Government Operations committee  I don't....

Government Operations committee  Just in terms of a factual correction, all deputies are appointed by the Prime Minister on the advice of the Clerk. They're not through the chief human resources officer.

Government Operations committee  The deputy heads are the CEOs of the department, so they're also kind of the accounting officers as well. They rely on or they have a chief financial officer in just about all cases. I'm not the money expert—I'm not the comptroller general—but for any kind of money there is a d

Government Operations committee  Okay.

Government Operations committee  —they manage the departments.

Government Operations committee  We at Treasury Board do that.

Government Operations committee  I'll give you a couple of examples. They have to report to us every year on their statistics, so there's no hiding of this.

Government Operations committee  I didn't want to leave that impression. We give them not direction but guidance on what should be included in a plan.

Government Operations committee  We do. If they haven't—

Government Operations committee  No, we follow up and we make sure. I don't think we've done an audit per se.

Government Operations committee  I do know that if a department is trying to hide something—I'm not saying they are—and if something is really off track, that kind of information tends to come out now through the annual surveys. You can figure out—

Government Operations committee  We follow up. If we're getting good material, that's good. If we're not getting it and the survey says there's a problem there, we'll follow up and ask what action plan is being put in place.

Government Operations committee  Do you mean in terms of whistle-blowing?

Government Operations committee  I don't; the Clerk of the Privy Council does.

Government Operations committee  If they've come up through the system, there is a fairly rigorous system of performance management that is done on everyone, all executives, all employees in the public service. For executives, just as an example, there are performance contracts and agreements required under our