All posts by Liz Heron

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  Canadian union logs formal grievance over troubled pay system

  A civil service union has filed two policy grievances against the Canadian federal government, following a catalogue of errors in its computerised pay system which – they say – have

  • Posted May 18, 2017
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  Global ransomware attack used info stolen from NSA, says Microsoft

  The head of Microsoft has called on governments to stop stockpiling software vulnerabilities, after claiming that Friday’s global cyber-attack exploited information stolen from the US National Security Agency. The ‘WannaCrypt’

  • Posted May 16, 2017
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  Hong Kong court backs gay marriage rights for civil servants

  A High Court judge has ruled that civil servants from Hong Kong who travel overseas to marry their same sex partners are entitled to claim the same rights and benefits

  • Posted May 10, 2017
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  ASEAN states put civil services at heart of development goals

  A declaration on the central role of the civil service in meeting South East Asia’s economic development goals has been signed by the region’s heads of state. In 2015, the

  • Posted May 8, 2017
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  Christine Loh, Under Secretary for the Environment, Hong Kong: Exclusive Interview

  You might not expect to find a former environmental and democracy activist working as a senior adviser at the heart of the Hong Kong government – but Christine Loh has

  • Posted April 27, 2017
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  New GCHQ chief arrives in wake of UK-US wiretap spat

  A senior intelligence officer who led counter-terrorism operations for the London 2012 Olympics has been appointed as head of the UK’s surveillance agency GCHQ. Jeremy Fleming, who is deputy director

  • Posted April 21, 2017
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  MPs challenge UK government on weakening of public appointment principles

  The UK parliament’s public administration watchdog has accused the British government of deliberately trying to weaken the rules ensuring transparency and probity in public appointments, giving ministers more power to

  • Posted April 20, 2017
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  Thai military relaxes its grip on power in new constitution

  Thailand’s new constitution has received royal assent after nearly three years of military rule, paving the way to national elections. The constitution includes new measures that limit the powers of

  • Posted April 19, 2017
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  New international centre to challenge state-led fake news and cyber attacks

  An international centre to spearhead research into how to combat novel forms of ‘hybrid’ warfare is being set up in Helsinki. The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

  • Posted April 18, 2017
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  Regional administrations band together on climate change

  Scotland has joined a global coalition of regional administrations that is pushing for ambitious targets and national action to meet the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Scottish government has

  • Posted April 13, 2017
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