Government Operations committee  Each one of the programs responds as to where they are in terms of meeting their commitment. Then that is validated at a more senior level to see if it really makes sense or not, to see whether they are correctly reporting what that is. Before the report is finalized it's given t

Government Operations committee  The open government plan is on the Treasury Board website. To date we have spent roughly $2 million on open government within the Treasury Board and we are absorbing that within our reference level. There have been a number of initiatives on open government, and as I said, our

Government Operations committee  In our quarterly financial report, we did explain really the bulk, a good portion, of the financial management area in the cost containment section of the QFR that we published. In that report, we actually do talk about what we achieved. There were two key things. One, the inte

Government Operations committee  Perhaps I can add an additional comment. I don't think providing information by sub-activity would give you what you want.

Government Operations committee  Even if we did put it at the program sub-activity level, I actually don't think, because of the things that Alister has mentioned, it would give you the information you want.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  That's correct.

Government Operations committee  The transfers totalled $600,000 for four regional development organizations: the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, ACOA; the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario; Western Economic Diversification Canada; and the Economic Development Agency of Canada for th

Government Operations committee  In the strategic and operating review, approximately 70% of the cuts within the Treasury Board are related to what we would consider “back office”. One of the areas we are looking at is consolidating all of our administration for the corporate services sector. We're a pilot for t

Government Operations committee  Are you referring to the transfer of $2.1 million from the Treasury Board Secretariat to PCO for the Regulatory Cooperation Council?

Government Operations committee  Okay. The Regulatory Cooperation Council was established by the Prime Minister in February of 2011. Originally it was placed in the Treasury Board, because of the strong alignment between the Regulatory Cooperation Council and the Red Tape Reduction Commission, which was housed

Government Operations committee  There are two parts to this. The SSC is responsible for the infrastructure, the e-mail, the networks, and the data centres. The Treasury Board is responsible for the overall guidance on the IT security and the policies and the standards and the directives. What will happen is t

Government Operations committee  The reason it's in the supplementary estimates (A) is that the Treasury Board decision was taken after the fact, the close-out date for the main estimates. It's a timing issue.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am pleased to be here to discuss the supplementary estimates (A), 2012-2013, for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. With me is Bill Matthews, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management, at the Treasury Board Secretariat. We are here to answer your

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. The public service health care card was introduced a year and a half ago. The cost drivers for the Public Service Health Care Plan are really four things: the number of people—how much it's being used—the price of the good or service that it