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Section V—Other Items of Interest
Overview of Changes to the Secretariat's PAA for 2007–08
The MRRS Policy requires that all departments within the meaning of section 2 of the Financial Administration Act develop a PAA that, at a sufficient level of materiality, reflects how a department allocates and manages the resources under its control to achieve its intended results.
The Secretariat's current strategic outcome, "Rigorous stewardship of public resources to achieve results for Canadians," is too narrowly focussed on the resource allocation activities undertaken by the Secretariat and does not adequately reflect the Secretariat's responsibility for promoting accountable government or effective and efficient public sector management.
Moreover, the existing strategic outcome does not reflect the full spectrum of the support provided by the Secretariat to the Treasury Board in its functions as the management board (i.e. promotion of effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable management) or the budget office (i.e. resource allocation is optimized to achieve value for Canadians) of the federal public service.
For these reasons, the Secretariat is introducing a new strategic outcome, "Government is well managed and accountable, and resources are allocated to achieve results," which better reflects the longer term outcomes of the Secretariat and provides a balance between the Secretariat's management board and budget office responsibilities.
The Secretariat is also modifying its program activities to better reflect its role in support of Treasury Board's responsibilities as the management board and budget office. As such, the Secretariat's new program activities will better capture the Secretariat's ongoing core business and change initiatives. They are as follows:
- management policy development and oversight; and
- oversight of expenditure management and financial oversight.
While not an organizational chart, the proposed PAA reflects the contribution of all organizational units in support of the management board and budget office responsibilities. The alignment between organizational units and collective outcomes is achieved at the program subactivity level, which groups organizational units into logical clusters.
Functionally, activities that support the Treasury Board's role as the employer of the public service (e.g. HR and compensation management) contribute to both management board and budget office outcomes. Similarly, the OCG is a key contributor to both of these outcomes. This new PAA structure allows the activities and contributions of the OCG and HR and compensation management to be clearly demonstrated in relation to both of these responsibilities.
Finally, the Secretariat's PAA is also being changed to incorporate the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative (TWRI). The TWRI was transferred to the Secretariat from Citizenship and Immigration Canada as part of the changes to the machinery of the federal public service announced on February 6, 2006. The mission and expected results of the TRWI have not changed, and its existing PAA structure is simply being added to the Secretariat's core PAA structure.
The amendments will take effect for the 2007–08 Estimates and Public Accounts display.
Graphic: Program Activity Architecture for 2007–08
1. For a detailed breakdown of all Secretariat resources by program activity, please refer to Section II.[ Return ]
2. For more information on the OCG, please see Section III.[ Return ]
3. At the time of preparation of this report, Bill C-2, the Federal Accountability Act, had not yet received Royal Assent. While implementation of the Act's provisions cannot precede Royal Assent, the Secretariat anticipates that those provisions approved by Parliament will come into force before March 31, 2007. Progress against these commitments will be reported in the 2006–07 departmental performance report.[ Return ]
4. For more detailed information on the OCG's plans with respect to management and internal audit, please refer to Section III.[ Return ]
5. Information on the EMS (what it is, how it functions, etc.) can be found on the Secretariat's website: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pubs_pol/opepubs/TB_H/EXMA-eng.asp.[ Return ]
6. It should be noted that, while the Secretariat's PAA structure for the 2007–08 Estimates cycle aligns closely with its current plans and priorities, the presentation of Secretariat resource information in Estimates for 2006–07 reflects the existing PAA, as presented in the next section of this document. It is also important to note that the Secretariat's departmental performance report for 2006–07 will be based on the existing PAA structure. The PAA that will be used for 2007–08 and beyond can be found in Section V of this document.[ Return ]
