The transformation agenda that Shared Services Canada is responsible for really is a Government of Canada transformation agenda that will affect every public servant in terms of how they work, the equipment they have to do their work, and the IT security they can rely on. We consider that engagement with public servants to be very critical both within our own department, in terms of how their workplace and work will change over the next five to seven years, and more broadly with public servants.
Also, we've actually used the opportunity of the clerk's initiative called Blueprint 2020, which sets out a vision for the public service in 2020, to point out that in fact that vision cannot be achieved if we don't do the infrastructure modernization we are doing as part of our agenda.
We've pointed out that for that to be possible, we need better computing capacity and more storage capacity. Our data centre consolidation program will increase storage capacity by seven times, which, as I'm sure you can appreciate, is important in a world of big data. It's also important for public servants to be able to connect with one another more easily and on an ongoing basis.
Our transformation agenda will increase bandwidth, for example, by at least four times, which, as you can probably appreciate, is critical for streaming data, video conferencing, and enabling public servants in the regions to be full participants in the work.
There are a number of areas in which the transformation is really going to improve the workplace for public servants.