Agency staff report increased mistakes > A NEW survey reveals that more than 50 per cent of staff from agencies including Centrelink, Medicare and the Child support agency are reporting… more
Public service in the news
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | Increased pressure on public service spending
Efficiency dividend to be more efficient > An increase in the Public Service Efficiency Dividend to 4 per cent. Unions, Greens condemn public service cuts > Unions and the Greens… more
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | UK continues to analyse ‘Big Society’ reforms and with it comes increasing criticism
Accounting for the new philanthropy > Britain’s Big Society initiatives exemplify a new regime: Rather than fund public programs directly, the state will incentivize private investment in public outcomes. After… more
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | UK’s public sector reforms favour private sector, ‘Big Society’ reforms spread to Eurozone and Canada
UK’s Public services white paper favours private sector, says UK’s Trades Union Congress > Publishing its response to the coalition’s Open public services white paper today, the Trades Union Congress… more
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | NZ citizens happy with public services, evidence reveals UK’s public services are breaking down and UK charities are flailing
There’s little charity in the Work Programme > Charities are losing out on contracts to get people into jobs through the government’s Work Programme, and vulnerable jobseekers are being sidelined. Two… more
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | UK public funding travelling in and out of loopholes and US county to legalise Domestic Violence
Youth clubs’ rescue ‘vindicates Big Society idea’ > UK government cuts funding to youth community services, after community outrage and hours of workers’ time and efforts to apply for funding,… more
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | Italians protest to protect public service, Indian province promotes quality public services and UK rural communities start to suffer the lack of core public services.
Exclusive: Rural life at ‘tipping point’ as cuts slash services > A study, by consultancy firm Rural Innovation, concludes that there is “no longer scope to continually pare down key… more
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | Successful sustainable government programs, Discussions on the role of government to monitor corporate behaviour
Banmujer: Benefitting Over 300,000 Venezuelan Families Since 2001 > One of Venezuela’s most important public institutions created as a government run bank with the specific purpose of funding socio-productive business… more
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | Privatisation, community activism & UK public service cuts
What Real Choice Have I Got? > while we’re all out here seeing quite clearly that privatisation made everything worse, they’re busy arguing for more private companies and greater individual… more