'Test-and-learn' approaches among proposed new additions to evaluation handbook
16 Apr Analysis

'Test-and-learn' approaches among proposed new additions to evaluation handbook

Evaluation Task Force seeks feedback from across government on potential updates to the Magenta Book
by Tevye Markson
Scottish Government launches evaluation-and-appraisal centre
27 May Analysis
Scottish Government launches evaluation-and-appraisal centre
Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
24 Apr Analysis
Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
Treasury perm sec pledges probe into OBR forecast 'leak'
13 Feb Analysis
Treasury perm sec pledges probe into OBR forecast 'leak'
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 29
29 Feb 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 29

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 22
22 Feb 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 22

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
How governments around the world are encouraging civil servants to be more bold
16 Feb 2016 Analysis
How governments around the world are encouraging civil servants to be more bold

When good ideas emerge, the public sector should seize on them, give them money – and publicise the civil servants who have dreamed them up. 
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 15
15 Feb 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 15

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Sprint 16: Six things we learned about the future of government digital from the GDS conference
12 Feb 2016 Analysis
Sprint 16: Six things we learned about the future of government digital from the GDS conference

Rolling out text alerts, sorting out "crap" government IT, cleaning up data, and trying to recruit skilled people when the money's tight — there's plenty going on in the world of government digital, as Matt Foster found at the Government Digital Service's annual gathering
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 8
08 Feb 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 8

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 2
02 Feb 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – February 2

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – January 25
25 Jan 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – January 25

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – January 18
18 Jan 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – January 18

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – January 12
12 Jan 2016 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – January 12

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
What does the latest Civil Service People Survey tell us about staff morale?
04 Jan 2016 Analysis
What does the latest Civil Service People Survey tell us about staff morale?

Special report: The civil service is getting happier, according to its most recent People Survey. Suzannah Brecknell explores what else the survey tells us about change and engagement across government
What does 2016 have in store for the civil service?
22 Dec 2015 Analysis
What does 2016 have in store for the civil service?

Special report: With the Spending Review out of the way and all eyes on Whitehall's new Single Departmental Plans, Matt Foster assesses what the next four years of austerity are likely to mean for the size and shape of government – and how the much-heralded “transformation” of the state will play out in practice
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – December 14
14 Dec 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – December 14

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – December 4
04 Dec 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – December 4

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
New 'specialist' pay scale, Single Departmental Plans, and an academy for future Whitehall leaders – eight things we learned from John Manzoni and Matt Hancock's latest grilling by MPs
30 Nov 2015 Analysis
New 'specialist' pay scale, Single Departmental Plans, and an academy for future Whitehall leaders – eight things we learned from John Manzoni and Matt Hancock's latest grilling by MPs

New 'specialist' payscale to help recruitment, staff cuts at the Cabinet Office, Single Departmental Plans, the future of civil service reform, details on a brand new leadership academy – as the civil service chief executive and minister for the Cabinet Office face MPs, CSW tries to keep up...
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 23
23 Nov 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 23

New appointments this week in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 16
16 Nov 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 16

New appointments this week in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 9
09 Nov 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 9

New appointments this week in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 2
02 Nov 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – November 2

New appointments this week in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Freedom of Information: Civil servants would support charging for requests, CSW study finds
02 Nov 2015 Analysis
Freedom of Information: Civil servants would support charging for requests, CSW study finds

Special report: Extensive cross-government survey finds broad range of views on the FOI act – with calls for more central support in dealing with requests and just over 50% of officials in favour of introducing charges
Tax credits vote: The civil service 'must be more careful about parliamentary handling'
28 Oct 2015 Analysis
Tax credits vote: The civil service "must be more careful about parliamentary handling"

Analysis: What does the tax credits defeat in the House of Lords mean for the government's legislative programme – and are civil servants ready for the fallout?
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – October 26
26 Oct 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs – October 26

New appointments this week in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs
19 Oct 2015 Analysis
Arrivals, moves & departures: latest appointments in the civil service, politics and public affairs

New appointments this week in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods Monitoring
Want to avoid a major project fiasco? Learn from others’ mistakes
21 Sep 2015 Analysis
Want to avoid a major project fiasco? Learn from others’ mistakes

Louise Hart, author of Procuring Successful Mega-Projects and a former project director for the establishment of major transport infrastructure contracts in Sydney and London, explains that when it comes to setting up major government contracts, learning from experience is commendable, but learning from other people’s experience is much less painful