Movers & shakers: Home Affairs, Indigenous Affairs, Industry portfolios and more Friday August 10, 2018 By The Mandarin Career Matters New Senior Executive Services promotions in the Australian government, including a new Director-General and 6 new First Assistant Secretaries, plus a large cohort of new senior… Read more
Cass Sunstein’s Bill of Rights for Nudging Thursday July 19, 2018 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks The co-father of modern nudges, former White House official Cass Sunstein, has five principles that should prevent most of the no-go areas of ethical government interventions. Read more
When nudge comes to shove: making e-health opt-out was always a risky venture Thursday July 19, 2018 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks The sudden rush to opt out of e-health records amid major privacy concerns demonstrates that governments have to be careful about how they use the… Read more
Australian Public Service to start running citizen-satisfaction surveys Wednesday July 4, 2018 By Stephen Easton Federal The head of the Australian Public Service has ramped up his campaign for a more responsive and capability-rich bureaucracy, repeating his critque of agencies that… Read more
The time of his life: reflections from the founder of Australia's national nudge unit Thursday June 28, 2018 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks Taking two years off from his professorial post at Harvard to start up the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government has been a major… Read more
Turnbull govt under pressure over blind recruiting for APS after Liberal Council vote Monday June 18, 2018 By Stephen Easton Federal “It’s not about promoting minorities or creating barriers for minorities," said Canberra-based Liberal policy convenor Ed Cocks on the vote to enact blind recruiting in… Read more
Preparing Australian cities for the fourth industrial revolution Monday June 4, 2018 By Martin Parkinson Editors' Picks This is a slightly edited version of a speech by Martin Parkinson, secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, to the Property Council of Australia… Read more
Reflections on the past pave the road to reconciliation Friday June 1, 2018 By Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Federal This week marks National Reconciliation Week (NRW). It commemorates two significant milestones in Australia’s reconciliation journey — the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court… Read more
Federal Budget 2018: is the APS decentralisation agenda running out of puff? Wednesday May 9, 2018 By Stephen Easton News The federal government’s public service decentralisation program has turned out to be a much less dramatic affair than Nationals leaders suggested last April. Deputy Prime Minister… Read more
Federal Budget 2018: top-ups for the central agencies, few 'efficiencies' left to find Tuesday May 8, 2018 By Stephen Easton News Like last year’s federal budget, the plan for 2018-19 involves re-purposing a range of “efficiencies” found in some parts of the public sector, investing in… Read more
Tom Burton: Canberra creates a brave new data world Thursday May 3, 2018 By Tom Burton Editors' Picks It is hard to overstate the importance of the federal government’s decision to create a consumer right over the data created about them. The Mandarin's… Read more
Breaking the data silos: including Indigenous Australians in the data-driven world Thursday April 26, 2018 By Ian Anderson Editors' Picks It is only through sharing data and changing the culture around data usage that we can uncover new insights and put data to good use,… Read more
The easy way for public officials to build professional networks Monday March 26, 2018 By Julian Bajkowski Sponsored The business of government is by its very nature based on networks of people and their work. When those networks are connected through a platform… Read more
Audit ambit: more scrutiny on federal contract deals Friday March 16, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features The federal audit committee is gearing up for round two of its inquiry into the messy world of contractors and consultants, as the auditor-general prepares… Read more
DIIS design academy set to welcome APS staff Monday March 5, 2018 By Stephen Easton News A new "design academy" soon to be launched by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's BizLab unit will offer training to other agencies on… Read more
