Social:Treasury Board Secretariat

{{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | nativename = Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada | type = Department | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | logo = TBS of Canada Logo.svg | logo_width = | formed = | preceding2 = | jurisdiction = Government of Canada | headquarters = James Michael Flaherty Building,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | employees = | budget = | minister1_name = Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos | minister1_pfo = President of the Treasury Board | minister2_name = Hon. Joyce Murray | minister2_pfo = Minister of Digital Government | minister3_name = Greg Fergus | minister3_pfo = Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and to the Minister of Digital Government | chief1_name = Peter Wallace | chief1_position = Secretary of the Treasury Board | chief2_name = | chief2_position = | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = Treasury Board | website = www.tbs-sct.gc.ca The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS; French: Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada) is the administrative branch of the Treasury Board of Canada. The role of the secretariat is to support the Treasury Board as a committee of ministers, and to fulfill the statutory responsibilities of a central government agency. The TBS provides advice to Treasury Board ministers in the management and administration of government.

Function

The TBS functions as the government's management board, oversees the operations of the federal government as a whole, and serves as the general manager and employer of the federal Public Service. TBS is also responsible for the comptrollership function of government, providing oversight of the financial management functions in departments and agencies.

It is headed by a Secretary who reports to the incumbent President of the Treasury Board and Chair of the Treasury Board. The Honourable Navdeep Singh Bains serves as Vice Chair of the Treasury Board.

TBS offices are located primarily in the L'Esplanade Laurier office complex in Ottawa, though there are several smaller offices elsewhere in Ottawa, as well as regional offices throughout Canada.

Secretary

The Secretary from 2012 to 3 April 2018 was Yaprak Baltacıoğlu, an immigrant at age 21 from Turkey to Canada. In 2009, she wed the then-current Deputy Minister of Defence.

In February 2018, Justin Trudeau announced that Peter Wallace, who was then City Manager for the City of Toronto government and formerly had been Secretary of the Cabinet in the Government of Ontario and head of the Ontario Public Service, was to become Secretary of the Treasury Board on 4 April 2018. He was previously Secretary to the Treasury Board for three years, and Deputy Minister of Finance in the Federal government.

Current Structure of Treasury Board Secretariat

• President of the Treasury Board
  • Secretary of the Treasury Board
    • Associate Secretary
    • Chief Human Resources Officer
    • Comptroller General of Canada
      • Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, Economic Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Security and Justice Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, Priorities and Planning Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Affairs Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, Social and Cultural Sector
      • Assistant Secretary, Strategic Communications and Ministerial Affairs Sector
      • Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Officer Branch
      • Senior Director, Internal Audit and Evaluation Bureau
      • Senior General Counsel, Legal Services Branch

The GC 2.0 Program Office in the CIO Branch of Treasury Board Secretariat is responsible for maintaining GCpedia, the Government of Canada internal wiki.

Access to information and privacy

The Access to Information Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and any person or corporation present in Canada a right to access records of government institutions that are subject to the Act. The Privacy Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and individuals present in Canada the right to access their personal information held by government institutions that are subject to the Act . The Treasury Board Secretariat is responsible for issuing direction and guidance to government institutions with respect to the administration of the Access to Information Act and interpretation of this policy .

Access to Information system and the impact of COVID-19 - According to the current Information Commissioner of Canada Caroline Maynard on April 28, 2020 "Even before the pandemic and the widespread adoption of alternative work arrangements, chronic under-resourcing had created backlogs in both access requests and complaints that had grown year after year. Government employees are now working from home on a large scale, with limited access to physical files, protected information and other resources. I understand that this has curtailed much of the gathering of requested documents, and by extension, the ability of access to information teams to process requests and respond to complaints. My office anticipates that the delays we already see will only become worse the longer that alternative work arrangements are in place. Further, we anticipate that some Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) units will be completely overwhelmed when they resume their full duties." In response "The federal government says it will look at whether investments in new technology could help clear any backlog of information requests that arises from a COVID-19 related bottleneck."

External links

• Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
• Proactive disclosure reports