[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Timeline of key events and achievements

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Public Sector Reform Conference run by Cabinet Office and National School of Government [External website]: focus on future public service delivery
Internal newsletter Inside wins Communicators in Business award
Cabinet Office Black and Asian Network event celebrates the diversity of India
Signing of ‘Skills pledge’ with 15 other government departments [External website] to help employers deliver 2010 skills level targets from Leitch Report

Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, visits Cabinet Office after addressing both Houses of Parliament to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade
Cabinet Office holds sustainable development event with Defra [External website], Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust
First full meeting of Civil Service HR Leaders Council to develop HR professionalism across government

Cabinet Office welcomes new Prime Minister, new departmental Ministers and board members
Civil Service Capability Group was put in place to build the capacity and capability of the Civil Service to deliver the Government's objectives.
Publication of Cabinet Office People Strategy
Cabinet Office Ministers support Volunteers' Week by helping out at three different community projects in London
Office of the Third Sector announces £117 million funding programme for v to transform youth volunteering in England
Cabinet Office Briefing Room (COBR) activated to deal with terrorist threats in London and Glasgow
Publication of Capability Reviews [External website] for three government departments

Cabinet Office Staff Conference: Prime Minister delivers keynote speech and first ever Cabinet Office Awards for staff held
Cabinet Office leads first ever public consultation on draft legislative programme [Archive website]
Prime Minister asks Gus O'Donnell to lead a review of the UK's border security arrangements
Publication of The future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration [External website], a joint Cabinet Office/Treasury report

Cabinet Office introduces staff video sharing site ‘CabCam’ to improve internal communication
Government Gateway [External website] launches Safety in Numbers campaign

Pitt Review interim report on reducing impact of future flooding published
Office of the Third Sector launches £30 million programme – to refurbish and transfer underused local authority assets to local organisations

Joint meeting of Cabinet Office Board and ministers
Launch of new Cabinet Office diversity plan and framework at first ever Cabinet Office People Week
Launch of Senior Civil Servants' (SCS) induction programme – SCS ‘Base-camp’ [External website] – with National School for Government
Cross-government Crime and Communities review team set up in Cabinet Office to engage local communities in the fight against crime
European and Global Issues Secretariat produced the publication: Global Europe; Meeting the Economic and Security Challenges

Sir Suma Chakrabarti's review of the role and purpose of the Cabinet Office published
Cabinet Office pilots new People Survey based on employee engagement principles, in advance of roll out across government
Social enterprise day: one year on – Office of the Third Sector publishes update on progress against action plan
Civil Service Awards: Cabinet Office wins procurement award for ICT shared services project Flex [External website]
Security in a global hub report on new UK border arrangements published by Cabinet Office

1977 Cabinet Office and Prime Minister's Office records transferred to The National Archives under the 30 year rule
Office of the Third Sector publishes update on progress against Partnership in Public Services action plan
Capability Reviews' progress and next steps document published: all 17 Whitehall departments now reviewed
Joint Board meeting between Cabinet Office and HM Treasury

Ylana First, MBE talks about being awarded her honour

Two new Ministers and three new Board members join the Cabinet Office
Launch of Think Family, the second half of the Families at Risk review, by Cabinet Office Social Exclusion Task Force
Cabinet Office launches Single Equality Scheme to staff for consultation
Office of the Third Sector unveils Grassroots Grants, a £130 million programme to boost local community organisations
Launch of new Honours campaign for nominations [External website] from the general public of local heroes in their area

Tom Watson MP, Parliamentary Secretary and Minister for Transformational Government

Cabinet Office holds International Women's Day event with HM Treasury
First UK national security strategy published by Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office organises Tower 08 event on public service transformation with trade association intellect
Phil Hope announces the Government's response to the Commission on the Future of Volunteering report, Manifesto for Change
Civil Service Capability Group publishes new performance management arrangements on leadership for Civil Service