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    The latest Civil Service Reform news from Civil Service World
    'This time is different' – Foreign Office perm sec Sir Simon McDonald outlines new 'Future FCO' review
    23 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    "This time is different" – Foreign Office perm sec Sir Simon McDonald outlines new "Future FCO" review

    After better-than-expected Spending Review settlement, Foreign Office perm sec says new review to make FCO "more flexible" will not be ignored


    Cabinet Office creates new EDS role to help Whitehall focus on 'disruptive and long-term thinking'
    22 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Cabinet Office creates new EDS role to help Whitehall focus on "disruptive and long-term thinking"

    Powerful Economic and Domestic Secretariat to get a new deputy director to help departments focus on longer-term trends and the impact of technology


    Government Digital Service director Stephen Foreshew-Cain: GDS must not act as a “forcing function”
    22 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Government Digital Service director Stephen Foreshew-Cain: GDS must not act as a “forcing function”

    "I think we continued to do the ‘to departments’ [approach] for perhaps a little longer than we could or should have," GDS boss says


    Institute for Government think tank blasts 'disappointing' new Single Departmental Plans
    19 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Institute for Government think tank blasts "disappointing" new Single Departmental Plans

    IfG's deputy director Julian McCrae says long-awaited new plans are "little more than a laundry list of nice to haves"


    Government unveils long-awaited 'Single Departmental Plans' in drive to match resources with priorities
    19 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Government unveils long-awaited "Single Departmental Plans" in drive to match resources with priorities

    Ministers say new, single documents bringing together spending totals and broad reform plans will "enable the public to see how government is delivering"


    Single Departmental Plans expected 'very shortly'
    19 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Single Departmental Plans expected "very shortly"

    "Single, clear" plans for the next four years of change in departments expected imminently


    From the editor: Now more than ever, officials need the support and understanding of their political and civil service leaders
    19 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    From the editor: Now more than ever, officials need the support and understanding of their political and civil service leaders

    The civil service is completely dependent on the professionalism of its workforce – but is there enough recognition of the effect that distressing decisions can have on officials?


    Crown Commercial Service eyes shake-up of deal for civil service PCs and tablets
    17 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Crown Commercial Service eyes shake-up of deal for civil service PCs and tablets

    "Technology Products 2" framework will launch later this year – and CCS has begun conversations with departments and suppliers about improving the £1bn-a-year arrangement for buying in hardware and software


    Fire and rescue services: Home Office urged to improve scrutiny 'of budget decisions made in Whitehall'
    17 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Fire and rescue services: Home Office urged to improve scrutiny "of budget decisions made in Whitehall"

    As Home Office prepares to take on full responsibility for fire and rescue services from the Department for Communities and Local Government, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say Whitehall must do more to understand the local implications of budget cuts


    HMRC redundancies: PCS union raises strike threat as 150 staff issued with compulsory notices
    17 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    HMRC redundancies: PCS union raises strike threat as 150 staff issued with compulsory notices

    Public and Commercial Services union mulls industrial action over "unnecessary and inflammatory" compulsory redundancies – but HMRC says it has done "everything possible" to avert the situation


    Interview: Home Office permanent secretary Mark Sedwill on transforming his department, turning around staff morale – and being likened to Darth Vader
    17 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Interview: Home Office permanent secretary Mark Sedwill on transforming his department, turning around staff morale – and being likened to Darth Vader

    With responsibility for policing, immigration, borders and countering extremism, Mark Sedwill certainly has a lot on his plate. The Home Office permanent secretary talks to Matt Foster about the power of events, the drive to improve staff morale – and why the department’s “policy-heavy” headquarters are in line for a shake-up


    Science and Technology committee warns of departmental data 'silos' – as GDS sets out plans to smash them
    16 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Science and Technology committee warns of departmental data "silos" – as GDS sets out plans to smash them

    Report by committee of MPs says UK government is "in a world-leading position" on open data – but could be "proactively identifying data sharing opportunities to break departmental data silos"


    How governments around the world are encouraging civil servants to be more bold
    16 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    How governments around the world are encouraging civil servants to be more bold

    When good ideas emerge, the public sector should seize on them, give them money – and publicise the civil servants who have dreamed them up. 


