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Richard Fadden Canada’s top national security adviser retires from public service

Canada’s top national security adviser is retiring from the public service after 39 years in government. Richard Fadden was appointed to the role by Canada’s former prime minister Stephen Harper […]

Canada’s Justin Trudeau announces new senior public service appointment

The prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has announced the appointment of Serge Dupont as the new deputy clerk of the Privy Council and associate secretary to Cabinet. Dupont, currently […]

Two UK government departments to join forces in global counter-terrorism effort

Two UK government departments are setting up a joint unit to fight terrorism abroad. The Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will create the Joint Unit for […]

Australia’s Digital Transformation Office releases prototype of new gov.au

Australia has published the first prototype of a new government website, focused around citizens’ needs rather than government structures. Civil servants at the Digital Transformation Office (DTO) have been working […]

India allocates 700bn rupees for civil servants’ salary hike in 2016 budget

The Indian government has allocated 700bn rupees (£7.4bn) for the salary hike of central government employees as part of the 2016 union budget. Up to 4.7m sitting civil servants and […]

Government of Canada pledges creation of new central ‘results and delivery unit’

Canada’s federal government is creating a new unit within the Privy Council Office (PCO) to monitor results and delivery of government policies. The new Results and Delivery Unit has been […]

Changes announced among Singapore’s most senior civil servants

The head of Singapore’s civil service Peter Ong will relinquish his appointments as permanent secretary, special duties at the prime minister’s office (PMO), and as finance permanent secretary, and take […]

OECD calls on Poland to introduce ‘cooling-off’ periods for senior officials

The OECD has called on Poland to introduce a ‘cooling-off’ period for senior civil servants leaving the public sector to reduce revolving-door opportunities. The majority of developed countries have such […]

Satellite night signal project could help India’s government spread electricity

A tool monitoring the use of light in Indian cities and villages could help the government in its effort to bring electricity to all the country’s villages by 2018, a […]

Germany announces $299bn infrastructure investment

Germany’s federal government has announced a €265bn ($299bn) infrastructure investment plan covering the next 14 years. The national infrastructure plan (Bundesverkehrswegeplan), which was announced on Wednesday, sets out which roads, […]