All posts by Richard Johnstone
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US federal government departments reopen deferred resignation programmesA number of US federal government departments have reopened their deferred resignation programmes for federal employees as part of overarching plans to restructure the workforce and consolidate operations. When president
- Posted April 2, 2025
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Government pioneers share insights on transformation at Innovation 2025Thousands of delegates will come together in London today and tomorrow to hear how government leaders from around the world are innovating to deliver high-quality services for citizens. Innovation 2025
- Posted March 25, 2025
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‘Take all the opportunities you can!’: Five minutes with Natalie Jones, director of digital identity, Department for Science, Innovation and TechnologyIn this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who will speak at our Innovation 2025 conference. Taking place in
- Posted March 25, 2025
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‘I like the opportunity to make a difference’: Five minutes with Susan Acland-Hood, UK Department for Education permanent secretaryIn this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who will speak at our Innovation conference. Taking place in London
- Posted March 20, 2025
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New Canadian PM Mark Carney forms government, with minister of government transformation among appointmentsMark Carney – the former public servant who served both the Department of Finance and central bank in Canada and was governor of the Bank of England in the UK
- Posted March 17, 2025
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UK PM says government needs to be ‘happier with innovation’ as he sets out reform planUK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that the government needs to become “happier with innovation” in order to ensure that the state can operate at “maximum power”. In
- Posted March 13, 2025
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UK government plans radical reform to ‘unshackle civil servants’The UK government has set out a wide-ranging reform plan, with prime minister Sir Keir Starmer telling officials that the civil service needed to become the “engine room of delivery”
- Posted March 10, 2025
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Over three-quarters of UK civil servants say government’s office attendance mandate has failedA poll has found that a majority of UK civil servants say the government’s efforts to get them to work in departmental offices three times a week has not been
- Posted March 5, 2025
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Senior leaders to share insights on government transformation at Innovation 2025Thousands of delegates are expected to flock to London later this month to hear how government leaders from around the world are innovating to deliver high-quality services for citizens. Innovation
- Posted March 3, 2025
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‘A culture of saying no is not acceptable’: New Zealand minister plans public service reformJudith Collins, the new public service minister in New Zealand, has called on public servants to “say yes” to help drive reform and implement the government’s agenda. In a major
- Posted February 20, 2025
