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A man holding a 'no mandates' placard in front of the Canadian national flag demonstrates against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Toronto, Canada

Canadian unions move against ‘unreasonable’ public service vaccine mandate

Three unions representing around 280,000 Canadian public servants have taken action against the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, calling its continuing use “punitive”, “unreasonable”, and an “abuse of management authority”.  […]

A male nurse wearing scrubs sits down with his head bowed

US veterans affairs employees report not feeling emotionally supported during COVID-19

More than half (51%) of clinical staff at the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) did not feel emotionally supported during the COVID-19 pandemic, while only 40% were aware of the […]

Photo of Catherine Luelo, deputy minister at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and the chief information officer of Canada.

Pick up the pace: CIO Catherine Luelo on accelerating Canada’s digital journey

Nine months after joining the public service, CIO Catherine Luelo tells Matt Ross how she’s refreshing Canada’s digital strategy – and asks staff across the workforce for their help in […]

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‘I call on all Americans to celebrate public servants’: President Biden hails officials who ‘do extraordinary things to make our lives better’

President Joe Biden has hailed public servants as “the lifeblood of our democracy” as he signed a proclamation to mark the nation’s public service recognition week. In a statement released […]

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US federal staff to be deployed to rural communities to boost economic opportunities

US president Joe Biden has launched a programme to deploy federal government employees to rural areas to help local leaders access the resources they need to boost their communities.  The […]

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Canadian public servants urged to send in ideas for better use of data

Two top Canadian officials this week urged public servants to send in their ideas for how to make better use of data, as they launched a competition designed to build […]

A group of protesters opposing the Keystone XL pipeline hold placards in Boston.

Biden beefs up federal requirement to assess environmental impact of infrastructure after dilution by Trump

President Joe Biden has restored key facets of a law that requires government agencies to assess the environmental consequences of major infrastructure projects, after they were dropped by his predecessor […]

Joe Biden at his desk in the Oval Office poses for a photo with his team

US federal agencies publish first-ever plans to enhance equity and inclusion

More than 90 departments and agencies have published a combined 300 actions designed to help the US federal government better serve marginalised groups. The strategies, released last week, aim to […]

A US army soldier holds up an 'I got the COVID-19 vaccine' sticker.

US government pushes to resume vaccine mandate enforcement for federal workers

The Biden administration has requested that an appeals court allow it to immediately resume the discipline process for federal employees who have not complied with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate after […]

A picture of the Canadian parliament buildings from a Hot Air Balloon, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Letter from Ottawa: After a winter of shocks, Canada’s Budget is the latest sign of stability

A political agreement that increased the durability of the government and a Budget that that launched a number of policy reviews indicate that the government in Ottawa is trying to […]