All posts tagged "Singapore"

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  Smart fellows: Kok Ping Soon on leading Singapore’s digital government army

  As every digital leader knows, technology is a people issue – and no country has better technology people than Singapore. In his last weeks as a civil servant after five

  • Posted May 14, 2023
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  UK chief operating officer tackles the constraints on innovation in government

  At the Innovation conference in London on 21 March, UK civil service chief operating officer Alex Chisholm mapped out the barriers to innovation in government, and suggested ways to tackle

  • Posted March 21, 2023
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  Innovation 2023 five minutes with… Christine Bellamy of the UK Government Digital Service

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free Innovation conference. Taking place

  • Posted March 16, 2023
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  Beyond pay and promotion: how governments can attract and retain staff in a fast-changing world

  At a Global Government Forum webinar, public sector HR experts from the US, Canada and Singapore discussed how governments can compete in the ‘war for talent’, focusing on lessons from

  • Posted February 14, 2023
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  Towards better public services in 2023 and beyond: lessons from the Human-Centred Public Services Index

  Around the world, public services are under threat, as public budgets tighten in the face of financial and geopolitical uncertainty. Yet now, more than ever, governments need to proactively help

  • Posted January 3, 2023
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  US government works to attract tech talent amid industry layoffs; Singapore civil servants to receive above-inflation pay rise: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. US Department of Veterans Affairs bids for more competitive salaries to entice laid-off private

  • Posted December 1, 2022
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  ‘An unparalleled opportunity’: experts discuss the potential for digital ID to unlock fintech in government

  Governments are keen to spur innovation in financial technology (fintech), both in terms of encouraging private sector investment  and themselves adopting fintech solutions to improve public policy delivery. Ian Hall

  • Posted September 16, 2022
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  Australian PM calls inquiry into ‘robodebt’ scandal; Philippines government to invest in climate change measures: policy & delivery news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Australian PM calls inquiry into ‘robodebt’ scandal The Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has

  • Posted September 1, 2022
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  ‘No matter how senior we get, we must be open to hearing views across the table’: five minutes with GovTech Singapore’s Karen Kee  

  Karen Kee, deputy director, international and community development lead at GovTech Singapore, tells GGF about her agency’s data exchange platform, the importance of ‘intellectual humility’, and why her dad is

  • Posted August 29, 2022
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  ‘Don’t fade into the background’: five minutes with GovTech Singapore’s chief executive, Kok Ping Soon

  Ping Soon shares his advice for ambitious public servants – including why it’s important not to assume the boss has all the answers, the lessons from Singapore’s national identity system,

  • Posted June 19, 2022
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