All posts by Richard Johnstone
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‘Focus on the customer is the rallying point’: US federal CIO Clare Martorana on how to drive transformation in government
The US federal government’s chief information officer is at the frontline of driving transformation in the world’s most influential government. She speaks to Global Government Forum about how to lead
- Posted May 24, 2023
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‘There’s a sense parts of the public sector are not working as well as they did’: how can governments become more responsive to citizen needs?
The 2023 Responsive Government Survey reveals that public servants’ confidence in their ability to respond to the changing needs of citizens is lower now than in 2021. What can be
- Posted May 17, 2023
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US government to ban use of salary history in federal job offers
The US government is set to prohibit the use of previous salary information in setting pay for federal employees as part of action to boost pay equity. The Office of
- Posted May 15, 2023
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Lessons for leaders: how top public servants can chart a course to more responsive government
GGF research reveals that leaders are more confident in their public service organisation’s performance than other staff. Experts set out how they can share what they know to better deliver
- Posted May 3, 2023
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Canadian public service strike ends as deal reached over pay and remote work
The two-week long strike by 120,000 Canadian public servants is ending today after the government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union reached a May Day deal on
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Responsive Government Survey reveals impact of era of permacrisis
Public servants around the world are less confident in their governments’ ability to respond to change than they were in 2021, according to exclusive Global Government Forum research that reveals
- Posted April 27, 2023
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UK becomes latest nation to launch evacuation flights from Sudan
The UK government has joined a number of other nations in launching repatriation flights for citizens in Sudan in response to unrest between rival military factions in the country. The
- Posted April 26, 2023
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UK civil service review to call for more ‘robust culture’ after Raab resignation
A government-commissioned review of the UK civil service is set to call for greater ministerial involvement in the appointment of top officials, with Singapore and France among the nations that
- Posted April 24, 2023
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South Korea to use AI to notify citizens of welfare entitlement; US taxpayer data at risk due to cybersecurity deficiencies: policy and delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. South Korea to use AI to notify citizens of welfare entitlement The South Korean government
- Posted April 20, 2023
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UN warns governments that disaster risks are ‘out of control’ as lessons are ignored
The United Nations has urged governments around the world to learn lessons on how to respond to disasters as it warned action to better protect people from major catastrophes had
- Posted April 16, 2023