All posts tagged "Reform"

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  Lin Homer to leave role as UK tax authority chief

  The chief executive of Britain’s tax authority has today announced she is stepping down from her role after 36 years in the public service. Lin Homer, chief executive and permanent

  • Posted January 11, 2016
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  America’s senior civil servants in line for wage increase and bigger bonuses

  America’s senior civil servants could see their wages and bonus payments increased, according to a new presidential executive order. The order, published by the White House last week, told officials

  • Posted December 23, 2015
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  EU Commission contributes $13bn towards improving employment and education in Spain

  Spain will benefit from a $13bn investment by the EU Commission to reduce youth unemployment, improve education and foster social inclusion over the next five years. The European Commission is

  • Posted December 22, 2015
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  Janice Charette praises public servants’ ‘professionalism and dedication’

  Canada’s most senior government official Janice Charette has praised the country’s public servants for their “continued hard work, dedication, professionalism” and their support in this year’s transition of government. Charette

  • Posted December 22, 2015
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  New head of Argentina’s statistics agency pledges to recruit ‘trustworthy people’

  The newly appointed head of Argentina’s official statistics office has pledged to revamp the organisation and hire “trustworthy people” in a bid to improve the agency’s reputation. For years, data

  • Posted December 21, 2015
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  War of words erupts between former and current Australian public service commissioner

  Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd has hit out against suggestions by previous commissioner Andrew Podger that the public service is “cowering” and “weak.” Podger, who was commissioner from 2002

  • Posted December 18, 2015
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  UK and Singapore announce $5.1m joint research programme on cyber security

  The governments of Singapore and the UK are collaborating to fight cyber crime as part of a research programme worth $5.1m. The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

  • Posted December 17, 2015
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  John Manzoni, chief executive, UK Civil Service: Exclusive Interview

  A businessman brought into a top job in government, John Manzoni tells Matt Ross about the huge task of transformation facing the UK civil service For centuries, the UK civil

  • Posted December 16, 2015
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  UK departments and professions to win pay freedoms

  The UK government’s Cabinet Office is developing plans to bring together its top specialists in dedicated units, whilst the Treasury is granting pay flexibilities to departments undertaking major reforms, civil

  • Posted December 16, 2015
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  New ‘PropCo’ heralds spiralling Whitehall rents

  The UK government is putting all of its departments’ properties into a new property agency, with the aims of improving estate management and encouraging departments to release expensive central London

  • Posted December 16, 2015
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