All posts tagged "Digital & Technology"

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  Peter Ong, Head of Civil Service, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore: Exclusive interview

  Singapore is regarded as an economic success story. Peter Ong, Singapore’s head of civil service and permanent secretary of its finance ministry, explains how a continuous drive to plan ahead

  • Posted July 22, 2015
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  U.S. federal CIO appeals to cloud companies

  The United States’ chief information officer has called on cloud providers to come up with solutions that can be used by the government. Federal CIO Tony Scott told the Association

  • Posted July 6, 2015
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  Survey finds organizations are still unprepared for inevitable cyber attacks

  Most organizations (67%) are facing rising threats in their information security risk environment, but over a third (37%) have no real-time insight on cyber risks necessary to combat these threats.

  • Posted June 24, 2015
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  U.S. data hack might be four times larger than official government estimates

  The personal data of an estimated 18m current, former and prospective federal employees were affected by a cyber breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – more than

  • Posted June 24, 2015
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  German Bundestag to rebuild IT systems as cyber attack continues

  The German lower house of Parliament is working to re-build its IT systems as a cyber attack which has lasted almost two months, is still ongoing. Global Government Forum reported

  • Posted June 24, 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
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  Martti Hetemäki, Ministry of Finance, Finland: Exclusive Interview

  The 2008 global financial crash hit Finland harder than many other European countries. Head of the Finnish Ministry of Finance Martti Hetemäki tells Global Government Forum in an exclusive interview

  • Posted May 26, 2015
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  Heiki Loot, Government of Estonia: Exclusive Interview

  Heiki Loot is one of Estonia’s longest-serving state secretaries, having served 12 years in the post. He tells Global Government Forum about the changes he has overseen during his time

  • Posted April 21, 2015
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  Wealth and wellbeing: the best of both worlds

  Nasser Siabi has a vision to improve productivity and enhance the wellbeing of the workforce. He describes how his company, Microlink PC, can make it a reality Dr Nasser Siabi

  • Posted May 23, 2014
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  Digital Democracy: a new way to engage citizens?

  Can the work of global governments ever be interesting enough for social media? The UK Parliament certainly hopes so, as Eleanor Goodison reports A revolution may be about to take

  • Posted May 20, 2014
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