Saving service: Responding to fiscal pressures
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Peter Wallace has a tough task. As the new Head of the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and Clerk of the...
Unlocking information
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The United States, Britain and Australia are moving toward open government that not only promotes information sharing and collaboration among...
Service delivery: the next generation?
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Quote of the week “‘Deliverology’ challenged government to be both clear on what it was going to achieve and clear...
Reduction of the Irish
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The Irish government is determined to reform government, including the way it delivers services.
Australia’s blueprint for public sector reform
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As promised, the advisory group on the future of the Australian Public Service (APS) delivered its report to Prime Minister...
Preparing the Gen Y managers
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It's not just that executives are about to retire – it's that the top four layers, from deputy minister through...
Unprecedented collaboration needs broader participation
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After years of attacking waste and piling new administrative rules on top of old ones, the federal government is now...
IT project success: It’s about managing change
6 min read
Ken Cochrane was the CIO for Canada from June 2006 until December 2008, when his executive exchange expired.
New mechanisms for the e-health quagmire
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When President Barack Obama campaigns during the coming months for re-election, odds are he will not be reviving one of...
Case of the disappearing data
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Students of public administration struggle with an important contradiction of Westminster governance.