All posts by Mia Hunt

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  UK civil service chief blocks opposition policy costings as election looms

  The UK’s Cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, Mark Sedwill, has intervened to block the release of a government document estimating the costs of the opposition Labour Party’s

  • Posted November 7, 2019
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  UK-Australian space tech scheme to boost Pacific climate resilience

  The UK Space Agency and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have invited international partners to work with them on projects designed to deliver sustainable benefits to small island developing states

  • Posted November 6, 2019
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  Singapore appoints new civil service chiefs

  Five civil servants have been appointed to permanent secretary and second permanent secretary positions in four departments, the Singapore Public Service Division (PSD) announced last week. On 18 November, Stanley

  • Posted November 6, 2019
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  US Department of Defense to consider ethical AI recommendations

  The US Defense Innovation Board has unanimously agreed on five artificial intelligence (AI) ethics principles that it recommends the Department of Defense (DoD) consider when implementing the emerging technology.   

  • Posted November 5, 2019
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  Irish government departments face funding cuts over missed climate change targets

  Irish government departments and agencies that fail to deliver on climate action commitments will be punished with reduced funding, the government has confirmed. Details of the penalties – which will

  • Posted November 4, 2019
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  Japan to encourage civil servants to take more paternity leave

  The Japanese government is to begin encouraging male civil servants to take more than one month childcare leave from 2020, government sources told Japan Today last week. The government is

  • Posted November 4, 2019
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  Indian government intervenes in battle over AI roles

  The Indian government has formed a committee to resolve differences between the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and policy think tank Niti Aayog over the implementation of the government’s

  • Posted November 1, 2019
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  UK defence ministry to launch buying framework for digital contract staff

  The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to establish a framework for hiring external contractors to help deliver digital and IT programmes, making it available to all national public sector

  • Posted October 31, 2019
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  Keeping pace with change: an interview with former Australian civil service chief Martin Parkinson

  In a world of fake news, says Martin Parkinson – the recently-retired secretary of Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – public servants must build a meritocratic, risk-taking

  • Posted October 30, 2019
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  Procurement, integration and adaptation are biggest barriers to AI, study finds

  The greatest obstacles to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the public sector lie in building procurement capabilities, integrating AI with existing systems, and adapting systems to specific

  • Posted October 29, 2019
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