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India embarks on landmark civil service capacity-building reform

The Indian government has unveiled a major reform programme that will radically reshape the way civil servants are trained and developed and create what the country’s home minister described as […]

Two top US officials serving illegally, accountability office rules

Two top-ranking homeland security officials are serving illegally, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said. The GAO believes that flaws in the way successions were handled mean that the […]

Trump moves to restrict outsourcing of federal work

President Donald Trump has taken further steps to prevent US government departments and agencies using foreign workers following a row with the nation’s largest utility. Heads of government departments have […]

UK appoints head of merging foreign and aid departments

Sir Philip Barton has been appointed permanent under-secretary at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Barton will head up the new department, which is to be formed next […]

UK unions resist ‘back to work’ push

UK civil service unions are challenging the government’s policy of pulling home-working staff back into their offices, with leaders suggesting that it is more interested in restoring city centre economies […]

OPM obstructive in politicised hiring probe, says investigator

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has repeatedly failed to comply with record requests during an investigation into the alleged politicisation of appointments, its inspector general has said. In a […]

Trump nominates controversial new candidate to lead OPM

The White House has put forward a controversial new candidate to run the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversees HR across the federal government. On Monday Trump formally announced […]

Australian Public Service sets new diversity targets

The Australian government has released a five-year workforce strategy that aims to boost the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in public service. It has set a target […]

Trump’s new overseas broadcast head sacks network chiefs and advisory boards

A purge of senior leaders at the US agency tasked with providing news in countries without a free press has raised fears over the agency’s own autonomy. The new chief […]

US CIO Council calls for higher pay and faster recruitment in IT roles

The USA’s Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council is calling on the government to implement a special pay system and improve recruitment processes for IT workers in order to attract […]