Public Service Leadership & Management

OECD releases new anti-corruption toolkit

A new OECD toolkit to tackle corruption can now be used by governments around the world. The tool specifically aims at the mining, oil and gas industries and provides evidence-based […]

Revealed: winners of Canada’s senior public service awards

The winners of this year’s senior public service awards of excellence in Canada have been revealed today. High-ranking public servants have been recognised for their management skills in four categories, […]

Top Indian educationalist urges focus on universities, power supplies and high-tech manufacturing

India must focus on expanding higher education, energy production and high-technology manufacturing if it is to retain its robust economic growth, the former vice chancellor of Delhi University told an […]

Jonathan Slater moves from DG role in UK Cabinet Office to lead education department

Jonathan Slater, a director-general within Britain’s Cabinet Office, will take charge of the education department next month, less than six months after being appointed to his current job. Slater was […]

Patricia Scotland calls for Commonwealth-wide anti-corruption unit

The new head of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland, has today called for the creation of a new unit working across the 53 nation group to fight corruption. Scotland, who […]

Jon Thompson, former permanent secretary of the UK Ministry of Defence, and now chief executive of HM Revenue & Customs: Exclusive Interview

In any ranking of the developed world’s most challenging government jobs, digitising the UK’s tax collection and challenging its civil service’s class system would stand high in the premier league. […]

In pictures: Patricia Scotland is welcomed as new Commonwealth secretary-general

                           

Patricia Scotland sets out priorities in new role as Commonwealth chief

Tackling corruption and championing good governance is among the top priorities set out by Baroness Patricia Scotland, the new secretary-general of the Commonwealth. Outlining her agenda for her four-year term, […]

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 […]

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 […]