Asia Pacific (APAC)

Singapore tops global civil service ranking

Singapore has come out on top of a new ranking of the performance of 120 public administrations around the world, with Denmark, Canada, Norway and Finland completing the top five. […]

Australian government workers save an hour a day in large generative AI trial

Australian public servants who took part in a six-month trial of generative AI reported that it saved them an average of an hour a day. The trial made Microsoft 365 […]

New Zealand sets out the rules for trusted digital identity services

The New Zealand government has finalised its Digital Identity Services Trust Framework, kickstarting the country’s push to roll out a suite of digital identity services. The framework establishes the rules […]

Public service jobs ‘front and centre’ in Australian election contest, says minister

Investment in the government workforce is critical to delivering high-quality public services and proposed job cuts by the opposition Coalition would “devastate communities nationwide” and “cripple essential services”, Australia’s minister […]
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Call for Australia to ‘science the sh*t’ out of climate change

Australia needs to “science the shit out of” climate change and reimagine the country’s future to reduce carbon emissions, according to experts speaking at a recent event. Assistant climate change […]

News in brief: UK government offers training for new ministers, Australia’s Net Zero Economy Authority passes Senate, and more

Global Government Forum’s weekly roundup of public service news In this edition: UK government offers training to new ministers  Incoming UK government ministers have been receiving training for the first […]

News in brief: US cyber agency appoints first chief AI officer, UK civil service workforce continues to grow

Global Government Forum’s weekly roundup of public service news In this edition: US cyber agency appoints first chief AI officer The USA’s federal cybersecurity agency has appointed its first chief […]

News in brief: UK developing AI action plan to drive growth, White House pinpoints ‘game-changing’ climate tech

Global Government Forum’s weekly roundup of public service news In this edition: UK government commissions AI action plan with a focus on growth The UK government has appointed an AI […]

Exclusive insight on how one UK department is using AI, unleashing the power of data in government, and more

Welcome to this month’s AI Monitor. In this edition, we summarise the AI strategies being developed and deployed by each of the Five Eyes nations and share an interesting example […]

AI strategies across the Five Eyes nations

Countries around the world are working to develop strategies to capitalise on the benefits of AI while mitigating the risks. Global Government Forum has rounded up the national AI strategies […]