Hyperledger Public Sector White Paper

1. Introduction

1.1 What is Hyperledger 

1.2 Public Sector:

1.3 IMPACT STATEMENT: 

2. Public Sector Environment 

2.1 Identity management for Governments

2.2  Interactions (Highly Regulated Transactions)

2.3. Regulations

2.4 Governance 

3.  Public Sector Mapping

4.  Use cases

4.1 Government Branch: Predatory Bank Loans

4.1.1 Description of Environment 

4.1.2 Description via four rings

4.1.3 Conclusions

4.2 Public Service :  Energy Sector Management 

4.2.1 Description of Environment 

4.2.2 Description via four rings

4.2.3 Conclusions

4.3 Community : Land Registry / Land Markets

4.3.1 Description of Environment 

4.3.2 Description via four rings

4.3.3 Conclusions

4.4 Public Enterprise : Grant Management

4.4.1 Description of Environment 

4.4.2 Description via four rings

4.4.3 Conclusions

5.  Conclusions

6. Recommendations

7. Acknowledgement

1. Introduction

Purpose of This Paper

Government has served an important function, to maintain trusted information for member of its society. Blockchain technology can revolutions how agents collect and process information. 

The purpose of this paper is to derive pathways for the Public Sector when discovering the benefits of Blockchain Technology When discussing Blockchain thru a Public Sector lens, (3) important segments need addressing: (1) Identity Management for Public Sector

(2) Compliance, as seen though government transaction ,and/or viewed thru the Highly regulated transaction, and (3) Governance . These areas we see the most benefits blockchain can effect.

We will describe Use cases to show how blockchains are being utilized to improve the public sector.  How tools can help across governments World wide efforts . This whitepaper will tackle the issues by looking at the problem facing the Public Sector and what is being done today and what will our recommendation  for government when adopting blockchain in the public sector.

Intended Audience

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1.1 What is Hyperledger 

What is Hyperledger 

Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. It is a global collaboration, hosted by The Linux Foundation, including leaders in finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chains, manufacturing and technology. Hyperledger, as part of the Linux Foundation, provides technology leaders a uniquely open and collaborative international community from which to develop, validate, and field enterprise-grade blockchain technology solutions.

What is Hyperledger

Table 1: Summary of Hyperledger Frameworks:

Comment From Sofia Terzi The frameworks that must be listed here should include also Iroha and Indy. Iroha is an engine that can run public sector's smart contracts and Indy is for the identity part of our whitepaper.

FIGURE 1: THE HYPERLEDGER GREENHOUSE STRUCTURE

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1.2 Public Sector:

Public Sector

Definitions

Public sector organisations are businesses set up with the aim of providing a public service rather than making a profit., existing in all three layers of government ( Federal. State Local)

Public Sector is usually comprised of organizations that are owned and operated by the government and exist to provide services for its citizens, instead of working toward the goal of collecting a profit, public sector entities seek to provide services, regulate activities and enforce laws.

1. Funding for public services are usually raised through a variety of methods, including taxes, fees, and through financial transfers from other levels of government

   1. Examples of organizations in the public sector include:

      • Education (Schools, Libraries)
      • Electricity
      • Emergency Services
      • Fire Service
      • Gas and Oil
      • Healthcare
      • Infrastructure
      • Law Enforcement
      • Police Services
      • Postal Service
      • Public Transit
      • Social Services
      • Waste Management
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1.3 IMPACT STATEMENT: 

IMPACT STATEMENT: 

Blockchain technology is relatively new technology and is in its very early stages of adoption. Questions need to be answered as to how the Public Sector and related industries  can  leverage blockchain technology in various verticals.  While there is a great hype and interest in the technology it is critical to ensure that initial deployments consider right use cases to demonstrate the effective use of technology.

The intent of this document is to help shape the role blockchain technology can have in optimizing what government can do for its citizens. By delving into three areas (Identity, Compliance issues and Governance ) we will draw conclusions as to how to structure blockchains, develop programs, and run these new system to best aid citizens the derive the optimal success. If  we understand how current use cases are leveraging this technology we can devise standards and guidelines for  governments on all levels to implement.

1 Identity Management in Government 

2.  Interactions

3. Compliance 

4. Governance 

2. Public Sector Environment 

2.1 Identity management for Governments

2.1 What is Identity Management in dealing with the Public Sector

Conclusions From SOVRIN FOUNDATION presentation

CROSS BORDER ID credentials.

No personal information interoperability and privacy management  DID .

Information should not leave the boundaries (geo fencing) Cross countries boundaries.

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• People

• Places

• Things - IOT

2.2  Interactions (Highly Regulated Transactions)

2.3. Regulations

2.4  Compliance / Governance

3. Public Sector Mapping

4. Use Cases 

• 4.1 Government Branch: Predatory Bank Loans

• 4.2 Public Service : Energy Sector Management

• 4.3 Community : Land Registry / Land Markets

• 4.4 Public Enterprise : Grant M

5. Conclusions

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Notes

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Acknowledgements

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   Alfonso Govela

   
   

   A Mind Map to start our collective definition of "Public Sector" for our White Paper

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