Hipkins seeks joined-up thinking across state bureaucracy

Hipkins seeks joined-up thinking across state bureaucracy
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie June 26 (BusinessDesk) -  Major reforms to the law governing the public service will force far more collaboration between government agencies on the biggest policy challenges, State Services Minister Chris Hipkins says. Announcing the largest set of public sector reforms since the passage of the then ground-breaking State Sector Act in 1988, Hipkins outlined a radical departure from current practice that will force public sector leaders to create multi-agency teams to tackle specific issues. "Under the changes, boar...

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