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2004 DPR Kick-Off - Departmental Performance Reporting - Accounting for results |
Louise Bellefeuille-Prégent
A/Executive Director, Results-Based Management
Comptrollership Branch, TBS
Crowne Plaza Ottawa Hotel, Ottawa
May 14, 2004
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Outline
- Government commitments
- DPR assessments
- Feedback and Guidelines
- The way forward
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Commitments to improve reporting
- Budget 2004
- Action Plan for Democratic Reform
- "Parliament should have the tools to hold the government to account..."
- Government Operations and Estimates Committee:
- TBS reviews
- Clearer picture of department’s performance
- Performance indicators
- Hyperlinks and internet sites
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DPR assessments
- Auditor General chapter in 2003:
- Rated 9 DPRs
- Recommendation on horizontal reporting
- TBS Pre and post-tabling reviews of 2002-2003 DPRs
- Management Accountability Framework:
- DM bilaterals in the fall of 2003
- Reports are improving (annual report of the Clerk of the Privy Council)
- Weakest areas: balance, linkages, substantiation
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Accountability for Results – well poised for progress
- Management Accountability Framework – requirement to gather and use results
- Focus on results – government has made many statements
on importance since December 12th
- Strengthened management agenda – including building evaluation capacity
- Program Activity Architectures
- Include performance measurement/results
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Feedback and Guidelines
- Briefings to parliamentarians and parliamentary staff
- Research on parliamentary perspective
- Horizontal results database
- Policy review exercise
- Revision of guidelines
- Departmental and agency feedback
- Creation of working groups
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The Way Forward
- Program Activity Architectures:
- not reflected in 2003/04 DPRs
- finding the right balance – parliamentarians want more program
information/determine what is feasible
- departmental performance measurement frameworks will help improve reporting
- consult departments on future RPPs and DPRs
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The way forward (continued)
- Capitalizing on technology
- Up to date guidance on web site
- Additional chapters in Canada’s Performance
- Combined RPP/DPR guidelines
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