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  <title>Latest Public Sector Features from www.publicservice.co.uk</title>
  <updated>2009-07-03T13:59:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title>From Facebook to the coal face</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12259"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Martin Ewart, general manager for Logica in Scotland, discusses how the social networking phenomenon translates into the workplace – where it becomes thought leadership]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12259</id>
    <updated>2009-07-03T13:59:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Time for a new era of Google government</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12258"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It's going to be tough for local authorities over the next few years but a Tory government would deliver real devolved power and autonomy in return for transparency on pay, perks and pensions, David Cameron has said]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12258</id>
    <updated>2009-07-03T09:21:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Sustainable pensions are vital to partnerships</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12257"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[While the government has insisted it's committed to more use of the private sector in public services, the issue of pension liabilities through the transfer of public sector staff to the private sector might not be fully appreciated in Whitehall, writes BSA's Mark Fox]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12257</id>
    <updated>2009-07-02T11:37:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Transparency? Let's start with spending</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12256"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Just how transparent and open can our political parties claim to be when they have yet to come clean about their tax and spend proposals? Colin Talbot argues for some honest answers before an election]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12256</id>
    <updated>2009-07-02T11:24:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Flying high in the face of uncertainty</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12255"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Warrick Malcolm of the Society of British Aerospace Companies flies the flag for defence industries in Scotland – with justification, because it's worth billions to the Scottish and UK economies and even in a downturn business is booming]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12255</id>
    <updated>2009-07-01T14:32:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Where should the blame lie with data security?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12254"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If a shortcut is available, then staff will inevitably take it. Nick Lowe, Check Point's regional director for northern Europe, explains how large organisations can ensure that staff find the quickest route without endangering data in the process]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12254</id>
    <updated>2009-07-01T12:41:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Kelly eyes bigger picture on standards</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12253"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell publishes his expenses, the chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Sir Christopher Kelly tells <b>Public Servant</b> that its recommendations on MPs' expenses could be applied in other areas, including Whitehall]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12253</id>
    <updated>2009-07-01T11:27:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Taking stock</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=11822"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Minister for defence equipment and support Quentin Davies defends the MoD&#39;s record on procurement and argues that the ministry is committed to providing troops with the best available equipment. ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=11822</id>
    <updated>2009-07-01T09:00:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Gordon Brown reveals his vision of Britain's future</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12252"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Prime Minister says he will clean up politics, boost the economy, build more social housing, create jobs, give patients power and choice, cut carbon emissions and give people a real say in their communities]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12252</id>
    <updated>2009-06-29T16:28:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>True grit served with a spoonful of Pickles</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12251"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As Labour launches what many consider to be its general election manifesto, Tory Party chairman Eric Pickles offers Dean Carroll an insight to what may be in store for the public sector under a Conservative government]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12251</id>
    <updated>2009-06-29T12:15:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>No nukes – and not just in my back yard</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12250"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bruce Crawford tells Maureen Ferrier how the Scottish government is determined to plan not just for a nuclear-free Scotland – but for a nuclear-free UK as well]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12250</id>
    <updated>2009-06-29T12:14:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Trident – the real cost is not just a matter of money</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12249"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Immoral, unnecessary, probably illegal and now unaffordable – the government's Trident nuclear weapons programme is not the solution to economic crisis says Scottish CND chairman Alan Mackinnon]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12249</id>
    <updated>2009-06-29T12:09:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>'Tackling climate change remains an essential investment in our future'</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12106"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[European Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas explains what EU countries must do before and after the Copenhagen summit to fight climate change]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12106</id>
    <updated>2009-06-29T09:00:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Taking healthgrids from the lab to the citizen</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12152"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As grid computing specialists and health professionals gather in Berlin, Tony Solomonides, a member of HealthGrid&#39;s Scientific Board, explores the potential applications of the healthgrid concept]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12152</id>
    <updated>2009-06-29T09:00:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Stamping out superbugs in our hospitals</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12247"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For most people it's bad enough having to go into hospital without having to worry about picking up a serious illness while there. Public Service Events' Infection Control 09 conference will consider how Scotland has tackled major HCAI outbreaks and what the future holds]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=12247</id>
    <updated>2009-06-26T15:13:00+00:00</updated>
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