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UK government preps mobile app strategy, India’s PM used AI to inform 25-year roadmap, and more: news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence UK government preps mobile app strategy for launch next year UK government digital leaders have developed guidelines to inform the […]

Why branding matters for governments: Five minutes with graphic designer Paula Scher

Paula Scher, partner at Pentagram design agency, discusses her work as an artist and designer, including creating identities for government institutions.  This is part of a ‘Five minutes’ series featuring […]

Europe ‘unprepared’ for climate risks, AI threats to climate change, greening public spending, and more

Welcome to a new Global Government Forum newsletter looking at how governments around the world are working to achieve greater sustainability and meet climate targets at a time when this […]

How governments can make the digital transformation journey – from Barbados to Iceland

Iceland and Barbados might seem very different. They are about 4,000 miles apart and have wildly different climates for a start. However, as two small island nations with similar populations, […]

Belgian civil servants granted ‘right to disconnect’ after working hours

Belgian civil servants have gained the right not to reply to calls or emails from their employers outside of normal working hours. The new law granting around 65,000 civil servants […]

Learn the lessons of COVID-19 remote working, says OPM as it publishes fresh guidance on telework

The US Office of Personnel Management has published updated guidance on telework, which encourages federal government agencies to make the shift to remote working in the pandemic a permanent feature […]

We’re all teleworkers now: flexible working policies in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia

As social distancing rules are relaxed, will civil servants be drawn back into the office? Pablo Jimenez Arandia examines the emerging policies on flexible working in four big countries and […]

Aye of the needle: overcoming vaccine hesitancy

To end the pandemic, governments must persuade the vast majority of adults to get vaccinated – but apathy, health fears and conspiracy theories are holding down vaccination rates. Liz Heron […]

Best in class: a more inclusive approach to diversity

To date, the diversity agenda has largely focused on race, gender, sexuality and disability – but it’s just as important that civil service workforces include staff from different social classes, […]

US government seeking volunteers from immigration agency to process Afghan refugees

Officials from the US immigration agency are being asked to volunteer to support the relocation of Afghan refugees, after the Taliban’s dramatic return to power. The US government aims to […]