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Government & Public Sector
As the world changes at pace, citizens expect more, faster. Yet governments face difficult trade-offs in the face of geopolitical shocks, demographic change and digital disruption. New approaches are needed to build resilience and meet the challenges of our time.
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Solving your complex challenges
- Advancing digitization
- Modernizing workforce
- Smarter spending
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Adopting technology effectively, efficiently and safely to drive improvement across public services
Legacy IT and integration issues hamper public sector efforts to incorporate new technologies. The advancement of technology requires governments to accelerate readiness through improved data, migration of systems to sovereign cloud and effective security and ethical protocols.
HOW EY CAN HELP
EY helps governments to transform by strengthening data and insights, strategy development, digital infrastructure and value measurement.
- AI and data transformation: building a trusted data fabric to standardize, reuse and scale data, and using data analytics to develop insights and improve decision-making
- Enterprise IT transformation: implementing sustainable, human-led, value-focused integration of digital technology
- Data privacy: helping organizations to design, implement and operate data privacy programs through capabilities in data, regulation, consulting, legal, cybersecurity and forensics
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How a five-step roadmap helps governments succeed with AI
Governments are moving beyond asking whether to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), to focusing on how to implement it responsibly, effectively and at scale.
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Building capacity and capability of the government workforce
Public sector organizations are challenged to attract, develop and retain talent. Their workforces need equipping with new skills for our digital workplace to drive effectiveness and efficiency.
HOW EY CAN HELP
EY helps to improve public services and programs by helping to build future‑ready workforces that can use technology effectively.
- People experience: transforming culture and leadership to align with and adapt to new ways of working
- HR transformation: enabling employee support and recruitment, physical return to work, and complex program and enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation
- Organization and workforce transformation: accelerating digital adoption through workforce transformation
- People mobility: accommodating remote or hybrid models and driving increased transparency and compliance
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Government: Leading into Tomorrow
In this podcast series from EY, senior public sector leaders reveal how they’re delivering on the promise of a better post-pandemic future.
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Allocating and managing public money more effectively
Governments are grappling with expensive challenges, such as aging populations, inadequate infrastructure, the carbon transition, expansion of defense capabilities and debt servicing. New strategies are required to improve how effectively and efficiently public money is spent.
HOW EY CAN HELP
EY helps government organizations to manage public money across the spending cycle, so that it is spent efficiently and allocated in ways that lead to the desired policy outcome.
- Strategic planning: conducting economic and fiscal planning, outcomes-based budgeting and debt management to build strong financial foundations
- Operational efficiency: developing process improvement, cost optimization and new delivery models to improve administration
- Performance and reporting: providing audit, risk management and program evaluation to build trust and confidence
- Technology transformation: applying new technologies to map spending to outcomes and improve the impact of public investment
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Blockchain for Public Finance
The EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager solution can help government entities spend money more effectively and efficiently.
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Economics of defence: UK growth opportunity (PDF)
PDF report: The economics of defence: How defence investment can drive UK industry and economic growth
EY Section 151 Confidence Barometer (PDF)
PDF Report: Insights into UK councils’ financial confidence, budget pressures, capital risks and workforce challenges shaping local government in 2025–26.
Why migration infrastructure could be the next competitive advantage
Discover how demographics, geopolitics, climate and tech make migration a strategic talent engine and learn the keys to success.
What falling frontiers mean for the global rush for resources
Explore how new frontiers are reshaping the global resource race. Uncover risks, opportunities and what leaders must do next. Discover more.
Mind the (Investment) Gap (PDF)
PDF report: 2025 analysis of programme funding including government (CDEL) and private sector, with spotlight on infrastructure, defence, energy and AI.
Top 10 geopolitical developments in 2026
Geopolitical volatility and uncertainty will persist in 2026. There are three geostrategic actions to build resilience and set strategy. Learn more.
How emerging technologies are enabling the human-machine hybrid economy
Discover how technology is changing work and leadership. Take action to succeed in the evolving human-machine economy.
How to optimize your global strategy amid asymmetric globalization
Exploring future scenarios reveals divergent paths for geopolitics, economic policies, sector trajectories and company strategies. Learn more.
Why Europe needs to invest in its defense institutions (PDF)
PDF Report: Explore strategies for European defence investment to strengthen security, agility, and global competitiveness.
Why a blueprint is key to transforming carbon markets
Through climate finance and investment, governments can transform carbon markets into a regulated asset class supporting net zero transition. Learn more.
Mind the productivity gap: The public sector potential (PDF)
PDF Report: Public sector productivity is one of the defining issues of our time, with slow growth costing the UK economy £80bn a year in lost output.
How data analytics and AI in government can drive greater public value
Discover how data analytics and AI in government can drive greater public value and learn lessons from successful government organizations. Find out more.
The Impact Series: urgent need for global action on sustainability
Sustainability impacts affects us all. Some communities are greatly impacted, while others have a great impact. EY teams work with both. Watch the videos.
How government leaders are rebuilding a sovereign industrial policy
Government action is crucial in rebuilding a sovereign industrial policy to ensure economic security and bolster domestic manufacturing. Learn more.
How Mott MacDonald is building confidence through responsible AI
Explore how EY teams helped a global firm establish and accelerate AI governance to enable them to transform responsibly and ethically.
Top 10 risks for the government and public sector in 2025
The risk landscape for governments is complex and interconnected. Discover the top 10 risks and how mitigating them will build trust and prove value.
How artificial intelligence can unlock a new future for infrastructure
To unlock the value of AI and truly transform the infrastructure sector, it must adopt a new mindset, skillset, toolset. Find out how in EY’s new report.
Government: Leading into Tomorrow
In this podcast series from EY, senior public sector leaders reveal how they’re delivering on the promise of a better post-pandemic future. Learn more.
EY-Parthenon: Transformative strategy and transactions – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper.
EY Partner Ecosystem
EY harnesses a connected ecosystem of strategic alliances and partnerships to co-create value and deliver comprehensive technology solutions and business outcomes for our clients.
