All posts tagged "Public services"

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  Una O’Brien, permanent secretary, UK Department of Health: Exclusive Interview

  All healthcare is local, says Una O’Brien – but we need international collaboration to realise the potential of digital technologies, and to tackle the growing host of global health challenges

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  UK’s DG for civil service reform moves to Home Office

  The UK government’s director-general for civil service reform, Oliver Robbins, has been appointed to the newly-created role of second permanent secretary for the Home Office. At the Home Office, Robbins

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  UK government agency looking for head of communications

  The UK government’s procurement agency is looking for a new head of communications. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) – an executive agency and Cabinet Office trading fund, which brings together

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  Australia appoints new reviewer of security agency

  Robert Cornall has been announced as Australia’s new Independent Reviewer of Adverse Security Assessments, examining one of Australia’s security agencies. Cornall started the role on Thursday and has been appointed for a

  • Posted September 7, 2015
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  OECD calls on Lithuania to make government more open

  The government of Lithuania should further citizen engagement; take steps to benefit from digital government and strengthen the capacity of its centre for co-ordination and leadership on open government reforms,

  • Posted September 7, 2015
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  Switzerland tops global ranking

  Switzerland is the most competitive country in the world, according to a new ranking by the World Economic Forum (WEF). WEF’s Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), published last week, saw Switzerland

  • Posted September 5, 2015
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  Hearing scheduled on bill overhauling civil service system in U.S. state

  A public hearing has been scheduled in Madison on a Republican bill that overhauls Wisconsin’s 110-year-old civil service system affecting about 30,000 state employees, the Associated Press reports. The Senate

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  Zimbabwe should ‘brace up for major public service reforms’ – says Mugabe’s spokesman

  Zimbabwe’s civil service is set to undergo major reforms, the spokesman of the country’s president has announced after the civil service commission submitted a detailed audit report. According to a

  • Posted August 28, 2015
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  Pay Rise Announced for Turkey’s Civil Servants

  Millions of civil servants in Turkey are to get a pay rise while retired officials will see their pensions increased, it has been reported. Labor and social security minister Faruk

  • Posted August 25, 2015
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  New Australia-Singapore Research Centre Opens

  The head of Singapore’s civil service, Peter Ong, has launched a new research centre, which will feed into Singapore’s and Australia’s growth policies. The Asia Growth Research Centre, based at the

  • Posted August 24, 2015
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