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April

• Creation of Power of Information Task Force
• New strategy for Government skills ‘Building professional skills - a strategy for delivery’
• Launch of Capability Building Programme
• The second phase of the Capability Review programme gets underway

May

• Launch of £16m ‘Family Pathfinder’ programme with DCSF

June

• Review of information security in government
• Publication of ‘excellence and fairness: achieving world class public services’
• Crime and Communities Review published - 8 month Cabinet Office study
• Cabinet Office staff honoured in Queen’s birthday list
• Publication of SETF’s ‘Think Research: Using research evidence to inform service development for vulnerable groups’
• Launch of PSA 16 Delivery Plan with partner departments

July

• Launch of Civil Service-wide diversity strategy
• Government sets out 21st century challenges for food in the UK
• Third Sector Advisory Body created

August

• Publication of first National Risk Register

September

• First Cabinet outside London since 1921
• Grassroots Grants opens for business
• Newly appointed Senior Civil Servants attend the corporate leadership induction programme Base Camp

October

• National Economic Council announced by the PM to respond to the economic downturn
• First Council of Regional Ministers meets
• £10m Third Sector Research Centre launches
• Departments commit to introduce a No Retirement Age Policy below the Senior Civil Service
• New Third Sector skills body set up to identify and address skills gaps and shortages for charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises
• The National Economic Council set up to co-ordinate the Government’s response to the global economic downturn. As part of this, it helped coordinate the Government’s ‘Real Help Now’ campaign.

November

• Civil Service Awards
• Publication of Getting On, Getting Ahead - analysis of evidence base on social mobility
• CO spearheads world-leading recycling competition
• G20 announced in Washington. Cabinet Office preparations begin

December

• Cabinet Office staff named in New Year’s Honours list
• Civil Service Diversity & Equality Awards
• Launch of ‘Fair Rules for Strong Communities’ strategy
• Capability re-reviews findings published
• Launch of ‘Aspirations and Attainment Short Study’
• Key influencers attend the Capability Building Programme's ‘Analysis Evidence Policy Delivery’ conference to shape the reform agenda
• Sir David Normington’s Review of SCS Workforce and Reward was steered to a successful conclusion and published

January

• Publication of New Opportunities White Paper.
• Civil Contingencies Secretariat co-ordinate government response to ensure road salt distribution to areas where most needed following extreme snowfall across UK

February

• Launch of Real Help for Communities (£42m to help Third Sector)
• Cabinet Office restructure to respond to priorities such as Public Service Reform and the economic downturn
• Jobs Online launched ensuring all Civil Service jobs available in a single place
• 38 projects awarded £30m grant aid from Community Assets Fund
• Successful pilot of a Civil Service-wide People Survey

March

• Publication of Working together: Public Services on your side
• Award of 5,000 Grassroots grants totalling £16m
• Civil Service Live Gateshead - over 1,600 visitors
• Launch of a new Civil Service-wide Leadership Development Framework to drive more consistent and higher-quality leadership
• Approximately 250 newly appointed Senior Civil Servants attend the Civil Service corporate leadership induction programme Base Camp
• Cabinet Office recruits 570 Fast Streamers for the Civil Service