Public Service Leadership & Management

UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street,

UK government plans radical reform to ‘unshackle civil servants’

The UK government has set out a wide-ranging reform plan, with prime minister Sir Keir Starmer telling officials that the civil service needed to become the “engine room of delivery” […]

Good risk and brain food: Five minutes with Clive Martin, head of the UK Government Risk Profession

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who will speak at our Innovation 2025 conference. Taking place in […]
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Senior leaders to share insights on government transformation at Innovation 2025

Thousands of delegates are expected to flock to London later this month to hear how government leaders from around the world are innovating to deliver high-quality services for citizens. Innovation […]
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‘What did you do last week?’: US federal officials asked to detail their achievements – but agency responses differ

US federal officials received an email asking them to set out their five major accomplishments in their working week in an escalation of efforts by the Trump administration to reduce […]
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Trump administration to cull 6,700 IRS jobs as part of federal layoffs

The Trump administration is preparing to axe 6,700 jobs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a bid to shrink the agency and reduce federal government headcount. Probationary staff, including […]
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‘A culture of saying no is not acceptable’: New Zealand minister plans public service reform

Judith Collins, the new public service minister in New Zealand, has called on public servants to “say yes” to help drive reform and implement the government’s agenda. In a major […]

Innovation key to unlocking gains in productivity and resilience, says UK audit chief

Public service leaders should articulate risk appetite, harness the potential of new technologies and develop a culture of fast learning and adaptation if they are to boost innovation in government, […]
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 […]
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President Trump offers civil servants eight months’ pay to resign in latest federal government overhaul

US president Donald Trump has offered civil servants buyout packages in the latest of a series of moves to overhaul the US government since he returned to office. In an […]