All posts tagged "governance"

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  UK civil service ‘going backwards’ on diversity, survey finds

  New research suggests that ethnic minority representation among the UK’s top civil servants has declined, despite efforts at the highest level to address the issue. The survey by executive search

  • Posted September 26, 2016
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  Mayors go global with new world cities network

  Seven mayors from around the world have formed a steering committee to promote the voices of cities in global affairs after the launch a new ‘Global Parliament of Mayors’ (GPM).

  • Posted September 23, 2016
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  Report urges sweeping reforms to reinvigorate India’s ‘stagnant’ civil service

  India’s civil service is in “urgent” need of reform to keep pace with the country’s economic growth, a US foreign policy think-tank has warned. In a report published earlier this

  • Posted September 21, 2016
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  New Australian women leaders foundation to be led by ABC TV news presenter

  TV news presenter Virginia Haussegger has quit the ABC, Australia’s public broadcaster, to lead a new foundation dedicated to getting more women into senior government and public sector roles in

  • Posted September 21, 2016
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  Upheaval at Statistics Canada after chief’s protest resignation

  Canada has a new chief statistician after the previous incumbent, Wayne Smith, resigned suddenly in protest at an alleged loss of independence at the country’s central statistics agency. Anil Arora,

  • Posted September 19, 2016
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  Australia’s finance department secretary Jane Halton resigns

  The secretary of Australia’s finance department, Jane Halton, the first woman to run an Australian federal-level central agency, has announced her resignation. Halton was appointed to the position in 2014,

  • Posted September 16, 2016
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  Officials must be free to challenge ‘group think’, says UK civil service chief

  The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war has emphasized the importance of civil servants feeling free to “speak truth unto power”, the head of the UK civil service has told

  • Posted September 15, 2016
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  Leslie Evans, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government: Exclusive Interview

  As Brexit looms, the Scottish Government’s civil service chief must both deliver for her Scottish nationalist ministers, and work with civil service colleagues serving the UK’s Tory government. Matt Ross

  • Posted September 15, 2016
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  UK launches plan to free up market for government IT contracts

  The UK Cabinet Office has published new guidelines underpinning a drive to open up the market for government technology contracts. Launched last week in conjunction with the Government Digital Service

  • Posted September 14, 2016
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  Civil servants must make their views heard, says former UK minister

  Civil servants should not shy away from ‘telling politicians what to do,’ a former cabinet minister has said. Ed Balls, who was chief economic adviser to the Treasury from 1997

  • Posted September 13, 2016
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