Antariksh is a Software Engineer who graduated from Stanford University in 2018 and has been working at OGP for 1 ½ years. We had a short chat with Antariksh to find out how his experience working as a Software Engineer in OGP has been. Briefly introduce yourself (Role in OGP…

By Paul Hong Tay and Sheikh Salim In our previous article, we discussed the background behind our Project Orchid trial on the use of Purpose-bound Money (PBM), a tokenised digital currency for government voucher payouts. In this article, we will share in detail about the trial, including the core decisions…

By Paul Hong Tay and Sheikh Salim What if we were able to receive government payouts in digital currency? In November 2022, we partnered with the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) to conduct Singapore’s first-ever trial on the use of Purpose-bound Money (PBM), a tokenised digital currency, for government voucher…

OGP has been named one of Singapore’s best workplaces. We are also the first government agency to be recognised as one. If this is a reason for you to join us and you are anticipating opportunities, now is the time. The Singapore government has launched a new initiative to accelerate…

Meet Sarah Salim, our lead product designer and a mother of 3 kids! Sarah has been on the team since 2015 and is one of the most senior designers in OGP. Driven by curiosity, Sarah switched to work in the private sector in 2021 to explore what it would be…

Lead Software Engineer Tim Groleau shares about the OGP product that changed his life and convinced him to switch from the private to the public sector. Tell us more about yourself! I am Tim, a Lead Software Engineer at OGP. I am the technical lead for the FormSG team, a…

More than two years since Singapore reported its first COVID-19 case, we take a look back at our role in building technology products and infrastructure that has enabled Singapore’s shift towards endemicity. Early days of COVID-19 In 2020, we deployed OGP products to enable the government to respond swiftly to…

Organisational learning programmes can be a lot like New Year’s resolutions. They sound great in theory, but are often much harder to execute effectively. Here at Open Government Products (OGP), formal learning has traditionally taken 2 forms. …

How we scaled OGP’s impact through organisational growth in 2021 2021 has been a busy year for us at OGP! …