All posts by Mia Hunt

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  “I always knew that my anchor was health”: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with former UK health department chief, Dame Una O’Brien

  In this episode of Leading Questions, Una O’Brien, who was permanent secretary of the UK Department of Health between 2010 and 2016, joins podcast host Siobhan Benita for a chat

  • Posted August 10, 2023
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  India’s latest data protection bill provokes fresh privacy concerns

  A controversial new data protection bill, which sets out rules for use of personal data by private firms and the government, has been tabled in India. Minister of electronics and

  • Posted August 8, 2023
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  Biden picks first woman to lead the US Navy

  President Joe Biden has nominated admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the US Navy. If confirmed, she would be the first woman service chief in the Pentagon and the first female

  • Posted July 25, 2023
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  Most US federal government headquarters buildings less than a quarter full, official report finds

  Most of the major US federal agencies’ buildings are a quarter full or less, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO measured employees’ attendance at

  • Posted July 19, 2023
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  Out of adversity comes opportunity: COVID-19 and the future of healthcare

  Healthcare authorities were right at the forefront of the COVID crisis. It was a torrid time, but with it came lessons that have the potential to change care provision for

  • Posted July 10, 2023
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  Officials warn UK may miss climate funding pledge; Janice Charette calls for ‘wellness’ focus: policy & delivery news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. UK will damage global standing if it fails to meet £11.6bn climate pledge, officials warn

  • Posted July 6, 2023
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  ‘Find your references, your mirrors and your mentors’: GGF’s Leading Questions podcast with the Spanish government’s deputy director of learning, Israel Pastor Sainz-Pardo

  In this episode of Leading Questions, podcast host Siobhan Benita speaks know-how and knock-backs with the deputy director of learning at Spain’s National Institute of Public Administration. Israel Pastor has

  • Posted June 29, 2023
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  Record number of women hired to Japanese civil service – but proportion remains low

  The number of women appointed to roles in Japan’s national civil service has reached a record high of 38.7% in 2022-23, official figures show. The percentage translates to women accounting

  • Posted June 28, 2023
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  Mission critical: building diverse teams to improve government outcomes

  Truly diverse and inclusive government organisations are better placed to innovate, to identify risk, and to deliver improved services for citizens than those that aren’t. But there remain barriers to

  • Posted June 25, 2023
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  One third of Canadian public servants consider leaving government over return-to-office rules

  More than a third of Canadian public servants are so unhappy with the federal government’s return-to-office approach that they are considering leaving their roles, according to a survey by the

  • Posted June 20, 2023
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