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FDA general secretary Dave Penman questions why proposals will allow open selection processes to be ditched
Walport will serve as sole accounting officer for the powerful new research funding umbrella body
First Civil Service Commissioner Ian Watmore tells CSW that departments will now be able to bring in senior staff for up to three years and on a maximum salary of £142,000 without having to go through an open recruitment process
Praise for outgoing Rural Payments Agency chief after troubled period, as Defra announces that Paul Caldwell is stepping up to serve as interim CEO
FDA and Prospect argue enhanced salaries but thin pension offer for staff in the new Government Commercial Organisation will deter civil service interest and fail to attract real private sector talent
Caroline Nokes says savings from estate programme will be used to fund recruitment of frontline advisers, but MPs, including Tory backbenchers, raise concerns over access for claimants
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Exclusive: Cabinet secretary says reform agenda remains "strongly supported by ministers" after several key Francis Maude-era initiatives are scrapped, but stresses focus on "embedding leadership at a departmental level"
Exclusive: Cabinet secretary tells CSW that Theresa May feels "very strongly that she and other ministers were elected on a Conservative Party manifesto that must still stand", as he stands by the decision to set up two new Brexit-focused departments
Mark Thurston to leave engineering consultancy giant CH2M for new £650k a-year role
Estates strategy proposes opening five new large service centres and 50 shared-site operations
HMRC chief says Building Our Future plans will save more than reported by the National Audit Office earlier this month, but admits keeping hold of local knowledge will be a challenge if staff cannot relocate
Cabinet Office document suggests a significant chunk of civil service’s targeted 30,000 apprenticeships will already be employed by government departments
Former head of delivery and innovation at the Government Digital Service to take up new role next month
Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood praises outgoing intelligence chief – who tells ministers he is resigning for personal reasons – for his decades of "dedicated public service"
Rob Behrens, former director of the Cabinet Office's International Public Service Group, set to head up Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman after grilling from MPs
Cabinet Office report finds that Whitehall's move to digital happened at different rates in different departments, meaning information management was not properly re-assessed
Maritime and Coastguard Agency deal worth up to 20% for some staff, and a minimum of 2%
Prospect says David Davis’ reflections on civil service resourcing sought to “invoke the Blitz spirit” but ignore history
Civil service disability champion Philip Rutnam says a new best practice guide will help drive up the standards of workplace adjustments across government
Minister Ben Gummer says his department is working with the Civil Service Commission to unwind coalition-era reforms – but questions remain over fate of staff already brought into government
Number of deputy directors also set to fall from 116 to 80, according to the HSJ
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People