the process will be explicit and not implicit. Each element will be annotated with the decisions it takes and what other actions depend on it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this example Bill 1 might decide the following thing which the data specialists need to know:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the system will reuse this data store<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it will expose these elements via an API for use by other systems<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">these people will have these rights to access the data<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And these annotations will flow down into orders and regulations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And this explicitness raises a lot of questions. What changes do we need to make to our organisation \u2013 how we align to the various decision making levels? Is our financing appropriate? If we are iteratively developing systems we need to have iterative business and finance models.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At this point we will also have the speedbumps documented in the Frankenstein Bill \u2013 and we can point to things in the past that have caused programmes to become unstuck and blocked, and how other people have solved these issues.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This legislative architecture needs to join the other architectures that we maintain and map to them \u2013 the business process architecture, the technical architecture, the data architecture, registers of services and APIs and all the other components of complexity which are the stuff of the modern world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The key part of this phase is to lean in to complexity \u2013 not to run from it. We need to have the detail, the raw mass of complexity and we need to tame it by boxing it \u2013 you subsume this, she subsumes that, they consume these so that we can organise ourselves for complexity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Part 5 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I will look at how we can test this proposition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Gordon Guthrie is a Research Fellow at the Scottish Government under the First Minister\u2019s Digital Fellowship Programme. You can follow his work in more detail and get invitations to participate in the research on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalpolicy.substack.com\/p\/chatgpt-shit-get-getgpt-banged\">SubStack<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog by Scottish Government, Research Fellow, Gordon Guthrie.\u00a0 Gordon is a Research Fellow at the Scottish Government under the First Minister\u2019s Digital Fellowship Programme. All opinions in this blog are his own and\u00a0they do not represent Scottish Government policy. 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