All posts tagged "Reform"

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  UK health department comms director Sam Lister to move to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  The director of communications at the UK Department of Health (DH), Sam Lister, has been appointed as the new group director of communications at the Department for Business, Innovation and

  • Posted March 14, 2016
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  Tom Scholar appointed new permanent secretary of UK Treasury

  The government official who has been leading on talks in Brussels on a new UK deal with the EU, will take over the most senior civil service job in the Treasury. British

  • Posted March 14, 2016
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  Australian state education chief to lead federal department

  A senior public servant from an Australian state government has been appointed to lead a federal government department. Dr Michele Bruniges, who currently leads the Department of Education of the

  • Posted March 11, 2016
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  Stephen Lovegrove appointed new permanent secretary of the UK’s Ministry of Defence

  UK energy and climate change permanent secretary Stephen Lovegrove has today been announced as the new civil servant leading the Ministry of Defence (MoD). He will succeed Jon Thompson, who is taking

  • Posted March 9, 2016
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  Former finance watchdog chair calls for closed hearings into tax collection

  The UK government should allow parliamentary committees to hold closed hearings into tax issues, the former chair of the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee said last week. Margaret Hodge

  • Posted March 8, 2016
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  The outcomes of focusing on outcomes

  Fresh back from a secondment to New Zealand’s government, Nehal Davison of the UK’s Institute for Government profiles the achievements and weaknesses of the country’s efforts to focus on outcomes

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  Australia’s top civil servant calls for ideas to increase gender diversity

  Australia’s most senior civil servant servant has called on government officials to do one thing this month to advance gender diversity. Speaking at the International Women’s Day Breakfast hosted by the

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  Andrew Hampton, chief talent officer, New Zealand government: exclusive interview

  Andrew Hampton had some great bosses as he made his way up through the civil service – but he knows that’s not true of everyone. As New Zealand’s first ever

  • Posted March 6, 2016
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  World Bank appoints first female country director in Philippines

  An Australian environmental engineer has been announced as the World Bank’s first female country director in the Philippines. Mara Warwick, who has has expertise in flood management, urban development, urban

  • Posted March 2, 2016
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  Finland, Slovenia and Belgium must increase anti-graft efforts, says OECD

  The OECD has called on Finland, Slovenia and Belgium to increase anti-corruption efforts. The three countries are among 41 nations which signed the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention which establishes legally binding standards

  • Posted March 1, 2016
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