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Treasury Board Secretariat - Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information 2015 (Info Source)


1. General Information

Introduction to Info Source

Info Source: Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information provides information about the functions, programs, activities and related information holdings of government institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. It provides individuals and employees of the government (current and former) with relevant information to access personal information about them held by government institutions subject to the Privacy Act and to exercise their rights under the Privacy Act.

The Introduction to Info Source: Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information and an index of institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act are available centrally.

The Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act assign overall responsibility to the President of the Treasury Board (as the designated Minister) for the government-wide administration of the legislation.

Background

The Treasury Board is a Cabinet committee of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada. It was established in 1867 and given statutory powers in 1869.

The Treasury Board is responsible for accountability and ethics, financial, personnel and administrative management, comptrollership, and approving regulations and most orders-in-Council. The formal role of the President is to chair the Treasury Board.

He carries out his responsibility for the management of the government by translating the policies and programs approved by Cabinet into operational reality and by providing departments with the resources and the administrative environment they need to do their work. The Treasury Board has an administrative arm, the Secretariat, which was part of the Department of Finance until it was proclaimed a separate department in 1966.

The legislative foundation for the Treasury Board and the Secretariat is the Financial Administration Act.

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat reports to Parliament through the President of the Treasury Board.

Responsibilities

As the administrative arm of the Treasury Board, the Secretariat has a dual mandate: to support the Treasury Board as a committee of ministers and to fulfil the statutory responsibilities of a central government agency.

Please refer to the Treasury Board Secretariat - Report on Plans and Priorities and the Treasury Board Secretariat - Departmental Performance Reports for more information on specific plans and initiatives.



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