Information & Ethics committee  We suspect that it will probably be three a year.

Information & Ethics committee  That would be $150,000.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, $150,000 per audit, just doing the math. No, I'm sorry, it's about $110,000.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, $110,000 to $115,000 per audit.

Information & Ethics committee  The model that we applied in respect to the business case and the resources required was given to us by the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Comptroller General's office—

Information & Ethics committee  So in terms of doing the calculations, it was quite a straightforward calculation. You just took what the template said for an organization this size, indicating what was expected of you. This is what you're expected to have in terms of an audit committee and the costs associated

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, as it applies across the public service.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm sure the Privacy Commissioner would be very supportive of the concept of the extension of the Access to Information Act, as well as the Privacy Act. From that perspective, it's a very positive sign. Likewise with the internal audit, which I think been received quite positivel

Information & Ethics committee  I don't have the figure here, but to answer your question, we could do it.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll take a crack at the staffing aspect first. Lisa might want to add to the programs aspect. In terms of the staffing, the numbers are indicated in the handout. The organization, in the supplementary estimates, requested an additional 18 FTEs, or people. That meant we wanted t

Information & Ethics committee  No, sorry, that was for the whole office.

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of the Federal Accountability Act, the resources requested here are very small; it's just the setting up of the internal audit policy—we responded to that question earlier—as well as setting up an ATIP office. That's the extent of the new resources we've requested under

Information & Ethics committee  The preparation on the risk-based audit plan is about an organization measuring its risk, and part of that consideration is stuff that obviously the organization feels is important to its operation, its core functions. So things like investigations and inquiries will be subject t

Information & Ethics committee  It will take me a second to find the exact number in terms of the dollar value for the audit, but I do have the number with me. As I flip through this, I'll try to respond to the other elements of your question. The policy requires organizations, departments, and agencies to put

Information & Ethics committee  I have found the number. To support that program when it's fully implemented, it will be $140,000 in salary and $200,000 in other operating expenses, so approximately $340,000 in total.