Public Accounts committee  Very early in the process, immediately after a statement of requirements is written, the project authority would assess...and the deputy minister has mentioned that we're actually making the policy a lot clearer for project authorities. The end-of-July policy will give some bette

Public Accounts committee  In the case of a classified building, it would be immediately. We've made mistakes, and I think we've admitted to that. But in cases such as North Bay, that building would be classified almost immediately after the statement of requirements is completed.

Public Accounts committee  Again, not being there at the time, my expectation would be that the project authority would assess the threat and the risk, including the vulnerability of the building or what sort of documents we're talking about, and in this case it was only a 50% solution of the bare building

Public Accounts committee  DM, that's correct--

Public Accounts committee  The deputy minister's comments are correct. My understanding is that both Treasury Board and the ADM security committee are looking at this particular issue on unclassified documents and looking at different caveats that can be placed on unclassified documents. Obviously PWGSC ha

Public Accounts committee  I have not heard from General Hillier.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry, I have been involved in the action plan, but as to your question, I have not personally heard from General Hillier.

Public Accounts committee  Again, just to clarify, I was an addressee on the action plan. With regard to the action plan, I have received it, but coming from the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.

Public Accounts committee  Our policy is actually consistent with Treasury Board's policy in the sense that individuals who have access to facilities or information, either at a classified or designated level, require the necessary clearance or reliability status. That depends, again, on the information th

Public Accounts committee  I'd actually probably refer it back to Mr. Stevenson to refer specifically to those 8,500 files. Now, I'm in charge of administering the security program for the department, and whether or not the project-initiating authority actually submits a security requirements checklist i

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I am.

Public Accounts committee  No, I am not.

Public Accounts committee  If I can, I'd like to pass that question over to Major-General Hines, who is actually our subject matter expert on the above-ground complex.