Whitehall.
On Her Majesty's Civil Service Snobs at the top, no patronage, and other perils. Few countries outside Britain have a collective noun for their civil service. Whitehall itself is a misnomer--among main departments, only the Treasury, the Foreign Office, the Cabinet Office and the Health Department...

Buying an income: the market for civil service positions in Indonesia.
Indonesia has recently gone through a dramatic process of democratization, decentralization, and privatization. The fight against corruption has been an important element in the restructuring of society, at least as declared. Demands for law reforms to curb the rampant corruption, collusion, and nepotism (KKN) under the Soeharto regime actually...

Migration, refugees, and racism in South Africa.
Abstract The paper looks at South Africa's complex history and policies of racism, social separation and control and the impact that this has had on the nature of migration and refugee policy. The paper argues that this legacy has resulted in policy and implementation that is highly...

UK babus feel Indian job takeaway pinch.
Byline: Rashmee Roshan Lall LONDON: British civil servants and their government are in conflict over plans to off-shore a sizeable chunk of official work to India, in the first large-scale government operation of its kind. The plans, leaked by the Public and Commercial Services Union,...

SC/ST benefits extended.
LUCKNOW: In a major decision, the state government has decided to extend the benefit of the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) to a vast chunk of population belonging to 16 castes and sub-castes. They will be henceforth eligible for job quota policy of the government in all...

Private progress: Lebanon is embarking on a series of ambitious privatisation programmes to help balance its budget. The latest, the privatisation of two airports, has received a mixed reception. (Business & Finance).
Lebanon has taken the initial steps towards the privatisation of Beirut International Airport and the Rene Mouawad Airport in Qleiaat with the establishment of a Civil Aviation Committee. The new committee replaces the old Directorate of Civil Aviation which comprised 12 departments and employed 400 civil servants....

David O. "Doc" Cooke memorial.
The Graduate School, USDA has partnered with the Government Executive Magazine to create an endowment to honor David O. "Doc" Cooke and to recognize his outstanding contributions and public service. This endowment will sponsor the keynote speaker at the annual Excellence in Government conference (held this year in Washington...

High court offers relief for grounded pilot.
Byline: Kartikeya MUMBAI: Responding to a petition filed by a state pilot who alleged that he was compulsarily retired from service after a biased enquiry, the Bombay High Court has said "it is necessary for the state to appoint an officer or authority which has no connection...

After affirmative action: life under an executive order suggests the future of affirmative action in a post-CCRI California.
Last year, in a speech that defied political gravity, President Bill Clinton threw his support behind affirmative action while coining the phrase "mend it, don't end it." Clinton's mini-couplet quickly became the mantra of those seeking to maintain the affirmative action status quo. In California, where voters will decide the...

Bills in the New York state Senate.
S.3923 SPANO Sets forth conditions when a state agency shall enter into a contract for personal services and conditions to achieve actual cost savings. Limits outside contracts where civil service personnel could perform the task. Same as A.1259 04/01/2005 referred to Finance S.586 LAVALLE Provides...