All posts tagged "Trump"
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UK government readies launch of defence innovation unit after 2.5% spending pledgeThe UK government is to launch a new defence innovation unit that is expected to foster the development of cutting-edge military technology. The chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the UK
- Posted March 17, 2025
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Is gender equality under threat? An International Women’s Day conversation with Julia Gillard and Bridget PhillipsonThose involved in the women’s liberation movements in the US and Europe in the 1960s would be dismayed to learn the results of a new report, which shows that young
- Posted March 6, 2025
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Trump and DOGE demand centralised tech systems to track spendingPresident Donald Trump has directed US government agencies to build “centralised tech systems” to “record every payment” made via grants and contracts, as part of the ongoing Department of Government
- Posted March 3, 2025
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Trump administration to cull 6,700 IRS jobs as part of federal layoffsThe Trump administration is preparing to axe 6,700 jobs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a bid to shrink the agency and reduce federal government headcount. Probationary staff, including
- Posted February 20, 2025
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Trump combines AI and crypto in White House ‘czar’ roleUS president-elect Donald Trump has announced the appointment of an artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto ‘czar’ as he prepares to return to the White House next month. Trump, who has evolved
- Posted December 13, 2024
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Trump expected to pull out of Paris agreement – but other climate rollbacks may be tougherDonald Trump’s win in the US election earlier this month will bring sweeping changes across many areas of government policy – not least climate action. When he takes office as
- Posted November 18, 2024
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Trump supporters develop ‘blacklist’ of federal workers, UK civil service prepares for election results, and moreHello and welcome to our Management and Workforce Monitor newsletter. This month, we’re focusing on how some of 2024’s elections around the world could impact public service management. In this
- Posted July 2, 2024
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US House Republicans vote to make it easier to fire individual federal officials and cut payRepublicans in the House of Representatives have resurrected the ‘Holman Rule’, allowing lawmakers to use spending bills to abolish federal agencies, defund specific government programmes and fire individual civil servants
- Posted January 11, 2023
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Canadian business bosses tell government to get staff back to offices; China sees huge demand in state recruitment drive: management & workforce news in briefGlobal Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian businesses urge federal government to implement return-to-office policy Canadian business leaders have told
- Posted November 3, 2022
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US unions urge Congress to protect federal staff from Trump bid to strip employment protectionsCongressional leaders have been urged to pass a bill that would block future governments from resurrecting a Trump-era bid to strip career federal employees of their civil service protections, in
- Posted November 1, 2022
