All posts tagged "Accountability"

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  ‘Radical incrementalism’: new APS commissioner details 10-year reform agenda

  Priorities for reform of the Australian Public Service (APS) will include a focus on people, behaviours and strengthening laws and institutions to ensure that the APS can sustain delivering and

  • Posted July 3, 2023
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  Letter from Ottawa: an exhausting year shows the limits of foresight and the comfort of hindsight

  Accountability in government is important – but hindsight must be used to help build resilience and capacity in the public sector, not make politicians and public servants even more risk

  • Posted December 13, 2022
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  Former Australian PM slammed by inquiry into secret appointments  

  The decision of former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison to appoint himself to five additional departments in secret was “unnecessary” and “corrosive of trust in government”, an inquiry has found.

  • Posted November 30, 2022
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  Former UK Cabinet Office minister launches review into civil service governance and accountability

  Francis Maude has launched a review into the efficiency and effectiveness of the UK civil service, focusing on leadership responsibility and autonomy and models of accountability. Maude oversaw wide-ranging reforms

  • Posted July 31, 2022
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  UK government seeks international best practice on civil service accountability

  The UK government has begun a review into the best governance and accountability models for the civil service, with the aim to identify examples from around the world that could

  • Posted March 10, 2022
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  Averting climate catastrophe: how can civil servants help deliver COP26 commitments?

  Now the hubbub of COP26 delegations have left Glasgow, pledges made, and deals struck, attention has turned to what happens next. At a Global Government Forum webinar, climate experts discussed

  • Posted December 13, 2021
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  ‘We have a totally different management style’: what makes Sweden the world’s most responsive government?

  Sweden came out at the top of a whole host of rankings in the Responsive Government Survey 2021, conducted by Global Government Forum and PA Consulting. Richard Johnstone takes a

  • Posted November 23, 2021
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  International GovTech maturity “lower than expected”, says World Bank

  Despite increasing investment across the world, GovTech maturity is “lower than expected” in most countries and digital citizen engagement lacking, research from the World Bank has found. While most governments

  • Posted September 22, 2021
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  The race to protect: how COVID-19 supercharged civil service delivery

  When the pandemic arrived, civil services acted rapidly to protect citizens. At the Global Government Summit, national leaders discussed some of the lessons they’d learned – and looked ahead to

  • Posted April 28, 2021
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  Algorithms & accountabilities: an interview with Jonathan Slater, former UK education chief

  Last year, the Department for Education’s use of an algorithm to decide exam results generated huge public anger, resulting in the departure of permanent secretary Jonathan Slater. He tells Matt

  • Posted February 26, 2021
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