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What it means to us to be nominated for a Civil Service Award (2)

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 21 November 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service

More reactions from civil servants shortlisted for a Civil Service Award?

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Building a community to deliver public service excellence

Posted by: Sir Mark Sedwill, Posted on: 7 November 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
The Home Office building

Mark Sedwill urges civil servants in all departments to think differently about how they work with their wider departmental partners to deliver shared goals.

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Your chance to beat the queues into the US

Posted by: Digital Passenger Services team, Posted on: 16 September 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Improved outcomes
US Global Entry logo

Want to avoid those long inspection queues at airports when entering the United States? Now, you can.

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From 'dragons' den' to California: the trip of a lifetime for Innovation Challenge winners

Posted by: Chris Felton, Posted on: 13 May 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Two men standing by Microsoft sign

As we launch the 2016 Civil Service Live Innovation Challenge, one of last year's winners describes their project and the impact the prize has had on their work to curb the incidence of an abhorrent crime.

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Modern approaches to crime prevention

Posted by: Sir Mark Sedwill, Posted on: 21 April 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill looks at crime prevention in the digital age.

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Civil servants in the 2016 New Year's Honours list

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 6 January 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Our Civil Service
Medal of Commander of OBE

Jeremy Heywood congratulates the civil servants recognised in the New Year's Honours list.

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60-second leadership interview: Thomas Cleaver, UK Visas & Immigration

Posted by: Thomas Cleaver, Posted on: 23 November 2015 - Categories: Leadership Statement
Head and shoulders of Thomas Cleaver

In our latest interview around the Leadership Statement, Thomas Cleaver talks about his work with the People's Forum at UK Visas & Immigration to improve leadership and address the results of the People Survey.

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"An honourable calling" - The Queen visits Marsham Street to salute the work of civil servants

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 12 November 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Mark Sedwill, Perm Sec Home Office, and The Queen

...work of civil servants. Here is the speech the she made at Marsham Street. "To mark the tenth anniversary of the Civil Service Awards, I have come here today to...

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Effective Big Data use needs collaboration

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 7 September 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

UK National Statistician John Pullinger says collaboration between civil servants is behind government progress in making smarter use of data. He urges more to enter a competition that encourages the development of data science.

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60 second leadership interview - Civil Service Award nominee Ian Marson, Home Office

Posted by: Ian Marson, Posted on: 17 February 2015 - Categories: Leadership Statement
headshot of Ian Marsden

Ian Marson, Assistant Director UK Visas and Immigration, was shortlisted for the Leadership Award in last year's Civil Service Awards. He discusses some of the attributes he believes helps make a great leader.

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