The People Survey 2020 opens today and runs through to the end of October.

To access the survey you will require your team's unique Operational Unit (OU) Code. Your managers will issue your code to you by email (if they haven't already) and you can access the survey online.

• The Civil Service 2020 People Survey

In this news story, published today, you can read a message from Alex Chisholm, Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary. There is also more information about the People Survey itself and you can find all the content you should need on the People Survey intranet pages...

Dave Snasdell, a Criminal Investigator within IES, shares a video walkthrough of the new layout in the Manchester office. Dave is part of the working group getting the Manchester Office ready for opening on Monday 5 October.

Wherever you are based, have a look to see how a COVID-19 secure compliant office looks and some of the process and procedures to follow when you attend.

New office printers to be auto-installed

Today our service provider will be rolling out a script to 250 users that will automatically add the office printers to their laptops. If this goes to plan, the script will be rolled out across everyone later this week.

Once the script has run users will need to set their printers to use the new 'Follow You' printing queue as their default and there is further information about how to do that in this system notification.

You are invited to the first virtual Operational Delivery Profession (ODP) event which takes place from 5 to 9 October 2020. ODP is the largest profession in government with nearly 230,000 people and makes up over half of the Civil Service workforce doing hundreds of jobs in every part of government.  ODP spans a huge variety of roles and work across numerous government departments including our agency.

The week will be packed with exclusive ODP content for you to watch, read and get involved with. There will be a mix of inspiring videos and stories from people working in ODP, exclusive sessions launching new parts of the ODP offer and hints and tips to support you in your careers. You’ll also have a chance to get involved through online discussions and Question and Answer sessions.

Interested and want to find out more? Read: ODP: You're invited to ODP Engage 2020.

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Anyone, not just line managers, can nominate any person, or team they feel deserves rewarding with an INSSpire award.