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Births, deaths and everything in between: designing services around peoples’ lives

At key moments in life, people have enough to be doing without interacting with multiple public services. So governments around the world are connecting systems – making life easier for […]

Digital disruption in my career: from civil servant to entrepreneur, and back again

John Fitzpatrick, director for digital enablement at the UK’s Ministry of Defence, explains how embracing digital transformed his professional journey – even if it hasn’t always been plain sailing In […]

Strong but flexible: creating effective central project management offices

Central project management offices help to boost skills, delivery and oversight across departments. At a recent GGF webinar, experts highlighted the need to balance greater coordination and governance with the […]

Building for the future: delivering infrastructure for the post-COVID world

Infrastructure is key to economic recovery – but the pandemic has raised big questions around both public sector finances, and the kinds of infrastructure that will be required. At the […]

Black comedy of errors: how the UK accidentally left the Single Market, and other Brexit stories

Newly published interviews with key figures involved in Brexit reveal how a lack of expertise led to major mistakes – and suggest that the UK government deliberately built an inexperienced […]

Layers upon layers: how financial data paints a picture of the pandemic

Governments have found new sources of real-time financial data that give a clear view of COVID-19’s impact on industries, businesses and workers. At the 2020 Government Finance Summit, top officials […]

Mental health during a pandemic: how to spot problems among your team

COVID-19 is triggering and exacerbating mental health problems across the world. Wellbeing consultant Ramin Salehi explains how to spot the signs that a colleague is struggling and embark on a […]

Opinion: Ministerial errors have undermined the UK’s pandemic response

The latest Whitehall Monitor report reveals just how badly ministers have handled the COVID-19 crisis, failing in key areas such as procurement and working with local authorities, argues Richard Vize […]

Feeding the people, not the sharks: supporting citizens through the pandemic

Around the world, finance departments have found different ways of protecting workers and businesses during the COVID crisis. At GGF’s Finance Summit, senior leaders discussed which worked best – reaching […]

The vacci-nation: how Israel got on the front foot with COVID-19 immunisation

Israel’s rapid roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination makes it both a trailblazer and a guinea pig for the rest of the world, and presents lessons for civil servants charged with […]