All posts tagged "ireland"
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When the black swans come home to roost: explaining inflation
The world has had to face a lot of ‘black swan’ disruptive events over recent years – and in responding to these immediate challenges, finance ministries have sometimes created new
- Posted November 27, 2022
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‘Work is an activity, not a place’: how governments are responding to the hybrid working era
The era of flexible working means that the offices public servants work in need to change. Global Government Forum brought together property experts from governments in Canada, the UK, and
- Posted November 22, 2022
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UK accused of ‘treating senior officials with contempt’; US State Department must improve IT recruitment efforts: management & workforce news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed UK government accused of ‘treating senior officials with contempt’ over pay The UK government
- Posted July 21, 2022
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US feds remote working stats, Australian officials underpaid by $400,000, and Ireland’s ‘constipated’ civil service: management & workplace news roundup
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Nearly half of US federal employees worked remotely in the government’s 2020 fiscal
- Posted January 13, 2022
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Ireland’s top civil servant made ambassador to UK
The Irish government’s most senior civil servant has been appointed as ambassador to the UK, in a move widely regarded as an attempt to strengthen ties between the two countries
- Posted August 30, 2021
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Irish shared service project’s delivery time and cost set to double, auditor finds
A financial management system being developed for Ireland’s civil service is expected to be delivered four years late and at well over twice the projected budget, the government’s auditor general
- Posted October 12, 2020
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Ireland to introduce civil service diversity targets
Targets are to be set for the number of people from ethnic minority backgrounds employed in the public and civil service in Ireland. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green
- Posted June 19, 2020
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Corona forces postponement of UK e-payments deadline
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to give industry an extra six months to implement new rules aimed at boosting the security of payments and reducing fraud, due to
- Posted May 6, 2020
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Central banks push contactless payments to counter COVID-19
Government authorities in a growing number of countries, including Kenya and Ireland, are taking actions to encourage contactless payments as the coronavirus pandemic escalates. The moves come as governments worldwide
- Posted March 25, 2020
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Opinion: the ‘power of where’ – realising the potential of geospatial data
For millennia maps have guided exploration, supported trade and allowed us to defend our nations and maintain the social fabrics of our societies. They tell the story of human endeavour
- Posted December 6, 2019