Government Operations committee  We do at times use Buyandsell.gc.ca. It depends on the nature of the goods and services being acquired.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, we are pleased to appear before your committee to discuss Shared Services Canada's 2017-2018 main estimates and departmental plan. With me are John Glowacki, Chief Operating Officer, Alain Duplantie, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for C

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, this area is evolving. Under the leadership of the Secretary of the Treasury Board, we've established a deputies committee to undertake enterprise planning and prioritization, starting with the collection of all the anticipated business requirements across the whole Go

Industry committee  Statistics Canada, Mr. Chair, has complete independence over the design of any methodology, its internal operations—

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, we meet the security requirements and the access requirements that Statistics Canada—

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, Statistics Canada has complete control over the data.

Industry committee  That's a very fair statement, Mr. Chair.

Industry committee  There has been no change in the conditions around which we operate with Statistics Canada.

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, I would say the criteria around the services we provide to Statistics Canada have not changed since September 19.

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, I'm going to ask Mr. Thuppal to address that question.

Industry committee  The very first one?

Industry committee  With the new chief, it was October 12.

Industry committee  Statistics Canada has indicated that we've met the requirements under that service agreement.

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, I'm going to ask Mr. Thuppal to talk about the recent experience that I referred to in my opening remarks with Apache Struts 2.

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, cloud computing will be a very important part of our strategy going forward. Cloud computing will provide elasticity that we require in order to meet changeable demands from departments. We are in the process of running an RFP that will identify a number of vendors f