Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits - 2015–16 Departmental Performance Report - Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

2015 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada

Report 2—Required Reporting by Federal Organizations

This audit focused on recurring reporting requirements set out in Treasury Board policies, by the Public Service Commission of Canada, and in statute. The overall objective of the audit was to determine whether selected reporting requirements for federal organizations efficiently support accountability and transparency, and generate information used for decision making in policy development and program management.

The Secretariat received six recommendations. The Secretariat’s responses can be found in this report’s list of recommendations.

2015 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada

Report 1—Implementing Gender-Based Analysis

This audit examined whether the selected departments performed adequate gender-based analysis to inform government decisions, and whether Status of Women Canada and the relevant central agencies (the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and the Privy Council Office) appropriately supported the implementation of gender-based analysis throughout the federal government. This audit also examined the government’s progress on the recommendations made by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada in 2009.

The Secretariat received two recommendations. The Secretariat’s responses can be found in this report’s list of recommendations.

Report 4—Information Technology Shared Services

This audit examined whether Shared Services Canada (SSC) has made progress in implementing key elements of its transformation plan and maintained the operations of existing services. The audit focused on SSC’s objectives of maintaining or improving IT services, generating savings, and improving IT security, while transforming IT services. It also looked at how the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat assisted and provided governance and leadership on the strategic vision for SSC and how it fits into the government IT landscape.

The Secretariat received one recommendation. The Secretariat’s responses can be found in this report’s list of recommendations.

Audit of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat within the Context of the 2011–12 Strategic and Operating Review (Part VII of the Official Languages Act) 

The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages conducted an audit of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat to determine how well the Secretariat is meeting its language obligations under Part VII of the Official Languages Act (the Act) during expenditure reviews. The audit focused specifically on the 2011–2012 Strategic and Operating Review (SOR), also known as the Deficit Reduction Action Plan. The audit focused solely on the requirement to take positive measures that support and assist the development of official language minority communities.

Appendix B of the report lists the recommendations and the Secretariat’s comments and action plan, and the Commissioner’s comments.