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Seven public servants’ ideas picked up by Canadian Data Challenge

Launched earlier this year, the Public Service Data Challenge aims to identify and develop public servants’ ideas on how to make better use of data in government – here, we […]

Data now, not later: why real-time information represents a step change for policymakers

Real-time data enables governments to keep track of events and trends as they shift, and has important applications in policy design work and the delivery of public services. At a […]
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Keeping up with COP: how can countries measure progress to net zero?

The Paris Agreement established a precedent for getting countries around the table to create and manage expectations – based on evidence and subject to scrutiny – around climate action. Seven […]

An ideas accelerator: how the UK’s Data Challenge built two new public services

Gathering ideas from the workforce, the 2021 Civil Service Data Challenge put the best on the path to delivery, bringing benefits for UK citizens overseas, peatlands conservation and the net […]
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‘We have a responsibility to the public purse’: exclusive insight into the future of UK civil service offices

In the wake of the pandemic, many professionals want flexible working arrangements – and unless public bodies can offer them, they’ll find it difficult to attract the most talented and […]

AI-powered government finances: making the most of data and machines

Artificial intelligence is being used by a growing number of governments and public authorities across a range of areas. Ian Hall reports on a discussion that examined the opportunities and […]
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‘It’s night and day’: how public and civil service offices are going to change post-COVID

In the second of a series of exclusive interviews, Stéphan Déry, a senior official in the Canadian government who is also president of The Workplace Network, tells Global Government Forum […]

AccelerateGov: the digital goal for governments is clear, but the match is not yet won

Digital technologies demonstrated their potential during the pandemic, said panellists at the global AccelerateGov conference yesterday – but to realise that potential, further big changes are required. Matt Ross reports […]
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Office space (to think): inside the international network looking to the future of the public sector workplace

Post-pandemic, governments around the world are using their offices differently as workforces adapt to remote and flexible working. In the first of a series of exclusive interviews, Global Government Forum […]
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‘There’s quite a lot of myth-busting we can do’: how the UK civil service can remain an attractive employer

While governments around the world warning of a ‘war for talent’, government in the UK is fighting its own battle amid government plans to cut 91,000 officials. In a recent […]