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Christy Clark names new top bureaucrat
Christy Clark names new top bureaucrat
VICTORIA — Premier-designate Christy Clark has replaced the head of the B.C. Public Service in one of the first of several changes expected in her transition to power.
Allan Seckel, the province's top bureaucrat and deputy minister to the premier, will be replaced by John Dyble, currently deputy minister of health services, Clark announced Friday.
The change will take effect when Clark and her new cabinet are sworn into office, which is expected to be around March 14.
Dyble will head the 30,000-member public service, serving as a kind of go-between for the non-partisan civil service and the political cabinet of the B.C. government.
The job also includes the title of cabinet secretary.
Dyble has been in the public service since 1989 and held senior positions in transportation, forests and health ministries. He's also a registered engineer with a masters of business administration.
Clark thanked Seckel for "making a major contribution to public service over the last eight years."
Seckel, a Vancouver lawyer, was deputy minister of the attorney general's department before his transition to the top bureaucratic post in 2009.
He's credited for helping spearhead B.C.'s Court Services Online system, which lets people search court files 24 hours a day and is one of the most comprehensive services of its kind in the country.
During his tenure as the head of the public service, Seckel issued layoff notices to 772 employees as government grappled with the impact of a recession and cutbacks in government ministries.
Clark won the Liberal party's leadership last Saturday and is expected to formally replace Premier Gordon Campbell within weeks.
The transition to a new premier usually brings with it widespread changes to staff in the premier's office and the senior ranks of the civil service, as the incoming boss selects from a different pool of candidates for the government's top jobs. |
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發表於 2011-3-5 07:44
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