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  Dubai mandates use of single digital ID system across government

  Dubai residents are to use a single digital identity to access more than 5,000...

  • Posted May 28, 2020
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  Blockchain exiting ‘hype cycle’, says US GovLab chief

  Blockchain technologies have passed rapidly through a “hype cycle”, the head of a public...

  • Posted May 5, 2019
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  Biometric HR system launched for Afghan civil servants

  Afghanistan’s Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) has developed a new biometric...

  • Posted February 24, 2019
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  Kuwait cancels contracts for foreign civil servants

  Work contracts for more than 3,000 non-Kuwaitis serving in the public sector have been...

  • Posted August 29, 2018
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  World Bank agrees US$200m social aid package for Iraq

  A US$200 million emergency package to provide social support and employment for communities devastated...

  • Posted April 10, 2018
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  Saudi retreat from austerity may hit economic diversification

  Saudi Arabia’s decision to reverse cuts to civil service pay and benefits reflect a...

  • Posted May 11, 2017
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  More of Egypt’s officials protest against civil service law

  More government workers have taken to the streets of Egypt to protest against a...

  • Posted September 14, 2015
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  The OECD to launch first global assessment on students’ digital skills

  Countries around the world are to be ranked according to their students’ digital skills. The...

  • Posted September 11, 2015
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  UAE government calls on parents to use its app

  The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Interior has called on parents to use its...

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  New Zealand enshrines civil service principles in law

  New Zealand has passed a new “citizen focused” public service legislation bill which aims...

  • Posted July 27, 2020
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  UK’s Cabinet Office wins back government data brief after two-year hiatus

  Responsibility for the UK government’s use of data has been moved back to the...

  • Posted July 24, 2020
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  Trump nominates controversial new candidate to lead OPM

  The White House has put forward a controversial new candidate to run the Office...

  • Posted July 21, 2020
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  COVID shines spotlight on how UK civil service must change, says Cabinet Office non-exec

  The response to the COVID-19 crisis has shown some of the very best of...

  • Posted July 20, 2020
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  COVID-19 and Brexit driving need for major civil service reform, says UK Cabinet Office perm sec

  The combination of the pandemic, Brexit, ‘levelling up’, ‘net zero’ and other pressing agendas...

  • Posted July 15, 2020
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