All posts by Richard Johnstone

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  UK to get fully fledged ‘Office of the Prime Minister’ in response to Sue Gray report as premier rejects calls to resign

  The UK government will create an Office of the Prime Minister headed by a top tier civil servant after a report into a series of parties in 10 Downing Street

  • Posted February 1, 2022
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  Welcome to the refreshed Global Government Forum website

  You may have noticed some changes to the look of www.globalgovernmentforum.com today, and I would like to tell you a bit about them. From this week, we have revised how

  • Posted January 30, 2022
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  Australian privacy regulator reform plan, White House sustainability talks, Davos summit’s ‘uncertainty’ warning: policy & delivery roundup

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Privacy regulator calls for more powers to enhance national regime The Office of

  • Posted January 28, 2022
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  Remote working: UK civil servants told to return to pre-COVID office arrangements

  UK government departments have been told to accelerate the return of officials to the office from this week after coronavirus regulations on working from home were removed. In a statement

  • Posted January 25, 2022
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  Top job application tips for digital roles in government

  A UK civil servant has set out a series of job application tips to help would-be public servants make the most of their application for digital roles in government. In

  • Posted January 23, 2022
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  US feds remote working stats, Australian officials underpaid by $400,000, and Ireland’s ‘constipated’ civil service: management & workplace news roundup

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Nearly half of US federal employees worked remotely in the government’s 2020 fiscal

  • Posted January 13, 2022
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  Boss class: Why are frontline staff more confident in US federal leadership than the top officials themselves?

  Global Government Forum and PA Consulting’s Responsive Government Survey examined the views of civil servants from nine countries on how responsive their government was to the changing demands and pressures

  • Posted January 6, 2022
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  Global report reveals senior officials lack understanding to drive digital transformation of government

  New research from Global Government Forum has revealed many of the barriers to digital transformation shared across governments – and provided tips and insights on how to overcome them. The

  • Posted January 5, 2022
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  Brexit, AI governance, and public service leadership: 2021 in review

  The top features and podcasts from GGF over the last 12 months As we mentioned in yesterday’s round up of 2021’s top news stories, it has been yet another year

  • Posted December 29, 2021
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  COVID-19 vaccine mandates, public servants’ pay, and the return to the office: Global Government Forum’s top news stories of 2021

  What you’ve been reading over the last 12 months This year has once again been dominated by the coronavirus. From the rollout of vaccines – and their mandation for workers

  • Posted December 28, 2021
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