Civil servant fined for leaving documents on train – The Independent
“A high-flying civil servant was today fined £2,500 after leaving top-secret documents on a train.”
The Independent, 28th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: civil servants
Civil servant ‘who left files on train’ to appear in court – Daily Telegraph
“A senior civil servant who allegedly lost highly sensitive intelligence files relating to al-Qaeda and Iraq on a train has been summoned to appear in court.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Internal departmental guidelines for briefing a minister – Ministry of Justice
“A request was made for a copy of the current internal departmental guidelines for briefing a minister. Below are copies of the guidelines requested. These cover submissions and briefings for the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State, other departmental ministers and the Permanent Secretary.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Civil Serf blogger faces disciplinary action – OUT-LAW.com
“A senior civil servant who detailed the inner workings of Government has reportedly been suspended pending an investigation into her conduct. The author of the popular Civil Serf blog is reported to have confessed to a Government investigating team.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Civil servant appointed to run supreme court – The Times
“Jenny Rowe is to be the first chief executive of the UK’s new supreme court when it comes into being in late 2009, Jack Straw, the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, has announced.”
The Times, 18th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Corrupt MoD official can keep £1.5m – The Guardian
“A corrupt civil servant behind one of the biggest frauds in Whitehall history has managed to avoid paying anything towards a £1.5m confiscation order because the Crown Prosecution Service delayed enforcing it for 11 years, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 18th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Foreign Office sued for sex and race discrimination – The Independent
“The careers of women and ethnic minority civil servants working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are held back by a glass ceiling that is supported by an inherited culture of discrimination, it was alleged yesterday.”
The Independent, 17th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Civil servant who leaked rendition secrets goes free – The Guardian
“Secrets charges against a Foreign Office civil servant were dramatically dropped at the Old Bailey yesterday after it emerged that senior figures within his own department had privately admitted no harm was done by his leaking a series of Whitehall documents.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Civil servants face prison for leaving the public vulnerable to dangers of identity theft – The Times
“Civil servants face being jailed for gross failures to safeguard citizens’ personal information under a clampdown following the disappearance of two discs that held the child benefit records of 25 million people.”
The Times, 18th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New rules ban Civil Service memoirs – Daily Telegraph
“Gordon Brown risks angering Whitehall mandarins by trying to prevent them publishing their memoirs after they leave the Civil Service.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New rules on terror leaks urged – BBC News
“Officials and police should be subject to new rules covering media briefings on anti-terrorism investigations, human rights organisation Liberty has said.”
BBC News, 8th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
