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Is it time to get rid of the Foreign Service designation?

A Foreign Service officer (FS) is an employees of the Government of Canada who pass the foreign service exam and are hired by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
This is important because becoming an FS is no easy task. Every year hundreds of Canadians write the [...]

Posted 15 June 2009 | David Eaves § canadian foreign policy § public policy § public service sector renewal ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Reforming Government on the Globe & Mail’s Wiki

A few months ago John Ibbitson – the Globe and Mail columnist who used to cover Ottawa and now covers Washington, DC – asked me if I’d help edit the 3rd chapter of his new book, Open & Shut.
The chapter, entitled Yes, Mr. President; No, Prime Minister asks why is it that after 8 years [...]

Posted 04 May 2009 | David Eaves § book review § canadian politics § cool links § public policy § public service sector renewal § reviews ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

How GCPEDIA will save the public service

GCPEDIA (also check out this link) is one of the most exciting projects going on in the public service. If you don’t know what GCPEDIA is – check out the links. It is a massive wiki where public servants can share knowledge, publish their current work, or collaborate on projects. I think it is one [...]

Posted 12 March 2009 | David Eaves § open source § public policy § public service sector renewal § technology ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

The Financial collapse and the unsaid thoughts of public servants

Fascinating week in Ottawa. Been having a great time, enjoying brown bag lunches and meeting with friends old and new.
I’m here to talk about public service sector renewal and as the the issue comes up on many occasions people ask me if I think the financial crises and the poor economy will make the government [...]

Posted 27 November 2008 | David Eaves § public service sector renewal ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

The Open Source Public Service

Consider these to quotes side by side:
First,
“Human beings generally take pleasure in a task when it falls in a sort of optimal-challenge zone; not so easy as to be boring, not too hard to achieve. A happy programmer is one who is neither underutilized nor weighed down with ill-formulated goals and stressful process friction. Enjoyment [...]

Posted 03 July 2008 | David Eaves § open source § public policy § public service sector renewal ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

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