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Public Works and Government Services

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Ministry Summary

Vote	(thousands of dollars)	2009–10	2008–09	Difference
		Main Estimates	Main Estimates
	Public Works and Government Services
1	Operating expenditures	1,947,477	1,975,859	(28,382)
5	Capital expenditures	349,070	290,880	58,190
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	78,433	79,745	(1,312)
(S)	Minister of Public Works and Government Services –
	Salary and motor car allowance	78	76	2
(S)	Real Property Services Revolving Fund	10,000	. . . . .	10,000
(S)	Telecommunications and Informatics Common Services
	Revolving Fund	6,090	. . . . .	6,090
(S)	Translation Bureau Revolving Fund	5,062	2,000	3,062
(S)	Optional Services Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
(S)	Payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities and other taxing
	authorities	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
(S)	Defence Production Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
(S)	Consulting and Audit Canada Revolving Fund	(3,567)	. . . . .	(3,567)
(S)	Real Property Disposition Revolving Fund	(5,200)	(5,500)	300
	Total Department	2,387,444	2,343,060	44,383

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Strategic Outcome

High quality, central programs and services that ensure sound stewardship on behalf of Canadians and meet the program needs of federal institutions.

Program Activity Descriptions

Accommodation and Real Property Assets Management

This program activity is about how PWGSC provides departments and agencies with office and common use accommodation and acts as stewards for various public works such as buildings, bridges and dams, and national treasures such as the Parliamentary Precinct and other heritage assets across Canada. PWGSC also provides other federal departments and agencies with expert professional and technical real property services.

Receiver General for Canada

This program activity manages the operations of the federal treasury and the preparation of the Accounts of Canada. It provides optional financial management system and document imaging and bill payment services.

Acquisitions

This program activity shows Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) as the government’s primary procurement service provider offering federal organizations a broad base of procurement solutions such as specialized contracts, standing offers and supply arrangements. The role of PWGSC in this area is to provide timely value-added acquisitions and related common services to Canadians and the federal government.

Specialized Programs and Services

This program activity ensures high quality, timely and accessible specialized services and programs to federal institutions in support of sound, prudent and ethical management and operations.

Linguistic Management and Services

This program activity shows the Translation Bureau as the manager of the government’s terminology and linguistic authority mandated with the development, standardization and distribution of Terminology. It also ensures that there is a sustainable, qualified and secure supply of linguistic resources available to support any linguistic requirements of the government and to support Canada’s economic and social agenda. The Translation Bureau is the sole internal linguistic services provider offering federal organizations a broad base of linguistic solutions such as translation, interpretation and terminology. The program is mandated under the Translation Bureau Act .

Federal Pay and Pension Administration

This program activity administers the government’s pay and pension processes.

Information Technology Infrastructure Services

This program activity provides leadership in supporting government-wide IT transformation initiatives. It works closely with client federal organizations to understand and respond to their IT requirements, while delivering secure IT services and solutions. It includes the brokering, developing and/or managing of products and services for distributed computing services, data centre services, telecommunications services and Information Technology Security Services.

Procurement Ombudsman

This program activity, operating at an arms length from the government, reviews procurement practices across federal departments and agencies, investigates complaints from potential suppliers with respect to awards of contracts for goods and services below certain thresholds, and complaints concerning the administration of contracts; and ensures the provision of an alternative dispute resolution program for contracts. This activity helps to promote fairness and transparency of the procurement process.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)		2009–10 Main Estimates			2008–09
		Budgetary		Total	Main Estimates
	Operating	Capital	Less:
			Revenues
			credited
			to the vote
Accommodation and Real Property Assets
Management	3,246,607	349,070	1,921,213	1,674,464	. . . . .
Internal Services	393,654	. . . . .	122,569	271,085	. . . . .
Receiver General for Canada	145,700	. . . . .	14,456	131,244	. . . . .
Acquisitions	242,310	. . . . .	131,942	110,367	145,992
Specialized Programs and Services	183,988	. . . . .	96,740	87,248	. . . . .
Linguistic Management and Services	291,040	. . . . .	228,368	62,672	. . . . .
Federal Pay and Pension Administration	133,728	. . . . .	102,143	31,585	583
Information Technology Infrastructure Services	442,717	. . . . .	428,267	14,450	134,892
Procurement Ombudsman	4,328	. . . . .	. . . . .	4,328	. . . . .
Federal Accommodation and Holdings	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,621,127
Receiver General Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	131,477
Linguistic Services	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	55,318
Greening of Government Operations Services	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	53,983
Real Property Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	39,767
Acquisition Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	32,111
Public Service Pay Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	31,305
Public Service Pension Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	23,648
Information Services	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	23,211
Information Technology Infrastructure
Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	18,688
Information Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	18,307
Receiver General Services	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	7,361
Business Integration Performance Management	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	5,282
Linguistic Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	2,432
Translation Bureau Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	2,000
Greening of Government Operations Stewardship	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,076
Consulting and Audit Canada Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
Telecommunications and Informatics Common
Services Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
Real Property Services Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
Defence Production Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
Optional Services Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
Real Property Disposition Revolving Fund	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	(5,500)
	5,084,071	349,070	3,045,697	2,387,444	2,343,060

Notes: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Accommodation and Real Property Assets Management program activity administers the statutory grant, “Payment in lieu of taxes to Municipalities and other taxing authorities, which amounts to $486,192,296 and is recovered by Public Works and Government Services Canada from custodian departments (see Transfer Payment table).

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2009–10	2008–09
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Grants
(S) Payment in lieu of taxes to Municipalities and other taxing authorities	486,192,296	481,095,253
(S) Recoveries from custodian departments	(486,192,296)	(481,095,253)
Total grants	. . . . .	. . . . .

 

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