All posts tagged "Trump"

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  Tech expert moves to USA’s General Services Administration

  The former chief information officer (CIO) of the Health and Human Services department Beth Killoran has moved to the General Services Administration (GSA) as the new deputy CIO, according to

  • Posted November 26, 2018
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  Trump court appeal seeks to cut civil service protections

  The Trump administration has filed an appeal against a recent court judgment which invalidated three executive orders clamping down on civil service union activity. The Justice Department filed a notice

  • Posted September 26, 2018
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  US departments could disobey judge’s ruling on Trump executive order

  Questions have been raised over whether US government departments will obey a judge’s ruling overturning anti-union executive orders issued by president Donald Trump. Three executive orders were signed by Trump at the

  • Posted August 30, 2018
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  Luis Madrazo Lajous, former Chief Economist of Mexico’s Ministry of Finance: Exclusive Interview

  Until earlier this year, Luis Madrazo Lajous ran Mexico’s economic and fiscal policies; then he quit to join the presidential campaign of José Antonio Meade. In the run-up to next

  • Posted June 27, 2018
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  Contractors for US federal IT upgrade announced

  The starting gun has been fired on a drive to modernise information technology across the US Federal Government, with the award of contracts to five private companies. The drive, which

  • Posted March 21, 2018
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  Climate change expert resigns from US government after blowing whistle

  A senior civil servant who criticised the Trump administration for reassigning him from his post dealing with climate change adaptation has resigned from the service. Joel Clement was director of

  • Posted October 11, 2017
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  What the reaction to Trump’s announcement on the Paris Agreement tells us about climate change governance

  America leads and the world follows? Not so much under Trump – at least when it comes to climate change. Dr Feja Lesniewska, MSc Global Energy and Climate Policy at

  • Posted July 17, 2017
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  US lawsuits probe alleged bullying of civil servants by Trump administration

  A non-profit watchdog body in the US is suing two federal departments in an attempt to secure information on alleged harassment by the Trump administration of civil servants who’ve worked

  • Posted May 5, 2017
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  Norway tops happiness index while mistrust blights the US

  Norway has leapt from fourth to first place in this year’s world happiness index, on account of its high levels of social support and the absence of corruption in government

  • Posted March 21, 2017
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  Trump’s budget: federal staff braced for layoffs

  Donald Trump’s first Budget as president of the United States may, characteristically, lack detail – but for federal government employees the writing is now clearly on the wall. Billed as

  • Posted March 17, 2017
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