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From the editor: the Siren song of power
Suzannah Brecknell and Jess Bowie
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Downing Street is a strange place to work, where offices, staterooms and flats form a maze filled with history, mice, and very busy people.
At the best of times, those people can feel beleaguered. It’s not uncommon for critics to describe a “bunker mentality” among the close-knit team of advisers both official and political.
What’s less common is for No.10 staff themselves to describe a bunker mentality, or to characterise themselves as heroes driven insane by their endeavours.
Perhaps this was why a comment by one adviser, attempting to explain why No.10 staff appear to have held regular parties while the rest of the country was in various levels of lockdown, was so striking: “There was a sense that we had lashed ourselves to the mast while the rest of the civil service had gone home. The work people were doing in No.10 was of a high degree of importance and couldn’t be done remotely.”
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Discover the challenges organisations face, and the ways they can overcome these obstacles
Nearly two years into the pandemic, COVID-19 is still causing significant disruption to organisations and industries. In the public sector, managing costs has been key to navigate this 'new normal'. Tim Skinner, public sector director at NetApp UK, explores the ways organisations could harness better data management to achieve these goals
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The civil servant survey unveils insights into ED&I across the public sector
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are more important today than ever before, with an increasing need to prioritise the values of harmony, trust, respect, and fairness in the workplace. None more so than in the governments DDaT function. Hitachi solutions provides insights and addresses some of the fundamental issues with ED&I in the civil service, conveying its ‘four pillar’ strategy for improvement.
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Introducing ways in which government organisations can improve their information management to ensure efficiency across departments
It is not uncommon to hear about further delay on another expensive government project, causing headaches for all those stakeholders. One key exacerbator of this is the inefficient management of information in the public sector. MI-GSO/PCUBED believe they have the solution, introducing 8 crucial steps designed to mitigate these recurring mishaps.
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What developments have instigated the movement towards a more sustainable and value driven future?
2021 was a year like no other in public sector procurement. In many ways it was also a year defined by the events of the past. Simon Payne, client director at Proxima, discusses the transformation public procurement has undergone over the past 12 months, representing a remarkable shift, and laying down the foundations to a brighter future.
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