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Stephen Burt speaking at AccelerateGov 2024

AccelerateGOV conference brings together digital government experts in Canada

The AccelerateGOV conference returns to Ottawa today, with experts on digital transformation coming together at the Shaw Centre to discuss how to make change in government happen. The conference, which […]

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Size of Canadian public service likely to grow despite 5,000 job cut target | Net zero ‘weaponised in culture wars’, climate watchdog warns: news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence Size of Canadian public service likely to grow despite 5,000 job cut target The size of the Canadian public service […]

Practical plans: how to build a digital strategy that gets delivered

The shelves of governments around the world are groaning with digital strategies that laid out their ambitious goals – then collapsed on contact with reality. At the Government Digital Summit, […]
Cartoon in which a worker sits at their desk while their computer thinks using AI software

From AI fears to public service strikes on pay: Global Government Forum’s top news stories of 2023

After another busy year for public servants, these are some of GGF’s top news stories from the last 12 months This year was one where great expectations and anxieties around […]

Hard-fought COP28 agreement suggests the days of fossil fuels are numbered – but climate catastrophe is not yet averted

As negotiators stagger towards their beds in Dubai and another year’s climate talks come to a close, it’s time to take stock. Did COP28 achieve the big breakthrough the world […]
Last year's Public Service Data Live winners from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Nicole Johnson (with trophy), Steve Rennie (behind Johnson) and Rafael Moraes (far left, middle row) from the winning team, with the judges and other team members.

Canadian public servants urged to send in data ideas

Canada’s most senior data leader has launched the country’s second Public Service Data Challenge, urging staff across the workforce to send in their ideas for how government could make better […]
A panoramic photograph of The Union Buildings that form the official seat of the South African Government at sunrise.

Is fundamental civil service change imminent in South Africa?

South Africa could be on the brink of civil service reforms set to mirror those of Northcote–Trevelyan and the Pendleton Act. Ivor Chipkin, the director of the New South Institute, […]
Bletchley Park in the morning

UK to host global AI safety summit at iconic World War II codebreaking headquarters

The UK government has announced it will host an inaugural global AI safety summit in November at the iconic Bletchley Park, where British codebreakers famously cracked the ‘Enigma’ code during […]
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From tackling COVID-19 fraud to helping detect modern slavery: longlist for 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge revealed

Eight groundbreaking ideas to improve the use of data across the UK government have been selected for further development as part of the 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge. Following a […]
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Letter from Ottawa: the changing of the seasons – and eras

Politics is gearing up again in Canada as summer turns to autumn. Michael Wernick, the former clerk of the privy council and secretary to cabinet, sets out the stakes in […]