All posts tagged "New Zealand"

• 
  New Zealand’s top civil servant pledges to meet more people, send fewer emails

  New Zealand’s civil service chief, Iain Rennie, has pledged to speak more directly with senior leaders in government, after a review urged his organisation to “speak from the heart” and

  • Posted October 29, 2015
  • 0
• 
  Top New Zealand official moves to head off further sexual harassment scandals

  New Zealand’s state services commissioner, Iain Rennie, has told Global Government Forum that he’s taking steps to ensure officials receive consistent training in what constitutes sexual harassment and bullying, after

  • Posted October 29, 2015
  • 0
• 
  Iain Rennie, state services commissioner, New Zealand: Exclusive Interview

  Iain Rennie is responsible for hiring and developing New Zealand’s top civil servants as well as driving reform. He speaks to Winnie Agbonlahor about some of his most recent initiatives

  • Posted October 29, 2015
  • 1
• 
  UK government’s transparency laws could undergo restrictions

  Legislation creating a public right of access to information held by public authorities in the UK could undergo significant restrictions under proposals put forward by a commission reviewing the rules.

  • Posted October 12, 2015
  • 0
• 
  Review of New Zealand’s defence body calls for ‘coherence from the top’

  The leadership of the body tasked with providing defence and security in New Zealand must show greater accountability and leadership in order to achieve its long-term strategic improvement goals, an

  • Posted October 8, 2015
  • 0
• 
  British civil service is world leader, says top civil servant

  The British civil service is world leader in behavioural insights and evidence-based policy, its most senior civil servant has claimed. Speaking at an event in London last week, cabinet secretary

  • Posted September 28, 2015
  • 0
• 
  Ian Ball, chairman, CIPFA International: Exclusive Interview

  Ian Ball has been on a mission to improve public sector financial management for almost 40 years. Winnie Agbonlahor gets his verdict on how far we’ve come – and how

  • Posted September 24, 2015
  • 0
• 
  ‘Speak from the heart’, review tells government agency in New Zealand

  New Zealand’s government agency responsible for hiring and training senior officials should “communicate with passion” and articulate messages to civil servants “from the heart, not from an email,” a review of the

  • Posted September 23, 2015
  • 0
• 
  New Zealand tops global transparency ranking

  New Zealand has topped a global budget transparency ranking for the second time this year. The Open Budget Index ranks around 100 countries every two to three years based on

  • Posted September 10, 2015
  • 0
• 
  Open Budget survey launches tomorrow

  The new Open Budget Survey will be launched tomorrow, offering comparative data on budget transparency, accountability and oversight in 100 governments around the world. Published every two to three years,

  • Posted September 8, 2015
  • 0