Description of Management Accountability Framework: Round 6 2008-2009: Statistics Canada

This table presents a two-year comparison by area of management for Round 5 (2007-2008) and Round 6 (2008-2009) of the Management Accountability Framework evaluation for Statistics Canada.

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Ratings are organized in five categories:

• Strong
• Acceptable
• Opportunity for improvement
• Attention required
• Unrated

Rating summary

• A “strong” rating was received 8 times in 2008-2009, compared to 6 times in 2007-2008.
• An “acceptable” rating was received 11 times in 2008-2009, compared to 12 times in 2007-2008.
• The rating “opportunity for improvement” was received twice in 2008-2009, and once in 2007-2008.
• The rating “attention required” was received once in 2007-2008.

Comparison by area of management from 2007-2008 to 2008-2009

Statistics Canada received a “strong” rating in both years in the following areas of management:

• Values and Ethics
• Organizational Change
• Workforce
• Project Management
• Procurement

Statistics Canada received an “acceptable” rating in both years in the following areas of management:

• Corporate Performance Framework
• Corporate Management Structure
• Extra-organizational Contribution
• Quality of Analysis
• Evaluation
• Risk Management
• Workplace
• Information Management
• Asset Management
• Financial Management and Control

Statistics Canada received the rating “opportunity for improvement” in both years for the area of management entitled Reporting to Parliament.

Statistics Canada met or exceeded the summary rating for government departments and agencies overall in all but two areas of management: Reporting to Parliament and Internal Audit. 

Trends observed from 2007-2008 to 2008-2009

An upward trend was recorded in 3 areas of management from 2007-2008 to 2008-2009:

• Internal Audit improved from “attention required” to “opportunity for improvement”.
• Security and Business Continuity improved from “acceptable” to “strong”.
• Citizen-focused Service improved from “acceptable” to “strong”.

A downward trend was recorded in the area of management entitled “Information Technology Management”, which went from “strong” in 2007-2008 to “acceptable” in 2008-2009.

For the area of management entitled PMP for Executives, Statistics Canada rated “strong” in 2008-2009. This area of management was not assessed in 2007-2008.