All posts tagged "COVID-19"

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  Post-COVID comeback: rebooting tourism for a new age  

  When COVID-19 hit and countries moved to close borders to protect their populations, the tourism industry shut down almost overnight, with big implications for the economy. Now countries have reopened,

  • Posted October 26, 2022
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  Keeping links strong: what governments can do to take the sting out of supply chain risk

  Geopolitical and economic headwinds are putting global supply chains at risk, with potentially serious implications for service delivery. In a Dun & Bradstreet webinar, public and private sector experts discussed

  • Posted October 12, 2022
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  UK PM backpedals on plans to cut 91,000 civil service jobs by 2025

  UK prime minister Liz Truss is expected to walk back on plans to cut a fifth of the civil service workforce by 2025 and instead reduce headcount gradually to avoid

  • Posted October 10, 2022
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  Four megatrends shaping government – and what they mean for the future

  From dealing with the fallout from a global pandemic and implementing plans to reach net zero, to trying to cushion people from an energy and inflation crisis and adapt to

  • Posted September 19, 2022
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  Teleworking: US government agency urged to share insights into the future of federal offices

  The US General Services Administration (GSA) has been urged to do more to help agencies of the federal government prepare for post-COVID changes to the federal official estate. According to

  • Posted September 12, 2022
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  UK government to sell state property as Ress-Mogg reiterates plan to move officials out of London

  The UK government has published a new strategy intended to save money by selling off government property, using modern building materials and energy sources, and reducing its spending on leases.

  • Posted September 2, 2022
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  Biden ends COVID testing for unvaccinated feds, leaked report exposes bullying in UK Cabinet Office: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Biden ends COVID testing for unvaccinated federal employees The Biden administration has told agencies

  • Posted August 25, 2022
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  Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout flawed, audit finds

  The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine by Australia’s health department was “partly effective” but planning was slow and incomplete in the early stages, delivery to priority groups was flawed and

  • Posted August 24, 2022
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  Government reform on the cards in Australia after revelations that ex-PM gave himself additional powers in secret

  It has been revealed that former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself head of five ministries during his time in office, in what his successor called an “unprecedented

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Canadian public service unions blast government’s hybrid work advice

  Public service unions in Canada have criticised the federal government’s plan to bring employees back into offices on a hybrid basis, calling its advice incoherent and a risk to workers’

  • Posted August 2, 2022
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