All posts tagged "elections"

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  New Zealand election battle lines drawn over public services

  A series of announcements by the major political parties contesting for power at the next general election in New Zealand – scheduled for 14 October – have put public services

  • Posted September 4, 2023
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  US midterms: five reasons why the election results matter

  From the impact on government spending to the implications for US democracy, the US midterm elections will shape the years ahead. Here’s some early indications of what they will meant

  • Posted November 10, 2022
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  UK civil service chief pictured in COVID rules breach report; US official urges backing for worker protection hiring plan: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed UK civil service head pictured at parties during COVID The UK’s most senior

  • Posted May 26, 2022
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  US Capitol attack spurs data scientists to predict next insurrection using AI

  Data scientists are working to develop AI modelling techniques that can predict outbreaks of political violence following an attack on the US Capitol Building in 2021. A method of analysis

  • Posted January 19, 2022
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  Vote of confidence: how climate-conscious electorates are forcing governments to get serious about going green

  World leaders announced target after target at COP26 but there has been little clarity on the delivery mechanisms behind them. Yet there is evidence that citizens increasingly want action on

  • Posted November 14, 2021
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  Australia proposes voter ID law to crack down on alleged election fraud

  Legislation proposing that Australian voters show identification on polling day has been criticised over fears that it could disenfranchise young and Indigenous Australians. The bill – which has progressed through

  • Posted November 1, 2021
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  Brazil’s public sector reform bill advances through congress

  A bill that aims to shrink the state by cutting public sector pay and benefits has passed the committee stage in Brazil’s lower chamber of congress. The constitutional amendment –

  • Posted September 27, 2021
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  Union welcomes Biden’s picks for labour relations panel

  The Biden administration has proposed the appointment of academics, union lawyers, mediators and a former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board to serve on an arbitration panel for labour-management

  • Posted August 27, 2021
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  Challenges to US election are ‘anti-democratic’, says former Republican House Speaker

  Republican legislators’ attempts to challenge states’ electoral college votes are “anti-democratic and anti-conservative”, former Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has said, arguing that attempts to “sow doubt about

  • Posted January 5, 2021
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  Chain reaction: how governments are unlocking the power of blockchain

  As blockchain exits the hype cycle, says Lord Holmes of Richmond, governments are getting serious about regulating and deploying it – finding uses in public and financial services Amara’s law

  • Posted February 24, 2020
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