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2008-09
Departmental Performance Report

Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada

Supplementary Information (Tables)

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Table of Contents

• Sources of Respendable and Non-respendable Revenue
• User Fees/External Fees
• Green Procurement
• Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits

Table 1: Sources of Non-Respendable Revenue

Non-Respendable Revenue
(in dollars)

Program Activity	Actual 2006-07	Actual 2007-08	2008-09
			Main Estimates	Planned Revenue	Total Authorities	Actual
Registration of Lobbyists
Registration fees1	750	900	-	2,000	-	0
Other	-	111	-	-	-	0
Sub-total	750	1,011	-	2,000	-	0
Education and Research
Other	5	10	-	-	-	5
Total Non-respendable Revenue	755	1,021	-	2,000	-	5

¹ Following the implementation of the changes to the Lobbyists Registration Act contained in the Federal Accountability Act, the Lobbyists Registration and Services Fees Schedule enacted under the Department of Industry Act are no longer applicable to the registration of lobbyists under the Lobbying Act. Since July 2, 2008, the OCL is no longer charging user fees under the Lobbyists Registration and Services Fees Schedule.

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Table 2-A: User Fees Act

Access to Information

¹ According to prevailing legal opinion, where the corresponding fee introduction or most recent modification occurred prior to March 31, 2004:

• the performance standard, if provided, may not have received parliamentary review;
• the performance standard, if provided, may not respect all requirements under the User Fees Act (e.g., international comparison; independent advisory panel to address complaints):
• the performance result, if provided, is not legally subject to section 5.1 of the User Fees Act regarding fee reductions for unachieved performance.

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Table 2-B: Policy on Service Standards for External Fees

Access to Information

External Fee	Service Standard1	Performance Results2	Stakeholder Consultation
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)	Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request. The Access to Information Act provides fuller details.	Statutory deadlines met 100 percent of the time.	The service standard is established under the Access to Information Act and the Access to Information Regulations. Consultations with stakeholders were undertaken by the Department of Justice and the Treasury Board Secretariat for amendments made in 1986 and 1992.

¹ As established pursuant to the Policy Standards for External Fees:

• the service standard may not have received parliamentary review;
• the service standard may not respect all performance standard requirements under the User Fees Act (e.g., international comparison; independent advisory panel to address complaints).

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² The performance results are not legally subject to section 5.1 of the User Fees Act regarding fee reductions for unachieved performance.

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Table 3: Green Procurement

Meeting Policy Requirements

Green Procurement Targets

The Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL) has made some progress towards integrating environmental performance considerations into its procurement decision-making processes.

Even though OCL has not yet established green procurement targets, it is contributing to protection of the environment by using green procurement standing offers whenever possible, buying high-content recycled paper, and recycling spent batteries as well as empty toner cartridges used in office printers. A new initiative was implemented within the past year which consists of purchasing rechargeable batteries. The initiative was well received and supported by all staff.

Other initiatives include printing the OCL's annual report and investigation reports on 100% recycled paper, double-sided printing of documents whenever possible, circulating documents of interest and/or making them available on a shared computer drive rather than printing multiple copies for internal distribution, and using the OCL's website as the preferred means for public distribution of information and corporate publications.

Table 4: Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits

Response to Parliamentary Committees
OCL has nothing to report for the current reporting period.

Response to the Auditor General (including to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
OCL has nothing to report for the current reporting period.

External Audits (Note: These refer to other external audits conducted by the Public Service Commission of Canada or the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages)
OCL has nothing to report for the current reporting period.