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Accountability
- Accounting Officers - Guidance on Roles, Responsibilities and Appearances Before Parliamentary Committees
2007 - Accountable Government - A Guide for Ministers and Ministers of State
2011
- Building a Governor in Council Position Accountability Profile
2001 - Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders
2006 - Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012 (Privy Council Office)
2012 - Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012 (Public Appointments Commission Secretariat)
2012 - Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) - Privy Council Office
2012 - Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) - Public Appointments Commission Secretariat
2012 - Future-Oriented Financial Statements for the Years Ending March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 (Privy Council Office)
2013 - Guidance for Deputy Ministers
2003 - Management Accountability Framework (MAF) Assessments Round IV (2006-2007)
2008 - Notes on the Responsibilities of Public Servants in Relation to Parliamentary Committees
1990 - Quarterly Financial Report for PCO
For the quarter ended December 31, 2012 - Report on Plans and Priorities 2013-2014 (Privy Council Office)
2013
Audit and Evaluation
- Audit of Cabinet Confidences Functions
Final report
June 12, 2012 - Audit of Corporate Governance
Final report
June 27, 2012 - Audit of Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness
Final report
May 5, 2011 - Audit of Recruitment Planning and Staffing
Final Report
March 3, 2011 - Assurance Review of Management of Travel and Hospitality
Final report
March 4, 2011 - Audit of Compensation (Pay and Benefits)
Final report
February 4, 2011 - Audit of Contracting
Final report
February 17, 2010 - Follow-up Review of the Contribution Program for Participants Appearing before the Oliphant Commission of Inquiry
Final Report
February 11, 2010 - Audit of Information Technology (IT) Security
Final report
November 16, 2009 - Evaluation of the Career on the Move Development Program
Final Report
November 12, 2009 - Audit of the Delegation of Financial Authorities
Final report
September 24, 2008
Executive Summary and Management Response and Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office. - Follow-up Audit of the Process for Responding to Parliamentary Order Paper Questions
Final report
September 24, 2008
Executive Summary and Management Response and Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office. - Audit of Selected Contracting Activities of the Privy Council Office
Final report
November 5, 2007
Summary and Management Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office. - Management Framework Review
Contribution Programs for Parties and Intervenors to Commissions of Inquiry
Final report
February 22, 2007
Summary
Appendix 3 - Management's Response And Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office.
Governance
- Cabinet Committee Mandates and Membership
October 15, 2010 (Prime Minister's) - Cabinet Directive on Law-Making
2003 - Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals
2010 (Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency) - Glossary of Terms for Parliamentary Returns
January 2009 - Governor in Council Appointments Guide
2009 (Governor in Council Appointments) - Governor in Council Appointments Procedures Guide
November 2008 (Replaces: Governor in Council Process Guide : 2004) - Guide Book for Heads of Agencies: Operations, Structures and Responsibilities in the Federal Government
1999 - Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation
2009 - Guide to Making Federal Acts and Regulations
2001 (distributed in 2003) - Guidelines for Preparing Government Responses to Parliamentary Committee Reports
2012 - Memoranda to Cabinet (Drafter's Guide, Templates, and Formatting)
October 1, 2012 - Responsibilities of the Privy Council Office
1999 - Responsibility in the Constitution
1993 - Role and Structure of the Privy Council Office (Under revision)
April 2011 - Speech from the Throne to Open the First Session of the 41st Parliament of Canada
June 3, 2011 (Speech from the Throne)
Personnel Management
- Building a Crown Corporation Director Profile
2001 - Building a Governor in Council Position Accountability Profile
2001 - Management Accountability Framework (MAF) Assessments Round IV (2006-2007)
2008 - Position Description Writing Guide for Chief Executive Officer Positions in Crown Corporations
2007 - Terms and Conditions of Employment for Full-Time Governor in Council Appointees
September 2009
Public Expenditures
- Commission to Review Allowances of Members of Parliament - see Supporting Democracy
- Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012 (Privy Council Office)
2012 - Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012 (Public Appointments Commission Secretariat)
2012 - Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) - Privy Council Office
2012 - Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) - Public Appointments Commission Secretariat
