All posts tagged "Public services"

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  Opinion: why a paradigm change is needed in public service thinking

  In a fast-changing and increasingly complex world, cookie-cutter solutions to public policymaking will no longer suffice, argues academic Jochen Prantl. Here, he outlines the factors prompting the need for change

  • Posted April 18, 2022
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  Keep calm and communicate: five keys to good government comms in a crisis

  Crisis in government require clear communication, and clear communication requires a clear plan of what to do when challenges strike. James Humphreys sets out the rules to follow Those who

  • Posted April 4, 2022
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  UK civil servants face real terms pay cut as unions slam government’s ‘utter contempt’ for officials

  UK civil service trade unions have reacted angrily to the UK government’s announcement that pay for officials will rise at an average of 2% for the coming year – and

  • Posted April 4, 2022
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  Public servants ‘fall flat’ on policy implementation, says Nigeria’s vice president

  Nigeria must ramp up efforts to train and motivate public servants or risk undermining its development prospects, Yemi Osinbajo, the government’s vice president has said. Addressing an audience of civil

  • Posted March 9, 2022
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  Redesigning public services and supporting digital transformation with automation

  The Covid-19 pandemic has put both public and private sector organisations through rigorous strategic resilience tests. For many it was a rude awakening. Those who had already embarked on a

  • Posted March 8, 2022
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  Levelling up lessons: how to make regional development work

  Levelling up has become the UK government’s top priority, but it is not alone in considering how to boost its overlooked cities and regions. Jeffrey Matsu, CIPFA’s chief economist, shares

  • Posted February 22, 2022
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  Top job application tips for digital roles in government

  A UK civil servant has set out a series of job application tips to help would-be public servants make the most of their application for digital roles in government. In

  • Posted January 23, 2022
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  How to make digital transformation happen in your department in 2022

  As a government leader, you know how much effort and focus is needed to make digital transformation happen in the public sector. With demands for digital public services growing, and

  • Posted January 18, 2022
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  ‘True transformation requires leadership from the top’: reaction to Biden’s federal services reform plan

  Response comes after president pledges to ‘prove government still works’ by improving citizen experiences President Joe Biden’s plan to revamp federal services must succeed in order “curb the freefall of

  • Posted December 15, 2021
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  ‘The public service must reflect the communities it serves’: New Zealand’s top public servant hails diversity progress

  New Zealand’s top public servant Peter Hughes has welcomed the progress made in improving the diversity of the public service in the latest publication of workforce data for the country’s

  • Posted December 7, 2021
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