The office has approximately 180 employees responsible for administering the Privacy Act with respect to the public sector and PIPEDA with respect to the private sector. We have approximately 50% of our employees working on enforcement or investigation of one kind or another, in relation to either the Privacy Act or PIPEDA, and that includes a group that does audit and review.
Madame Lajoie is director general of investigations with respect to the Privacy Act. There is a similar group responsible for investigations under PIPEDA. There is a policy group, of which Madame Kosseim is the director general and senior general counsel. We have a policy group. We obviously have certain corporate services, legal services, finance, and human resources. We have a communications branch, which is responsible in large part for our public education effort. We have a small but efficient technology branch with technologists who are very helpful in giving us a technological grounding for our investigations or our policy recommendations. That's the structure. The number of employees is 180. The budget is roughly $24 million.
There have been budget asks over the years, some of which were successful. In 2008 there was a successful budget ask, which led to some increases in the complement. That was eight years ago now, and as I say, technology continues to evolve, and there are many more issues we have to deal with. Currently, we are struggling to meet our responsibilities with the resources that we have.