All posts tagged "governance"

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  Bank executive named CEO of Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency

  A former bank executive has been appointed to lead Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), which is spearheading the country’s e-government agenda. Gavin Slater becomes the agency’s first full-time chief executive

  • Posted April 5, 2017
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  Calls for new civil service resources as UK triggers Article 50

  The triggering of Article 50 last week has sparked fresh debate over whether the UK’s civil service has the capabilities to handle the many complexities arising from Britain’s withdrawal from

  • Posted April 3, 2017
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  Kerslake review: Treasury ‘disempowers’ rest of Whitehall

  The role of the UK Treasury has expanded to the point where it is “disempowering” other Whitehall departments, according to a review released this month by former Whitehall chief Bob

  • Posted February 22, 2017
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  Canada offers civil service opportunities to indigenous students

  The Canadian government has launched a drive to attract more young civil servants from indigenous groups. This week, Scott Brison, president of Canada’s Treasury Board, announced a scheme to provide

  • Posted February 13, 2017
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  Governments make fast progress on blockchain adoption

  Nine in ten government organisations across the world are planning to invest in blockchain technology by 2018, according to a survey of public sector leaders. In a report based on

  • Posted February 8, 2017
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  Populism enables ‘endemic corruption’, report warns

  Transparency International has warned of “endemic corruption” in public sectors all over the world, after its analysis revealed that two-thirds of the 176 countries examined score less than half marks

  • Posted January 26, 2017
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  New European Parliament president sets conciliatory tone on Brexit

  The new centre-right president of the European Parliament has told the UK prime minister that Britain will remain a key partner for the EU, whilst promising to protect the interests

  • Posted January 24, 2017
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  May’s hard Brexit: starting position or ultimate goal?

  The British PM has set out her stall for EU exit talks, and she’s offering few goods for Continental customers. Matt Ross unpicks the domestic political calculations that have shaped

  • Posted January 20, 2017
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  Republican legislators take new powers over public spending

  American Republicans have reinstated an obscure rule from 1876 that allows them to target specific government programmes and individual federal workers for cuts. The Holman Rule, which was scrapped by

  • Posted January 10, 2017
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  Ripples around the world: Brexit’s implications for Europe and beyond

  The UK referendum vote to leave the EU will have consequences far beyond the Continent. Six months after the historic poll, Matt Ross considers its implications for governments both in

  • Posted January 4, 2017
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