All posts tagged "defence"

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  Contractors outnumber civil servants in Australia’s defence department

  Consultants and contractors now outnumber permanent staff in Australia’s Department of Defence, its exasperated chief revealed last week during a webinar with 2,000 public servants from the ministry’s Science and

  • Posted February 23, 2017
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  China’s presence on international stage grows as EU’s declines, new index finds

  China is seeing enormous growth in its international profile and influence whilst Europe stagnates, according to a global ranking system that measures countries’ visibility and activity on the international stage.

  • Posted December 19, 2016
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  Officials must be free to challenge ‘group think’, says UK civil service chief

  The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war has emphasized the importance of civil servants feeling free to “speak truth unto power”, the head of the UK civil service has told

  • Posted September 15, 2016
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  EU needs minister of foreign affairs and defence HQ, says European Commission president

  The president of the European Commission yesterday called for the creation of a European minister of foreign affairs, with a seat at the table for discussions about peace in Syria.

  • Posted September 15, 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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  Patsy Wilkinson appointed new second permanent secretary at Britain’s Home Office

  Patsy Wilkinson has been appointed as the new second permanent secretary for the British Home Office, replacing Olly Robbins who is now in charge of the government’s new Brexit department.

  • Posted July 20, 2016
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  Civil servants develop algorithm capable of predicting flu outbreaks

  Civil servants in Australia have developed a new tool which can predict flu outbreaks up to eight weeks in advance. The algorithm, which was developed by officials at the Defence Science

  • Posted July 18, 2016
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  America’s troops to get 1.6% wage increase, but critics say the law calls for bigger rise

  A key panel in the U.S. upper house has voted in favour of a 1.6% pay rise for America’s troops. The Senate Armed Services Committee last week approved the proposals

  • Posted May 19, 2016
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  Ian Watt becomes board member at defence company BAE Systems Australia

  Australia’s former top civil servant Dr Ian Watt has been appointed non-executive chairman of the country’s largest defence company. BAE Systems Australia said the board post has been newly created

  • Posted April 29, 2016
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  Jonathan Slater moves from DG role in UK Cabinet Office to lead education department

  Jonathan Slater, a director-general within Britain’s Cabinet Office, will take charge of the education department next month, less than six months after being appointed to his current job. Slater was

  • Posted April 21, 2016
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