All posts by Natalie Leal

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  Biden to promote diversity and union rights in federal workforce

  President-elect Biden has set out his priorities for government and the federal service, though work on the handover from Donald Trump has so far been blocked by the General Services

  • Posted November 11, 2020
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  Singapore rolls out digital signatures

  The Singapore government is extending its National Digital Identity (NDI) programme with a new service enabling citizens to digitally sign contracts, agreements and other legal documents. ‘Sign with SingPass’ will

  • Posted November 10, 2020
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  New strategy for evaluating needs of indigenous people proposed in Australia

  A dedicated office should be established to ensure that government policy evaluations always consider the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a new Australian strategy proposes. The model

  • Posted November 9, 2020
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  Former UK chancellor suggests appointing business leaders to civil service jobs

  Figures from business could be brought into top civil service management roles, former UK chancellor George Osborne has told an influential UK civil service reform panel. Osborne was speaking at

  • Posted November 5, 2020
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  Brazil sets out plans to boost innovation

  The Brazilian government has published a National Innovation Policy (NIP) setting out plans to encourage and develop innovative products, processes and services across the country. According to ZDNet, the new

  • Posted November 3, 2020
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  Plans to break up US federal HR agency abandoned

  The Trump administration’s plan to merge the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the General Services Administration (GSA), giving the White House much greater control of federal HR policies, has

  • Posted November 2, 2020
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  UK civil service heads lay out priorities for reform agenda

  Improved digital skills, a civil service which better represents the country, and more efficient management of large-scale projects are among the priorities for civil service reform, leaders told a select

  • Posted October 23, 2020
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  South Korea tops OECD digital government rankings

  South Korea has been ranked as the top digital government among 33 countries in a league table released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The 2019 Digital

  • Posted October 21, 2020
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  Sweden and Estonia bar Chinese tech from 5G networks

  Sweden and Estonia have become the latest European countries to ban the use of equipment from Chinese telecommunications firms in 5G national infrastructure. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS)

  • Posted October 21, 2020
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  US sets out strategy to retain dominance in emerging tech

  The White House has unveiled a strategy which aims to promote and protect the United States’ competitive edge in a range of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum information

  • Posted October 19, 2020
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