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USAID pallets Pallets of USAID-supplied food, water and supplies sit on the flight line at the airport as a MH-53E helicopter awaits to be on loaded with supplies. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations

Judge pauses Trump administration plan to put USAID civil servants on leave

A plan by the Trump administration to put almost all civil servants at the US government’s international development agency on leave has been put on hold until later this week […]

Trump administration puts USAID staff on leave as DOGE sets out spending cuts 

Staff at the US government’s international development agency have been put on administrative leave around the globe, while the Elon Musk led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has set out […]

President Trump signs fresh AI directive after revoking Biden order

The Trump administration has introduced an executive order that aims to solidify the US as the world leader in AI.   The ‘Removing barriers to American leadership in artificial intelligence’ […]

Relive all the sessions from AccelerateGOV 2024

Bringing together public service leaders with an interest in government digital transformation, AccelerateGOV explored how to deliver transformed public services. You can watch the sessions from the conference, held on […]
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Letter from Ottawa: Navigating through a year of uncertainty

With a change of prime minister imminent and a new president over the border, the Canadian public service faces a year of change – at a time when the government […]

Modernising government recruitment: Five minutes with Marie-Chantal Girard, president of Canada’s Public Service Commission

Ahead of the Global Government Leaders’ Forum event taking place in Singapore on 21 January, Global Government Forum caught up with Marie-Chantal Girard, president of Canada’s Public Service Commission, about […]
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Who will be the top figures in the next Trump administration? 

The US president is responsible for selecting individuals to fill around 4,000 positions across the US federal government. Ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration for a second term on 20 January, […]

Boosting productivity with AI: The year ahead with Mark Schaan, Canada’s deputy secretary for AI

 In this ‘Five Minutes With’ series, we interview senior civil servants about their achievements in 2024 and goals for the year ahead. This interview features Mark Schaan, deputy secretary to the […]

Towards a digital operating model: The year ahead with defence digital transformation leader Ross Ermel

In this ‘Five Minutes With’ series, we interview senior civil servants about their achievements in 2024 and goals for the year ahead. This interview features Ross Ermel, assistant deputy minister for […]
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Only 55% of high-volume Canadian government services meet standards, official figures reveal

Just over half (55%) of ‘high-volume’ services provided by the Canadian government met standards last year, falling well below the 80% target, according to data from the Treasury Board of […]