All posts by Karen Day
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How will governments fund net zero?
It is estimated that half of the world’s population is ‘highly vulnerable’ to the impacts of climate change. Driven in part by COP26 last year, the race to decarbonise economies,
- Posted May 2, 2022
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AI intelligence: equipping public and civil service leaders with the skills to embrace emerging technologies
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data technologies may still be in their infancy but there is no doubt they will loom large in the years and decades to come. Karen
- Posted April 20, 2022
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Institutional racism: a global government problem?
In recent years and decades, a number of civil services have been accused of institutional racism. Some countries have since taken steps to ensure the government workforce is ethnically diverse
- Posted November 28, 2021
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China unveils AI ethics code
Artificial intelligence (AI) in China will remain “under meaningful human control” according to the country’s first set of rules which will govern every aspect of the emerging technology from its
- Posted October 8, 2021
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UK launches priorities review of legacy IT systems
The UK government is piloting a “dynamic” review of its ageing IT legacy systems, and aims by 2022 to roll out a new framework to identify “at risk” infrastructure and
- Posted October 3, 2021
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Internet freedom in sharp decline, watchdog warns
A lack of regulation and a rise in authoritarian government control has led to an “unprecedented assault on free expression online”, with global internet freedom declining for the eleventh consecutive
- Posted September 24, 2021
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New Canadian government faces US$1.97bn class action lawsuit
After the polls close in the Canadian federal election scheduled for 20 September, the newly-formed government will have to decide its next steps on a C$2.5bn (US$1.97bn) class action lawsuit
- Posted September 19, 2021
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Will the pandemic pave the way for welfare reform? The UK’s former homelessness tsar sets out her vision
It was the devastation of the Second World War that gave birth to the UK’s welfare state, and now, argues Louise Casey, the covid-19 pandemic provides the government with a
- Posted September 12, 2021
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UK government accused of ‘civil service bashing’ in remote working row
A UK civil service union accused some government ministers of indulging in “civil service bashing” while another warned of industrial action, after a war of words was sparked this week about civil servants’ return to the office. The flurry of stories
- Posted August 12, 2021
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US senators propose AI training for federal procurement professionals
Two US senators have introduced legislation to train the federal workforce on artificial intelligence (AI). Gary Peters and Rob Portman – chairman and ranking member of the Homeland Security and
- Posted August 11, 2021