All posts tagged "skills shortages"

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  Australian Public Service to tap talent outside Canberra

  The Australian Public Service Commission is developing a strategy that would reduce the need for government employees to work in the capital, as part of its mission to become a

  • Posted May 28, 2023
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  Responding to rising threats: heading off cyberattacks in the era of the perma-crisis

  At a Global Government Forum webinar, Mia Hunt heard public sector experts explore the trend for more frequent and serious cyberattacks – exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the invasion

  • Posted April 27, 2022
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  Australian Public Service Commission launches new workforce strategy

  The Australian Public Service Commission published a five-year workforce development strategy today, which aims to strengthen the public service’s capacity to respond to short- and long-term challenges. Delivering for tomorrow:

  • Posted March 18, 2021
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  Opinion: Ministerial errors have undermined the UK’s pandemic response

  The latest Whitehall Monitor report reveals just how badly ministers have handled the COVID-19 crisis, failing in key areas such as procurement and working with local authorities, argues Richard Vize

  • Posted January 29, 2021
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  Australia forms cross-public sector digital panel to boost COVID-19 response

  The Australian government has formed a group of ministers drawn from federal and state administrations to strengthen tech-based services and businesses, supporting work to address COVID-19. The senior officials –

  • Posted May 22, 2020
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  Driving digital: the challenge of building tech skills – and the solutions

  Competing with businesses to recruit in tech jobs markets, many governments struggle to develop the capabilities for digital delivery. At the Government Digital Summit, senior leaders from 16 countries swapped

  • Posted February 26, 2020
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  Audit finds huge cyber skills gaps at US Department of Homeland Security

  Officials at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lack the data to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their cyber personnel and are more than two years late in

  • Posted October 7, 2019
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  From bitter experience: Lord O’Donnell on the next recession

  The world economy is in trouble, former UK Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell told the 2019 Global Government Summit, and governments must become more effective – repairing their economies, and reshaping

  • Posted August 14, 2019
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