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With the increase of distance interpretation assignments due to virtual sittings, there has been an increase in health and safety incident reports from interpreters. Public Service and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau continues to work with the House Administration, Senate Administration and all partners to support Parliament’s virtual sittings while ensuring the health and safety of its interpreters.
Explaining Shared Services Canada’s (SSC) role in addressing cyber security, which is a shared responsibility with other agencies, such as the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat – Office of the Chief Information Officer (TBS-OCIO) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), which holds the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS).
The procurement of Cisco Products by Shared Services Canada (SSC) has been the subject of ongoing scrutiny from industry, parliamentarians, media and Canadians.
At its creation in 2011, Shared Services Canada (SSC) inherited complex and aging network infrastructure from multiple organizations and received a mandate to modernize and consolidate the Government’s IT infrastructure, which is costly to maintain and does not support modern cloud, video and voice services.
To support the Government of Canada (GC) access to cloud supply, Shared Services Canada (SSC) has established Framework Agreements with eight (8) leading Cloud Service Providers. On December 6, 2022, Deloitte released a publication titled ʺCapitalizing on government’s cloud momentumʺ, indicating that systemic issues continue to exist.
What is Shared Services Canada’s (SSC) status on the Government of Canada’s 5% Indigenous procurement target?
Update on the Next Generation Human Resources and Pay (NextGen HR and Pay) initiative.
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is providing project management and procurement services for the construction of a small craft harbour in the community of Clyde River, Nunavut, on behalf the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
This note focuses on the efforts and progress to provide support to employees, stabilize the administration of pay, the ongoing reduction of the overall queue and backlog, as well as financial investments in Phoenix.
Notes:
- All questions related to the mental health of public servants should be directed to the President of the Treasury Board
- All questions related to Next Generation Human Resources and Pay solution will be in a separate question period card developed by Shared Services Canada
- All questions related to the negotiation of collective agreements and compensation for Phoenix damages agreements should be directed to the President of the Treasury Board
- Issues related to income tax are under the purview of the Canada Revenue Agency. Questions related to the taxability of damages payments should also be directed to Canada Revenue Agency
On December 6, 2018, PSPC confirmed during a parliamentary appearance that an employee linked to an alleged leak of documents has been suspended. On June 9, 2022, the Crown stayed the charge.