All posts tagged "resignation"

• 
  Two top US officials serving illegally, accountability office rules

  Two top-ranking homeland security officials are serving illegally, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said. The GAO believes that flaws in the way successions were handled mean that the

  • Posted August 19, 2020
  • 0
• 
  UK Home Office perm sec quits, alleging bullying and smears by home secretary

  The Home Office permanent secretary, Sir Philip Rutnam, resigned on Saturday after 33 years in the civil service, issuing a statement in which he accused home secretary Priti Patel of

  • Posted March 2, 2020
  • 0
• 
  Canada’s digital chief Alex Benay quits government

  Alex Benay has announced he will step down as Canada’s chief information officer next month to “take on new challenge” at tech start-up MindBridge. “It is with mixed emotions that

  • Posted August 8, 2019
  • 3
• 
  Canada’s top civil servant steps down over role in ministerial battle

  Canada’s most senior official, Michael Wernick, has announced his early retirement as clerk of the Privy Council after being caught up in allegations that prime minister Justin Trudeau improperly put

  • Posted March 19, 2019
  • 0
• 
  Surprise resignation of Australia’s digital chief, Paul Shetler

  The Australian government’s digital transformation chief Paul Shetler has resigned only weeks after being appointed to the role. Shetler was handed the new post of chief digital officer in October

  • Posted December 7, 2016
  • 0
• 
  War of words breaks out over plans to make it easier to fire U.S. civil servants

  The chairman of a U.S. state civil service commission has spoken out against plans by a Republican politicians to pass legislation making it easier to fire state employees. Republican Dan

  • Posted June 3, 2016
  • 1