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Service Nova Scotia Minister Jamie Muir has urged public servants to work towards delivering services that keep pace with the changing needs of citizens. And while many governments have begun their journey towards a citizen-centric service approach, one public administration expert says the road ahead is not always easy.

Speaking with Art Stevenson, the theme of collaboration keeps on popping up. There's a reason for this, as senior writer Lisa Williams discovered in conversation with one of Canada's most renowned senior public administrators. There's no science about collaboration, and there's often no sign where it might lead. As the founding executive director of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management, and currently executive director of the Institute for Citizen-Centred Service, Stevenson looks back on an extensive career grounded in the right mix of people skills, financial and IT management, and good governance.

Speaking with Art Stevenson, the theme of collaboration keeps on popping up. There's a reason for this, as senior writer Lisa Williams discovered in conversation with one of Canada's most renowned senior public administrators. There's no science about collaboration, and there's often no sign where it might lead. As the founding executive director of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management, and currently executive director of the Institute for Citizen-Centred Service, Stevenson looks back on an extensive career grounded in the right mix of people skills, financial and IT management, and good governance.

The first major international conference of Italy's six-month presidency of the European Union will be devoted to e-government, an indication of the importance attached to information technology (IT) by the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's Technological Innovation Minister Lucio Stanca said Tuesday in a press conference, according to various press reports.

There is a spectacular view from Louis Shallal's window of Ottawa's Rideau Canal, the Chateau Laurier, Confederation Park and other sights that constantly turn up in the nation's postcards. And there is a certain irony too.The Executive Director of Information Technology for Ottawa-Carleton Region can also look out at more than a dozen '50s- and '60s-era government buildings, including the central post office, now sitting virtually half empty while he plots a revolution in public administration.