All posts tagged "meritocracy"

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  US unions urge Congress to protect federal staff from Trump bid to strip employment protections

  Congressional leaders have been urged to pass a bill that would block future governments from resurrecting a Trump-era bid to strip career federal employees of their civil service protections, in

  • Posted November 1, 2022
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  All change at the UK’s Civil Service Commission

  Four new civil service commissioners have been appointed to the independent statutory body that oversees appointments to the UK civil service, and a fifth is being sought to replace outgoing

  • Posted October 5, 2021
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  Trump clamps down on diversity training

  President Trump has issued an executive order banning government contractors from providing employees with certain forms of diversity training. The order forbids what it calls “divisive concepts”, such as training

  • Posted October 5, 2020
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  Crisis response: an interview with Sir Suma Chakrabarti

  Suma Chakrabarti, the former UK permanent secretary and EBRD chief, sees opportunities as well as risks amidst the COVID crisis; but western governments, he warns, are fumbling their response. Matt

  • Posted August 27, 2020
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  Unions vow to continue fighting White House moves to undermine workers

  White House attempts to undermine federal employee rights and union power are wasting government resources and have made it harder to protect worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to

  • Posted June 30, 2020
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  How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’

  When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top

  • Posted May 3, 2020
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