All posts tagged "Public services"
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Australian Treasury to supercharge engagement with academics; women’s health strategy for England unveiled: policy & delivery news in briefGlobal Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed Australian Treasury secretary calls for closer ties between public servants and academics The federal
- Posted July 28, 2022
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Estonia steps up virtual civil servant projectThe Estonian government has called on tech experts from around the world to help develop its artificial intelligence-based virtual assistant, Bürokratt. In what Estonia is calling a world first for
- Posted July 26, 2022
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‘Once in a generation opportunity’ to reset public sector, says UK local authority chiefThe recovery from the coronavirus pandemic provides the UK public sector with an opportunity to rethink how services are delivered and provide greater joining up of provision, a local authority
- Posted July 25, 2022
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Letter from Ottawa: a little perspective on public service problemsPassport processing delays have prompted debate about service delivery in Canada. Michael Wernick, the country’s former cabinet secretary, warns against catastrophising – and says old ways of talking about the
- Posted July 18, 2022
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Truths about lies: World Bank governance chief Ed Olowo-Okere on the global threat of corruptionEd Olowo-Okere has spent the last three years working to improve public services and financial management in low- and middle-income countries. His greatest challenge is corruption, he tells Matt Ross
- Posted July 10, 2022
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‘We know service delays are unacceptable’: Trudeau launches taskforce to quicken Canadian government service deliveryCanada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has created a new taskforce focused on quickening delivery of public service after admitting that delays in recent months in areas like the processing of
- Posted June 28, 2022
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What you find when you evaluate the effectiveness of government spendingProper evaluation of government spending can reveal lessons that can be used to improve the quality of public services. Phil Bradburn from the UK’s National Audit Office shares what he
- Posted June 23, 2022
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Future proof: what public servants need to know now about the world of 2050Leading economics journalist Hamish McRae shares the insight from his latest book The World in 2050, and predicts that a changing climate, a recasting of globalisation, and a need for
- Posted May 25, 2022
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Australian election heats up as Labor’s pledge to cut public service contractors sparks political ad battleAustralia’s opposition Labor Party has said it will wean the Australian Public Service (APS) off its use of consultants and contractors and instead hire more public servants if it wins
- Posted May 18, 2022
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Three reasons universal basic income pilots haven’t led to policy change – despite their successUniversal basic income – a tax-free, unconditional sum of money regularly given to everyone in a society – has repeatedly been shown to help the most vulnerable groups in society.
- Posted April 19, 2022