2012 - Future-Oriented Financial Statements for the Years Ending March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 (Privy Council Office)
2013 - Quarterly Financial Report for PCO
For the quarter ended December 31, 2012 - Remuneration Guidelines for Part-time Governor in Council Appointees in Agencies, Boards and Commissions
Effective October 1, 2000
2001 - Remuneration Guidelines for Part-time Governor in Council Appointees in Crown Corporations
Effective October 1, 2000
2001 - Report on Plans and Priorities 2013-2014 (Privy Council Office)
2013
Public Service
- Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada (20th) (Clerk of the Privy Council)
2013
- Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on the Public Service - Sixth Report
March 2012 - Public Service Renewal Action Plan 2010-2011
2010 (Clerk of the Privy Council) - Report of the Expert Panel on Integrated Business and Human Resources Planning in the Federal Public Service
2008
Reports
- Advisory Panel Report on the Creation of a Canadian Democracy Promotion Agency
November 2009 - Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada (20th) (Clerk of the Privy Council)
2013
- Annual Report to Parliament on the Access to Information Act 2011-2012
- Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act 2011-2012
- Assurance Review of Management of Travel and Hospitality
Final report
March 4, 2011 - Audit of Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness
Final report
May 5, 2011 - Audit of Cabinet Confidences Functions
Final report
June 12, 2012 - Audit of Compensation (Pay and Benefits)
Final report
February 4, 2011 - Audit of Contracting
Final report
February 17, 2010 - Audit of Corporate Governance
Final report
June 27, 2012 - Audit of Information Technology (IT) Security
Final report
November 16, 2009 - Audit of Recruitment Planning and Staffing
Final Report
March 3, 2011 - Audit of Selected Contracting Activities of the Privy Council Office
Final report
November 5, 2007
Summary and Management Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office. - Audit of the Delegation of Financial Authorities
Final report
September 24, 2008
Executive Summary and Management Response and Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office. - Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan: Quarterly Reports to Parliament (www.afghanistan.gc.ca)
- Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012 (Privy Council Office)
2012 - Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012 (Public Appointments Commission Secretariat)
2012 - Evaluation of the Career on the Move Development Program
Final Report
November 12, 2009 - Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) - Privy Council Office
2012 - Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) - Public Appointments Commission Secretariat
2012 - Follow-up Audit of the Process for Responding to Parliamentary Order Paper Questions
Final report
September 24, 2008
Executive Summary and Management Response and Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office. - Follow-up Review of the Contribution Program for Participants Appearing before the Oliphant Commission of Inquiry
Final Report
February 11, 2010 - Framework for the Application of Precaution in Science-based Decision Making about Risk
2003 - Future-Oriented Financial Statements for the Years Ending March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 (Privy Council Office)
2013 - Info Source - Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information
2012 - Management Accountability Framework (MAF) Assessments Round IV (2006-2007)
2008 - Management Framework Review
Contribution Programs for Parties and Intervenors to Commissions of Inquiry
Final report
February 22, 2007
Summary
Appendix 3 - Management's Response And Action Plan
Note: To obtain a copy of the full report, contact the office of the Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Privy Council Office. - Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on the Public Service - Sixth Report
March 2012 - Quarterly Financial Report for PCO
For the quarter ended December 31, 2012 - Report of the Expert Panel on Integrated Business and Human Resources Planning in the Federal Public Service
2008 - Report of the Independent Advisor into the Allegations Respecting Financial Dealings Between Mr. Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
2008 - Report on Plans and Priorities 2013-2014 (Privy Council Office)
2013 - Report on the Investigation into Unauthorized Disclosure of Sensitive Diplomatic Information
2008 - Report to Parliament: Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan - See Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan: Quarterly Reports to Parliament (www.afghanistan.gc.ca)
- Second Report of the Independent Advisor into the Allegations Respecting Financial Dealings Between Mr. Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
2008 - Supplementary Data on Budget 2012 Implementation
October 2012