    Peter Riddell: It’s early days for the English devolution agenda and the Treasury must keep a steady hand on the tiller
    16 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Peter Riddell: It’s early days for the English devolution agenda and the Treasury must keep a steady hand on the tiller

    English devolution is a journey without a clear destination – producing a long overdue rebalancing of power, but within continuing tight financial constraints


    Home Office perm sec Mark Sedwill: department's HQ must become less 'policy-heavy'
    15 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Home Office perm sec Mark Sedwill: department's HQ must become less "policy-heavy"

    Home Office's top official tells CSW his ongoing review of the core department will see its headquarters "delayered" and its "management structures simplified" in a bid to better to support the frontline and learn from other departments


    Public Accounts Committee: Department for Transport still facing rail capability gaps despite pay flexibility
    12 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Public Accounts Committee: Department for Transport still facing rail capability gaps despite pay flexibility

    Transport department has improved its ability to let rail franchises, MPs say, but still lacks the capability to manage them, and does not have a “coherent strategic vision” for the rail system


    Sprint 16: Six things we learned about the future of government digital from the GDS conference
    12 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Sprint 16: Six things we learned about the future of government digital from the GDS conference

    Rolling out text alerts, sorting out "crap" government IT, cleaning up data, and trying to recruit skilled people when the money's tight — there's plenty going on in the world of government digital, as Matt Foster found at the Government Digital Service's annual gathering


    Sharp rise in public sector outsourcing over the past six months - study
    11 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Sharp rise in public sector outsourcing over the past six months - study

    Latest Outsourcing Index by firm arvato finds 26% year-on-year rise in government spending on outsourcing


    What degree do you really need to make it to the top of the civil service?
    11 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    What degree do you really need to make it to the top of the civil service?

    As the civil service vows to improve the diversity of its graduate intake, former senior official Andrew Greenway asks whether Oxford's famed PPE degree is really a golden ticket to the top of the political and administrative elite 


    BIS estate to shrink from 80 sites to 'seven or eight', says minister Sajid Javid – as perm sec Martin Donnelly is pressed on Sheffield closure
    10 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    BIS estate to shrink from 80 sites to "seven or eight", says minister Sajid Javid – as perm sec Martin Donnelly is pressed on Sheffield closure

    90% of business department's sites to close under BIS 2020 programme, says Sajid Javid, as Martin Donnelly calls decision to shut Sheffield office "one of the most difficult" of his career


    Crossrail: on time and on budget, is this how to get a major infrastructure project right?
    08 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Crossrail: on time and on budget, is this how to get a major infrastructure project right?

    Crossrail, the capital’s new east-west rail link, is on track to open on time and on budget. As well as being a boon for commuters, it could also improve the UK’s reputation for delivering major infrastructure projects. Colin Marrs digs around for some lessons


    Union fury as Treasury confirms plan to overhaul civil service redundancy terms
    05 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Union fury as Treasury confirms plan to overhaul civil service redundancy terms

    Treasury consultation confirms plans for wide-ranging shake-up of exit terms – with the FDA union branding the proposals an "ideological attack on public servants"


    Andy Beale to become government's deputy chief technology officer as GDS looks to the future
    05 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Andy Beale to become government's deputy chief technology officer as GDS looks to the future

    Common Technology Services chief Andy Beale to become deputy CTO – as government prepares to unveil digital strategy for the next four years


    Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock: government to vacate 75% of sites by 2023
    03 Feb 2016 Civil Service Reform
    Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock: government to vacate 75% of sites by 2023

    Government hails major savings on government estate since 2010 and sets out plans to go further - but the PCS union warns "vital local services" will be undermined


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