Public service

Lindsey Graham was a rare statesman in an age of politics

He showed us that public service is not about personal advancement. It is about leaving your country, your allies, and the world stronger than you found them.

|ByBOBBY RECHNITZ
Bobby Rechnitz (left) with Lindsey Graham
Digital services illustration.

Almost 70% of Israel's public services are digitalized, National Digital Network report reveals

The report, submitted to the Knesset, mapped the 4,562 public services in Israel that are provided by government ministries, support units, corporations, and authorities.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Shalem Foundation CEO Monik Konfino

The bureaucracy whisperer working to secure a more accessible Israel

Our determination to dig in our heels is what stands between us and an inclusive future for people with disabilities, says Monik Konfino, CEO of the Shalem Foundation.

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SHALEM FOUNDATION
A CEREMONY marking the rebuilding of Kibbutz Nir Oz, after the October 7 massacre, takes place earlier this month. The challenge is not just to bring residents back but to return them to thriving communities, the writer asserts.

Why Israel’s civil service needs urgent reform - opinion

Victory in the next war will be determined not only in the skies over Iran but also in government offices, in local authorities, and wherever the civil service shoulders the burden of the nation. 

|ByOMER WEINBERG

Vetting of potential new state attorney starts despite Likud opposition

There has been no permanent replacement since December 2019.

OCTOBER 18, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

IIA to improve speech-recognition services in Hebrew and Arabic

Analyzing Semitic languages such as these has been considered more challenging, hindering the development of high-quality speech recognition tools.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Computer code and an Israeli flag

Josh Nass: PR maven for the Jewish community and beyond

Meet a born-and-bred New Yorker, whose first of five languages was Russian.

OCTOBER 11, 2019ByJEREMY FRANKEL
Dr. Henry Kissinger, Dr. Herb London and Nass

Atudot Le’Israel: Rebuilding Israel’s public civil service

How one program is trying to rebuild Israel's public civil service.

MAY 20, 2019BySHLOMO MAITAL
Isaac Devash, founder of Atudot Le’Israel, a national talent management program for the Israeli public sector