All posts by Jack Aldane
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UK civil service strikes threaten borders and ports over Christmas; Australian ethics index reveals drop in public trust in government: policy & delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Read more: Minister vows to revive ‘mothballed’ APS reform agenda UK civil servants plan
- Posted November 24, 2022
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The day-to-day of digital transformation: how governments are honing their data strategies
As governments amass ever larger sums of data to keep pace with the growth of digital public services, big questions loom about how they’re using the information they have, and
- Posted November 24, 2022
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Indian government to activate digital ID at birth
The Indian government is working to expand its ‘Aadhaar’ digital ID scheme by assigning unique identification numbers to citizens at the time their birth is registered. Sixteen states in India
- Posted November 21, 2022
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Biden nominates new head of US tax agency; Australian mandarins confront cost of COVID response to vulnerable citizens: management & workforce news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Biden nominates management veteran to lead IRS US president Joe Biden announced last week
- Posted November 17, 2022
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Australian government forms joint taskforce to prevent cyber attacks
The Australian government is set to launch a joint taskforce whose job will be to target hackers before they launch cyber attacks risking key public service systems and citizen data.
- Posted November 15, 2022
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Borrowing back better: how to finance major infrastructure projects
There is increasing awareness that if infrastructure projects are to be successful, they must be climate-friendly, resilient and primed for connectivity. And as the audience of a Global Government Forum
- Posted November 14, 2022
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Services Australia exposed in robodebt deal controversy; UK education department scolded for data protection law breach: policy & delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Services Australia gave US$3.6m in additional work to prosecuted robodebt collector It has been
- Posted November 10, 2022
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Australia to update science frameworks in renewed commitment to evidence-based policymaking
The Australian federal government is to refresh documents that guide its science and technology priorities in a move to bolster evidence-based policymaking. Ed Husic, the minister for science and industry
- Posted November 9, 2022
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US feds struggling to ‘stretch their paycheck’ as data reveals growing pay gap with the private sector
The wage gap between federal and private sector employees is widening according to fresh data put before a meeting of the US Federal Salary Council. Data produced by the US
- Posted November 8, 2022
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Keeping up with COP: how can countries measure progress to net zero?
The Paris Agreement established a precedent for getting countries around the table to create and manage expectations – based on evidence and subject to scrutiny – around climate action. Seven
- Posted November 6, 2022