Civil service

2022 - 8 - 18

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GIMPA to build capacities of Somaliland civil servants - Ghana ... (Ghana Business News)

Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, the Rector, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), says the Institute will organise a training ...

We have visited them on a number of occasions to monitor their operations and this is the first time they are visiting us,” he said. Prof Bonsu said this in Accra when the leadership of GIMPA received a 10-member delegation from the Somaliland Civil Service Institute and various heads of institutions to explore training opportunities with GIMPA. [Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, the Rector, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), says the Institute will organise a training programme for selected senior officials from Somaliland to enhance their knowledge in civil service practice.](https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-10-at-1.33.35-PM.png)

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Ex-Home Office civil servant wins back pay in contract dispute (Civil Service World)

Solicitor says department “picked the wrong person to short-change” after modifying Angela Maull's contract.

The Home Office said it had made a mistake in Maull’s original contract, which recorded her place of work as Croydon – rather than Liverpool, which was actually the case. The Home Office argued that it had not breached Maull’s contract because the pay rises were at its discretion. After cutting her base pay to the lower figure in June 2019, the Home Office added a “mark time” top-up of £3,992 to take the total to her original salary.

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Tory peer 'used Saudi Arabia trip to pitch for business' (Open Democracy)

Exclusive: Francis Maude allegedly touted his consultancy firm during 'fact-finding' mission.

[number of former Tory ministers](https://fma.com/our-team) as senior advisers, including Nicholas Soames, Nick Boles and Nick Hurd, as well as the former chair of the Office of Budget Responsibility, Robert Chote. Finn stepped down as a director of FMAP Ltd when she got the job last year. [a Cabinet Office review](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-cross-cutting-functions-and-the-operation-of-spend-controls) into spending controls, which sparked questions from Labour about potential conflicts of interest. And Simpson, the former Conservative MP who accompanied Maude on the trip, told openDemocracy that Maude had “tended to lead and chair us when meeting the various Saudi groups we were dealing with”. In February 2021, she was appointed as Boris Johnson’s deputy chief of staff, at the heart of Number 10. Maude only stayed for three days, but those who were present for the whole five-day trip each accrued £7,802 worth of expenses, including flights, transport, food and accommodation. The firm boasts of work “with the federal governments in Canada and Australia, the government of NSW [New South Wales] and a number of governments in Asia and the Middle East”. On Although FMAP Ltd claims it “does not undertake work for the UK government or seek to do so,” senior figures at the company have worked at the heart of government in a personal capacity, prompting concerns about a “revolving door”. [register of interests](https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/publications-records/house-of-lords-publications/records-activities-and-membership/register-of-lords-interests/register140318.pdf) describes it as “a parliamentary fact-finding visit”. The allegations relate to a 2018 trip that was meant to be a “fact finding” mission to “gain a deeper understanding of the strategic links between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UK”. [announced](https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/francis-maude-launches-civil-service-governance-review) last month as the leader of a major review into the civil service that could [reportedly](https://www.ft.com/content/ae8edc66-50e9-4c22-b37f-4ee508ef894b) result in the loss of 91,000 jobs.

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A civil servant's effort to humanize government, one fed at a time (FCW.com)

Whittaker, who is the acting chief innovation officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a member of the Federal Innovation Council at the ...

Stories matter because they fuel public perceptions of and trust in government, Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, told FCW. "This is fundamental to our democracy," he said. Long-term, Whittaker says that he wants to use HOPS to be an active driver for government leadership ranks to reflect the diversity seen on the HOPS page. Whittaker says that he's been intentional about trying to showcase employees from all the levels of government, parts of the United States and demographics. This is such a missed opportunity, and it feels just incredibly timely now," she said. Marlena Medford, communications director at nonprofit Code for America and former local government employee, has been volunteering to help with HOPS social media. [blog post from the Partnership for Public Service](https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/a-revealing-look-at-racial-diversity-in-the-federal-government/) showing disparities in the representation of people of color in government leadership positions. People of color make up just under 23% of the government's managerial cadre, called the Senior Executive Service, but they represent about 38% of the full time federal workforce and about 40% of the U.S. Whittaker is currently working to get HOPS certified as a 501(c)3. Whittaker, who is the acting chief innovation officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a member of the Federal Innovation Council at the Partnership for Public Service, solicits nominations for public employees working for governments on the state, local and federal level on the HOPS website. The project is modeled on the popular Humans of New York photography and interview series launched in 2010. "I feel like the majority were opening up their eyes to the minority experience."

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