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Transparency, Accountability & Collaboration

Who is William Shawcross, the government’s pick for public appointments commissioner?

In the CVs of senior regulators, it’s not par for the course to see books reporting on the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and biographies of figures including […]

Singapore chief on the biggest challenges facing civil servants: learning pace and earning faith

Many civil servants responded to the pandemic with enormous speed and innovation – and their populations noticed, said Singapore Civil Service Head Leo Yip at the opening session of the […]

Trump must be held to account, say US diplomats

American diplomats have drafted two cables criticising Donald Trump for inciting last week’s attack on the Capitol building, and calling for the president to be held to account over the […]

How tech helps government departments improve the efficiency of fraud investigations

Fraud, theft and misuse of government services costs the UK public sector more than £40 billion per year. But technology can help officials to analyse intelligence, pinpoint patterns of behaviour, […]

Irish shared service project’s delivery time and cost set to double, auditor finds

A financial management system being developed for Ireland’s civil service is expected to be delivered four years late and at well over twice the projected budget, the government’s auditor general […]

Australia’s auditor general calls for more funding as number of investigations drop

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) – which conducted six fewer audits than its target this year, due to budget constraints – will be forced to further cut the number […]

Australian civil servant quits in censorship protest

An Australian civil servant has quit his job as a policy officer at the industry department after being threatened with the sack if he didn’t delete a blog post on […]

Australians’ trust in public services on the up

According to recently released statistics from Australia’s Citizen Experience Survey, in early 2019 just over a third of respondents trusted public services, while only a quarter believed that public bodies […]

Four US State Department aides subpoenaed in investigation into watchdog firing

House Democrats have subpoenaed four senior aides to secretary of state Mike Pompeo, accusing them of stonewalling an investigation into president Trump’s firing of State Department inspector general Steve Linick. […]

New Zealand enshrines civil service principles in law

New Zealand has passed a new “citizen focused” public service legislation bill which aims to encourage collaborative working to help tackle the country’s most pressing challenges. Minister of state services […]