All posts tagged "Policy & Governance"

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  Rules and processes in Canada’s public service ‘overly complex’ and developed ‘from top down’, public servants say

  Processes and rules in Canada’s public service have been created “from the top down” and are “overly complex”, incoherent and inconsistent, according to public servants who took part in Canada’s Blueprint 2020 initiative.

  • Posted January 28, 2016
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  Nordic countries perform best in global corruption ranking

  Denmark, Finland and Sweden are the least corrupt countries according to an annual ranking. This year’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI), ranks 168 countries based on how corrupt their public sector

  • Posted January 27, 2016
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  Bank of England official appointed new chief of UK finance watchdog

  An official from the Bank of England (BoE) has been appointed new chief executive of the UK’s financial regulator. Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the BoE’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA),

  • Posted January 26, 2016
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  Global public sector corruption ranking to be launched this week

  Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) will be launched in London on Wednesday. The annual index, which ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is

  • Posted January 25, 2016
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  Civil servants’ pension payments pose challenge to Germany’s finances, report says

  Rising pension payments for Germany’s civil servants are set to pose a challenge to the country’s finances, according to a report by credit ratings agency Moody’s. Teachers, who all, until

  • Posted January 22, 2016
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  Janice Charette to be replaced as Canada’s top official tomorrow

  Janice Charette will be temporarily replaced as Canada’s top civil servant by her deputy Michael Wernick tomorrow. Wernick’s appointment as clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet

  • Posted January 21, 2016
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  Research tracks gender equality among G20 officials

  Canada has the highest proportion of women amongst its senior civil servants of any G20 member, new research has revealed. The country is followed by Australia, South Africa, and the

  • Posted January 21, 2016
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  Report: Gender Equality among Civil Service Leaders

  New research reveals the progress made on closing the gender gap among the UK’s top officials. Matt Ross asks serving and former leaders which policies and reforms got the best

  • Posted January 21, 2016
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  World Bank official to lead Open Government Partnership

  A World Bank official will this year take up the leadership of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), the international initiative to promote government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to citizens. Sanjay

  • Posted January 20, 2016
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  UK education chief Chris Wormald to head up health department

  Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the Department of Education (DfE), will succeed Dame Una O’Brien in her role of Department of Health perm sec, it has been announced today. O’Brien

  • Posted January 15, 2016
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