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World Regions

US feds’ COVID-19 vaccination rate on the rise but discipline for non-compliance ramps up

US government agencies have reported that overall compliance with president Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate has risen, along with vaccination rates among their employees, since statistics were first released in November. […]

Significant change at the top of the Canadian public service

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has announced 18 changes in the senior ranks of the public service, with four top-rank officials among those switching departments. The moves of deputy ministers […]

Skills-based recruitment reforms postponed in US federal government

The US federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has said it will postpone the implementation of an executive order signed by ex-president Donald Trump to radically alter the federal […]

Boss class: Why are frontline staff more confident in US federal leadership than the top officials themselves?

Global Government Forum and PA Consulting’s Responsive Government Survey examined the views of civil servants from nine countries on how responsive their government was to the changing demands and pressures […]

Biden finalises 2.7% pay rise for federal employees

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order solidifying his promise to raise federal civilian employee pay in 2022. The order has bumped civilian federal employees’ pay up 2.2%. An […]

‘True transformation requires leadership from the top’: reaction to Biden’s federal services reform plan

Response comes after president pledges to ‘prove government still works’ by improving citizen experiences President Joe Biden’s plan to revamp federal services must succeed in order “curb the freefall of […]

Biden urges US agencies to ‘restore integrity’ of federal watchdogs after Trump attacks

The White House has issued updated guidance to heads of US federal departments and executive agencies urging them to better co-operate better with watchdogs. In a memorandum published earlier this […]

‘The public service must reflect the communities it serves’: New Zealand’s top public servant hails diversity progress

New Zealand’s top public servant Peter Hughes has welcomed the progress made in improving the diversity of the public service in the latest publication of workforce data for the country’s […]

India’s awkward journey to infrastructure privatisation

Despite the collapse of its plans to liberalise agriculture markets, India’s government is pressing ahead with an ambitious programme of privatisations and infrastructure leases. Abhimanyu Kumar reports on a radical […]

Australian government urged to produce long-awaited digital capability review

A senate committee has urged the Australian federal government to finalise and publish a review of its ICT and digital capabilities following an inquiry into the current capability of the […]