Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures
Shared Services Canada 2019 - 2020
As required by the Treasury Board Directive on Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event Expenditures, this report provides information on travel, hospitality and conference expenditures for Shared Services Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.
Travel, hospitality and conference expenditures incurred by a federal department or agency relate to activities that support the department or agency’s mandate and the government’s priorities.
Mandate:
Shared Services Canada (SSC) was created on August 4, 2011, to transform how the Government of Canada manages its information technology (IT) infrastructure. SSC operates under the legislation set out in the Shared Services Canada Act and reports to Parliament through the Minister of Digital Government. SSC provides services related to email, data centre, networks and end-user IT to organizations specified by the Governor in Council. SSC also provides government-wide secure IT infrastructure services.
Shared Services Canada Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures for Year ending March 31, 2020
Expenditure category |
Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2020 ($ thousands) |
Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2019 ($ thousands) |
Variance ($ thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | |||
Operational activities |
$2,145.00 |
$2,621.00 |
-$476.00 |
Key stakeholders |
$264.00 |
$254.00 |
$10.00 |
Internal governance |
$80.00 |
$102.00 |
-$22.00 |
Training |
$982.00 |
$476.00 |
$506.00 |
Other |
$1,945.00 |
$1,822.00 |
$123.00 |
| A. Total travel | $5,416.00 |
$5,275.00 |
$141.00 |
| B. Hospitality | $40.00 |
$14.00 |
$26.00 |
| C. Conference fees | $265.00 |
$146.00 |
$119.00 |
| Total [A+B+C] | $5,721.00 |
$5,435.00 |
$286.00 |
| International travel by minister and minister's staff (included in travel) | $0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
Explanation of significant variances compared with previous fiscal year
Total travel:
Compared to fiscal year 2018-2019, total departmental travel expenditures increased primarily under ‘Travel – training’ mainly due to an investment in Learning and Development for departmental employees which included some travel expenditures.
Hospitality:
Compared to fiscal year 2018-2019, total departmental hospitality expenditures increased by $26 thousand mainly due to additional all staff meetings.
Conference fees:
Compared to fiscal year 2018-2019, total departmental conference fees increased by $119 thousand mainly due to an investment in Learning and Development for departmental employees. In 2019-20, the Financial Management Institute of Canada, professional development week was recorded under conference fees, which was previously recorded under training.Minister and minister’s exempt staff - International travel:
N/A