All posts by Natalie Leal

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  Civil service transformers: adapting to a changing world

  In a world of ever-quickening change, civil services must constantly transform themselves – adapting their structures and operations to meet the public’s fast-changing needs. At this GGF webinar, the civil

  • Posted October 7, 2020
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  2020 vision: how data can paint a picture of the pandemic

  Around the world, governments are struggling to respond to this novel, fast-moving and catastrophic pandemic. At a recent GGF webinar, an international panel explored how data can reveal COVID’s behaviour

  • Posted August 26, 2020
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  The data-fuelled race to defeat COVID

  Around the world, governments are racing against COVID-19 – attempting to get a step ahead of the virus as it harms people’s health and livelihoods. At a GGF webinar, panellists

  • Posted August 17, 2020
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  UK unions resist ‘back to work’ push

  UK civil service unions are challenging the government’s policy of pulling home-working staff back into their offices, with leaders suggesting that it is more interested in restoring city centre economies

  • Posted July 29, 2020
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  OPM obstructive in politicised hiring probe, says investigator

  The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has repeatedly failed to comply with record requests during an investigation into the alleged politicisation of appointments, its inspector general has said. In a

  • Posted July 28, 2020
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  New Zealand enshrines civil service principles in law

  New Zealand has passed a new “citizen focused” public service legislation bill which aims to encourage collaborative working to help tackle the country’s most pressing challenges. Minister of state services

  • Posted July 27, 2020
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  Council of Europe starts work on legally-binding AI treaty

  The Council of Europe is working on a future legal framework to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across all 47 member states. The Council’s Ad hoc Committee on

  • Posted July 22, 2020
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  Trump nominates controversial new candidate to lead OPM

  The White House has put forward a controversial new candidate to run the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversees HR across the federal government. On Monday Trump formally announced

  • Posted July 21, 2020
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  COVID shines spotlight on how UK civil service must change, says Cabinet Office non-exec

  The response to the COVID-19 crisis has shown some of the very best of the UK civil service but has also “highlighted some serious shortcomings and some real problems,” according

  • Posted July 20, 2020
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  US CIO Council calls for higher pay and faster recruitment in IT roles

  The USA’s Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council is calling on the government to implement a special pay system and improve recruitment processes for IT workers in order to attract

  • Posted June 17, 2020
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