Lord Crickhowell makes the point that Parliament has to be involved
with civil service reforms on accountability and asks Lord Butler how could this be done and what might be the way forward.
Baroness Jay adds that the formal Parliamentary involvement
with Civil Service reform is turning the issue into something of a live issue.
Not exact matches
«To help get that revolution started in the public sector, working
with the Cabinet Office, I've been pushing hard for radical
reforms to the way in which the
Civil Service pays and supports its staff after their children are born.
Maude: There were questions around the ability of ministers to decide on the shape and personnel in their department and we have made some proposals in the
Civil Service reform plan to increase the ability of ministers to influence choice of permanent secretaries (
with strict guidelines to avoid politicisation).
Matt Hancock moves from the Business Department to become minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General,
with responsibility for efficiency and
civil service reform.
1000 - Cabinet Office - New network launched: What Works is a product of
civil service reform and open public
services programmes, led by Open Public Services with ESRC, and other p
services programmes, led by Open Public
Services with ESRC, and other p
Services with ESRC, and other partners.
Their one - year - on report on the
civil service reform plan has been unusually honest about the areas where change is not taking place - in a bid to embarrass
civil servants into getting on
with the
reforms.
The coalition's
civil service reform plan is now behind schedule in some areas,
with progress struggling when it comes to open policymaking, accountability and improving capabilities.
David Cameron is shaking up the most senior posts in the
Civil Service with the creation of a new chief executive to lead the government's programme of
reform in Whitehall, Downing Street has announced.
Equally, our nation's inability to heed the call for the
reform of our
civil service has finally bogged down the public sector
with bureaucracy and corruption, made fuel scarcity and unemployment natives.
Its terms should be drawn widely — Lords
reform, electoral
reform, the Monarchy, the Union, codification of the constitution, a bill of rights, the Church of England, the
civil service, the EU, the courts and local government —
with nothing left unconsidered.
Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «
reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious
with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.
With the government's programme of
civil service reform and the impact of austerity on Whitehall to scrutinise, PASC was already a busy committee.
Finally, it must be clarified whether the stipulated
reforms should be realized
with the help of
civil service law or general employment law.
Today, in coalition
with BC
Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society, and Community Legal Assistance Society, West Coast LEAF held a press conference to announce our list of comprehensive recommendations to
reform BC's justice system in
service of building a more just, equal, and inclusive province.
In coalition
with BC
Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society, and Community Legal Assistance Society, West Coast LEAF published a list of comprehensive recommendations to
reform BC's justice system in
service of a more just, equal, and inclusive province.
Finally, of all the recently adopted or proposed regulatory
reforms with respect to legal
services common to these four countries, many believe that alternative structures offer one of the most significant vehicles for addressing the shortfall (or, in the US, the dearth) of affordable and accessible
civil justice.
A more accurate model is: politics is a system that 1) selects against skills needed for rigorous thinking and for qualities such as groupthink and confirmation bias, 2) incentivises a badly selected set of people to consider their career not the public interest, 3) drops them into dysfunctional institutions
with no relevant training and poor tools, 4) centralises vast amounts of power in the hands of these people and institutions in ways we know are bound to cause huge errors, and 5) provides very weak (and often damaging) feedback so facing reality is rare, learning is practically impossible, and system
reform is seen as a hostile act by political parties and
civil services worldwide.