All posts tagged "governance"

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  Iain Rennie announces new transport secretary for New Zealand

  Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) chief Peter Mersi will become transport secretary and chief executive of the transport department in July, state services commissioner Iain Rennie has announced today. Mersi

  • Posted May 31, 2016
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  The remarkable rise of India’s think tanks

  The number of think tanks feeding into India’s public debates is expanding fast. Alexandra Katz explores the rapid advances and the growing pains of this emerging policy machine The USA

  • Posted May 26, 2016
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  APEX award winner Jennifer Hollington’s 5-step guide to creating a healthy workplace

  A Canadian senior civil servant who won an award for her efforts in creating a healthy work environment has called on officials around the world to “take intelligent risks” to

  • Posted May 26, 2016
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  WANTED: Government officials to lead Canada’s senior civil service association

  Canada’s senior civil service association is looking for volunteers to join its board of directors. APEX (the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada) is an independent, not-for-profit

  • Posted May 24, 2016
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  Russian pay plan defeated by inflation

  A six-year plan by the Russian government to raise the incomes of public sector workers is being badly undermined by rising inflation, according to a leaked report by Russia’s National

  • Posted May 19, 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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  Wanted: ‘forward-thinking and innovative leader’ to become World Bank’s next chief economist

  The World Bank is looking for a new chief economist. The new appointee will support the World Bank’s president – Dr Jim Yong Kim – and its senior management in

  • Posted May 16, 2016
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  Latvia to join OECD ‘rich nations’ club’

  Latvia is to join the OECD, after the organisation’s council agreed unanimously to invite the small nation to become its 35th member. The country with a population of 2m people will

  • Posted May 13, 2016
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  Female public servants in New Zealand ‘working for free’ until July, due to pay gap

  Women in New Zealand’s public service have this week started to work effectively for free until the end of June due to the 14% wage gap, the country’s public sector

  • Posted May 12, 2016
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  Katrina Casey announced as new acting chief executive of New Zealand’s education department

  New Zealand’s outgoing state services commissioner Iain Rennie has appointed Katrina Casey as acting education chief to fill a post due to be vacated by his successor. Rennie is leaving government

  • Posted May 12, 2016
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