The Government of Canada Management Agenda is focused on making the public sector more vibrant, modern, efficient,
transparent and effective. It is based on four key elements:
- improve service delivery and government operations - by integrating service delivery and improving internal
administrative operations;
- contribute to the people and human resources modernization agenda - by enhancing our management capacity through
recruitment, targeted learning, and improved human resources management processes;
- enhance governance, accountability, and management practices - by simplifying performance expectations and
providing new tools to measure results more effectively; and
- strengthen expenditure and financial management - by enhancing our ability to reallocate on an ongoing basis and
improve alignment of resources with priorities.
We have taken tangible action:
We highlighted more immediate actions we are prepared to undertake in the Budget 2005 booklet entitled
Strengthening
and Modernizing Public Sector Management.
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The Public Service of Canada is transforming itself. It is changing the way it works, the way it accounts to
Canadians and the way it serves them. It is forging a culture of modern, ethical management rooted in transparency,
quality, effectiveness and efficiency.
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The next steps in implementing the Management Agenda will focus on:
- reforming our policy suite to streamline reporting requirements, provide greater
policy clarity, and focus on key risk areas;
- further developing and strengthening our Management Accountability Framework to
assess management practices and promote improvements;
- enhancing financial, management and performance information and reporting to
Parliament to allow Canadians and their representatives to hold the Government to account;
- strengthening our financial management and internal audit to produce more rigorous and timely financial
information, quality audit and verification practices and systems, as well as improved decision-making;
- transforming our internal and
external service delivery to meet Canadians evolving needs, expectations and
priorities and to improve value for money;
- contributing to the core learning agenda for the Public Service to build capacity through better assistance and
tools, more effective and integrated planning of resources and strengthened accountability; and
- implementing the Public Service Modernization Act that will fundamentally change the way employees are hired,
managed, supported and led.
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The Government's Management Agenda is about pursuing a single, unifying vision for strengthening public sector
management.
It pursues an integrated set of initiatives that promote greater delegation of authority to departments and
agencies, coupled with better identification of areas of risk.
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Management in the Government of Canada - A Commitment
to Continuous Improvement