World Mental Health Day - how we can all help to make a difference
As you may have read in Jonathan Jones’s blog post, today is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is mental health in the workplace. Mental health is a...
As you may have read in Jonathan Jones’s blog post, today is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is mental health in the workplace. Mental health is a...
...principle of public service reform is curiosity, curiosity about what actually works. Today the best reformers are mining the data for insights, trialling out variations of a policy, discarding the...
Kevin Cunnington, Director General, Government Digital Service Today, the Minister for the Cabinet Office announced the launch of the Government Transformation Strategy 2017 to 2020. This is a vital step...
...before an election or referendum when there are restrictions on the activity of civil servants. More literally, it is also called the 'pre-election period'. For this election, purdah begins today....
...and introduced me to binary systems, programmable calculators and early home computers such as the ZX81. In 1981, before going to university, I worked for GEC’s research lab, writing code...
...a permanent, meritocratic Civil Service, based on the guiding principles of integrity, honesty, objectivity and political impartiality that we still adhere to today. There have been officials, advisers, administrators and...
...talk today. In my own department – the Government Legal Department – we’re using today to talk about the launch of our own mental health First Aider scheme. Have a...
...uncertainty Beware of media impact on staff morale Celebrate success of previous policies, address any sense of loss but demand professionalism Reinforce the Civil Service values and code Managing moves...
With 24-hour news and social media now an established part of public life, it’s been a very long time since recess was a code-word for relaxation – either for the...
...the background checks. If accepted, you will receive a UK Access Code to apply for Global Entry on CBP’s Global Online Enrolment System (GOES). There is then a $100 (non-refundable)...