All posts tagged "Reform"

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  Taking the good with the bad: listen to GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with Canada’s former cabinet secretary, Michael Wernick

  Global Government Forum has gone live with the latest episode of its Leading Questions podcast, featuring former clerk of the Privy Council of Canada and secretary to the Cabinet, Michael

  • Posted June 23, 2022
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  Minister who oversaw UK civil service job cuts ‘set to lead governance review’

  A former UK Cabinet Office minister who oversaw the development of a plan that led to 90,000 civil service job cuts is being lined up to lead a review into

  • Posted June 7, 2022
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  New secretary of Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet named

  Professor Glyn Davis has been named secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C). His appointment follows the departure of Phil Gaetjens after Labor won the country’s federal

  • Posted June 1, 2022
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  Canada’s public safety agencies told to stamp out institutional racism and discrimination

  Canada’s public safety minister Marco Mendicino has set four federal government agencies mandates to quash institutional racism, misogyny, and unconscious bias. Mendicino emphasised the need for the Royal Canadian Mounted

  • Posted June 1, 2022
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  Future proof: what public servants need to know now about the world of 2050

  Leading 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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  Staying sane while managing change: Listen to the latest Leading Questions podcast with UK civil service stalwart Sir Suma Chakrabarti

  The latest episode of Global Government Forum’s flagship Leading Questions podcast is now live featuring long-time UK senior civil servant turned European Bank for Reconstruction and Development president, Sir Suma Chakrabarti.

  • Posted May 19, 2022
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  UK civil service to shrink by 91,000 jobs as Boris Johnson takes aim at ‘swollen’ Whitehall

  The UK civil service could shrink by around one-fifth under plans revealed by prime minister Boris Johnson to cut 91,000 jobs in an effort to “cut the cost of government

  • Posted May 13, 2022
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  ‘The war for talent’: APS assistant commissioner warns of challenges in attracting staff

  Bringing highly-skilled workers into the Australian Public Service (APS) amid a competitive job market and ongoing crises has felt like a “never-ending journey” with difficulties still to come, Patrick Hetherington,

  • Posted April 24, 2022
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  Israel developing national artificial intelligence strategy

  The government of Israel is to publish a national plan to strengthen the nation’s development of artificial intelligence. The country’s finance ministry announced the development of the plan last week,

  • Posted March 28, 2022
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  Lessons from history: can the COVID crisis boost science skills in government?

  Criticisms about the lack of science skills in the UK civil service have been acknowledged by the government’s top official. Do previous crisis show how Whitehall can adapt? In November

  • Posted February 4, 2022
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