All posts by Winnie Agbonlahor

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  Patsy Wilkinson appointed new second permanent secretary at Britain’s Home Office

  Patsy Wilkinson has been appointed as the new second permanent secretary for the British Home Office, replacing Olly Robbins who is now in charge of the government’s new Brexit department.

  • Posted July 20, 2016
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  Frances Adamson appointed first woman to lead Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  Frances Adamson has today been appointed the first female civil servant to lead Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Her appointment brings the number of female department secretaries to

  • Posted July 20, 2016
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  Canada’s former top official to become high commissioner to UK

  Janice Charette, Canada’s former top civil servant, has been appointed the country’s next high commissioner to the United Kingdom. Charette was replaced as clerk of the Privy Council by her

  • Posted July 20, 2016
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  OECD praises Turkey’s ‘resilient’ business sector but calls for reforms

  The OECD has praised Turkey’s business sector for demonstrating “extraordinary resilience” during the current political unrest in the country, but also called for the government to implement a number of policies in

  • Posted July 19, 2016
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  Civil servants develop algorithm capable of predicting flu outbreaks

  Civil servants in Australia have developed a new tool which can predict flu outbreaks up to eight weeks in advance. The algorithm, which was developed by officials at the Defence Science

  • Posted July 18, 2016
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  Chris Baggoley retires as Australia’s chief medical officer

  Australia’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Baggoley is retiring today after five years in the role. Martin Bowles, the department’s most senior public servant, said that since Baggoley was appointed, “he

  • Posted July 14, 2016
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  Brexit minister Oliver Letwin leaves government after being branded ‘completely unsuitable’ for the job

  Oliver Letwin, the minister in charge of the UK government’s Brexit Unit who was branded as “completely unsuitable” for the job by former cabinet secretary Andrew Turnbull, has left the government.

  • Posted July 14, 2016
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  OECD calls on governments to submit examples of public sector innovation

  Civil servants around the world are being urged to submit examples of public sector innovation to the OECD which will pick the makers of the best ones to attend its World

  • Posted July 14, 2016
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  Brexit: UK government should try to win back officials from European Commission by offering ‘more than competitive pay’, committee says

  Britain’s government should make “particularly strenuous efforts” to win back more than 1,000 UK nationals working for the European Commission by offering “more than competitive pay” to help with Brexit

  • Posted July 13, 2016
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  Thousands of Canadian civil servants report problems with federal pay

  Almost 2,000 civil servants employed by the government of Canada reported issues regarding their pay within less than a week, as the federal payroll crisis deepens. Public Services and Procurement

  • Posted July 12, 2016
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