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Black public servants in Canada having to ‘recount trauma’ in US$1.97bn racism lawsuit, says organiser

One of the organisers behind a legal case alleging black public servants suffered racism over a period of five decades has accused the Government of Canada of delaying the case […]

Democrat representative Gerry Connolly gives a speech wearing a suit.

US lawmakers vote to shield feds from Trump threat to make them more easily fireable if re-elected

The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would stop future presidents from stripping federal employees of civil service protections without Congressional approval. The ‘Preventing a Patronage System’ bill cleared […]

President Joe Biden stands in front of a blue sign at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.

US government agencies to roll out climate change training for officials to help meet targets

The White House has issued instructions to agencies on how to achieve the federal government’s climate change goals, including through the development of sustainability-focused training programmes for departmental staff. The […]

Leading Questions, with Yazmine Laroche

‘If we’re not representative, why would people trust us?’: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with Canada’s recently retired head of public service accessibility, Yazmine Laroche

Global Government Forum’s new podcast is out, featuring Yazmine Laroche who retired from the Canadian Public Service after three decades in a wide variety of roles – latterly as deputy […]

‘Much more needed’ to combat racism and improve diversity in Canadian public service, says chief

The Canadian public service has reiterated its commitment to confronting racism and becoming more equitable, diverse, inclusive and accessible in its annual report to prime minister, Justin Trudeau. Making the […]

Canada to launch public consultation on digital ID framework for federal public services

Canada’s federal government has announced that it is preparing a public consultation on a framework for digital identity. The government launched its Digital Ambition 2022 on 5 August this year, […]

Close-up of US vice president Kamala Harris smiling.

Biden says government is working again as US Senate passes milestone climate change bill

Senators in the US voted through the night on Sunday to push through president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – a major piece of legislation that allocates US$454bn to tackle […]

Canadian public service unions blast government’s hybrid work advice

Public service unions in Canada have criticised the federal government’s plan to bring employees back into offices on a hybrid basis, calling its advice incoherent and a risk to workers’ […]

US representative Chip Roy takes the podium.

‘Bureaucrats need to be fireable’: Republican lawmakers propose stripping US federal officials of employment protections

A group of US lawmakers from the Republican Party have introduced a bill that would make it easier for the president to remove a host of nonpartisan officials from their […]

Trump aides plan federal staff purge in event of 2024 re-election

Aides of ex-US president Donald Trump are working on plans that would enable him to fire thousands of career civil servants and replace them with political appointees if he were […]