Civil Service Quarterly

Accelerating innovation in defence and security

Posted by: Heather-Fiona Egan, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends

A new competition-led approach for creating solutions to some of the defence and security challenges of the 21st century.

Location, location, location – tapping the economic potential of geospatial data

Posted by: UKGI Digital Land Team, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends, New techniques

Read about the creation of the Geospatial Commission, the new body to help exploit the huge potential of data about location and place to fuel new businesses and better public services.

Why innovation is the key to growing the UK economy

Posted by: Mike Biddle, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends

Mike Biddle of Innovate UK writes about the role of the Governments Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) in increasing spending on research and development to boost economic growth.

Robots lend government a helping hand

Posted by: James Merrick-Potter and Daniella Chrysochou, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Making organisations work well, New techniques

Robotics, or robotic process automation, are already in use in government and have the potential to help civil servants work more efficiently and effectively, and in more rewarding roles.

From Asda to Belmarsh – how government is attracting the best prison officers

Posted by: Mark Adam, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends

Just over a year after it was launched, a campaign to recruit thousands of new prison officers is close to meeting its objectives ahead of time and under budget. The MoJ's Prison Officer Recruitment Programme Director explains how they did it.

Parliament and the Civil Service

Posted by: Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MP, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Making organisations work well

Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom MP underlines the importance of civil servants having the skills to support ministers on parliamentary business.

Reflections on the first three years of the New Zealand Policy Project

Posted by: Andrew Kibblewhite, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends

How has New Zealand's civil service set about improving capability in policy development and implementation. Andrew Kibblewhite, their Head of Policy Profession, explains.

The CSQ Interview: Dr Andrea Siodmok, Deputy Director, Policy Lab, Cabinet Office

Posted by: Civil Service Quarterly editorial team, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Interviews, New techniques

In the CSQ Interview, Andrea Siodmok describes the work of the Cabinet-Office-based Policy Lab, and its ambition to give cutting-edge support to the 17,000 policy-makers in government.

Crossing the ‘Valley of Death’ – how we can bridge the gap between policy creation and delivery

Posted by: Tony Meggs, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Making organisations work well

Tony Meggs, Chief Executive of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, suggests how we can avoid the pitfalls and improve the probability of successful delivery of government policy.