All posts tagged "APAC"

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  Plans to restrict access to Australia solicitor general withdrawn

  Australia’s attorney general George Brandis has backed down over the introduction of a directive controlling ministerial access to the country’s solicitor general. Brandis today tabled a new legal instrument repealing

  • Posted November 10, 2016
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  New digital agency to lead Australian e-government push

  A ‘Digital Transformation Agency’ is to be formed to deliver what has been billed as a far-reaching shake-up in the digital capabilities of Australian government departments. The DTA will supersede

  • Posted October 18, 2016
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  Report urges sweeping reforms to reinvigorate India’s ‘stagnant’ civil service

  India’s civil service is in “urgent” need of reform to keep pace with the country’s economic growth, a US foreign policy think-tank has warned. In a report published earlier this

  • Posted September 21, 2016
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  New Australian women leaders foundation to be led by ABC TV news presenter

  TV news presenter Virginia Haussegger has quit the ABC, Australia’s public broadcaster, to lead a new foundation dedicated to getting more women into senior government and public sector roles in

  • Posted September 21, 2016
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  Australian government launches new digital marketplace

  The government of Australia has launched a digital marketplace which aims to make it easier for businesses to sell their services to government, following collaboration with civil servants in the

  • Posted August 31, 2016
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  New Zealand government asks public how to become more transparent

  The government of New Zealand is asking members of the public for their views on improving its openness. It has drafted an action plan, as part of its collaboration with

  • Posted August 25, 2016
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  Revealed: winners of Australia’s public sector innovation awards

  A shared content management system for government agencies has been among winners of Australia’s new public sector innovation awards. The service titled ‘govCMS’ which has so far been bought by

  • Posted August 1, 2016
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  Report suggests new national authority to improve health care in China

  The government of China should consider establishing a national authority to lead improvements across the health system, according to a new report which highlights the challenges created by the country’s

  • Posted July 28, 2016
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  Health tourism demands coordinated action by governments, says Hong Kong’s health permanent secretary

  The emergence of ‘health tourism’ and international markets in surgical procedures present a major challenge to government health departments, Hong Kong’s outgoing permanent secretary for food and health has told

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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  Richard Yuen Ming-fai, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health), Hong Kong: Exclusive Interview

  On the eve of his retirement, Hong Kong’s health permanent secretary tells Matt Ross how the territory is reforming its healthcare system to prepare for a future in which half

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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