All posts tagged "defence"
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Senior officials from Canada and Japan agree to collaborate on counter-terrorismCanada and Japan have agreed to strengthen cooperation on counter-terrorism at a meeting involving high level officials this week. The agreement was made during so-called ‘2-plus-2’ security talks held in
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Jon Thompson, former permanent secretary of the UK Ministry of Defence, and now chief executive of HM Revenue & Customs: Exclusive InterviewIn any ranking of the developed world’s most challenging government jobs, digitising the UK’s tax collection and challenging its civil service’s class system would stand high in the premier league.
- Posted April 7, 2016
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Loosening Defence Equipment & Support pay controls has brought down salary bills, says Jon Thompson, UK’s outgoing MoD perm secLiberating Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) from cross-civil service salary controls has cut the Ministry of Defence (MoD) agency’s staffing bill even as its workforce grows, outgoing MoD permanent secretary
- Posted April 6, 2016
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UK government departments to face further cuts, chancellor reveals in budgetUK government departments will be asked to find another £3.5 billion (US$5bn) in savings by 2020, following a prolonged period of public spending cuts, chancellor George Osborne has announced. The
- Posted March 17, 2016
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Stephen Lovegrove appointed new permanent secretary of the UK’s Ministry of DefenceUK energy and climate change permanent secretary Stephen Lovegrove has today been announced as the new civil servant leading the Ministry of Defence (MoD). He will succeed Jon Thompson, who is taking
- Posted March 9, 2016
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UK Defence Intelligence to establish new cyber warfare unitThe UK is establishing a military unit dedicated to cyber and electromagnetic warfare, the chief of defence intelligence told an audience at the Ministry of Defence yesterday. Making a rare
- Posted February 24, 2016
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Britain’s defence chief Jon Thompson to head up tax department in new management structureJon Thompson, permanent secretary of the UK’s Ministry of Defence, has today been announced as the tax department’s new chief executive. However, under a new management structure revealed today, Thompson,
- Posted February 24, 2016
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Defence Housing Australia appoints new acting MD amidst privatisation fearsThe Australian organisation which supplies housing to members of the military and their families has appointed an acting managing director after the shock departure of its previous chief. Peter Howman’s
- Posted November 3, 2015
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Review of New Zealand’s defence body calls for ‘coherence from the top’The leadership of the body tasked with providing defence and security in New Zealand must show greater accountability and leadership in order to achieve its long-term strategic improvement goals, an
- Posted October 8, 2015
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U.S. official: ‘Data hacked from U.S. government dates back to 1985’Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, Reuters news agency reported on 5 June. The breach
- Posted June 8, 2015
