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Risk Management & Prevention

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All together now: why today’s risks demand a cross-government response

As Russia’s multi-faceted campaign against Ukraine demonstrates, security and civil threats can no longer be neatly separated. At the Global Government Summit, civil service leaders debated how to reform risk […]

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US feds can sign on to COVID-19 hazard pay lawsuit; New Zealand public servants ‘fell short on neutrality’: management and workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed US federal officials can join COVID-19 hazard pay lawsuit A website has been […]

UK government needs a chief risk officer to boost resilience, experts say

The UK government should adopt a “three lines of defence” model and establish a chief risk officer (CRO) to improve the country’s resilience, experts have suggested. Future Proof, a new […]

Risk versus reward: why the public sector should fail more often

At Innovation 2020, senior leaders discussed the opportunities and challenges associated with commissioning and deploying new technologies. Governments’ risk-averse cultures are a barrier to developing public services, they agreed – […]

The power of prevention: de-risking the future

On environmental, social and economic issues, nations face a set of ticking time bombs – and unless they take preventive action, their people and public finances will suffer. At the […]

Incentives must change to address fraud, says UK deputy director

Until the UK government created a strong, central policy and delivery architecture to tackle fraud in government services, most civil servants were not incentivised to seek out fraud, the Cabinet […]

UK ‘fake news’ unit wins permanent funding

A UK government unit that works to tackle ‘fake news’ and disinformation has been given the go-ahead to continue on a permanent basis. According to PRWeek, the Cabinet Office confirmed […]

EU plans natural disaster response team

Plans for a centralised emergency response force have been drawn up by the European Commission to strengthen Europe’s capacity to react to natural disasters. The reserve force, which has been […]

Anti-corruption campaign launched in Malaysia

A government agency tasked with tackling corruption has urged the public to report civil servants who seem to be living beyond their means. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) launched the […]

EU local governments at the helm in new UN disaster risk action plan

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Thursday signed an action plan that aims to boost resilience of cities and regions in Europe. The 2016 to 2020 […]