A worker at the National Hurricane Center tracks weather over the Gulf of Mexico. Joe Raedle/Getty Images March 26, 2024 Politicians may rail against the ‘deep state,’ but research shows federal workers are effective and committed, not subversive Jaime Kucinskas, Hamilton College and James L. Perry, Indiana University Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants who are committed to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.
Shutterstock May 24, 2022 Why Britain really can’t afford to cut civil servants right now Paul Whiteley, University of Essex The plan to cut 91,000 civil service jobs could make service delivery impossible after decades of decline.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that many jobs can be performed remotely. It’s time to consider moving federal goverment positions into other regions of the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick May 24, 2021 Is it time to move Ottawa out of Ottawa? Loleen Berdahl, University of Saskatchewan If work doesn’t need to be done in Ottawa-area offices, does it need to be done in Ottawa at all?