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IT Champions Committee - February 14, 2005
IT Champions Committee
February 14, 2005
Item 1: Welcome and Review of Agenda |
Leads: Ed Fine |
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Decision/Action |
Members were welcomed to the February meeting. Simon Gauthier, Co-Chair was out of town and unable to attend.
The agenda was accepted as presented. |
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Item 2: Tabling of Minutes of December 20 |
Lead: Ed Fine |
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Decision/Action |
| The minutes of the December 20 meeting were accepted as presented. |
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Item 3: Review of IT Notices of Intent for PSHRMAC for PS Modernization Act |
Lead: Anu Emery |
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Decision/Action |
Members were asked for comments on the three IT Notices of Intent for Funding for PSHRMAC to assist with implementation of the Public Service Modernization Act (PSMA). These applications plus a cover page were forwarded to members before the meeting for review beforehand.
- Proposal 1: Development and Implementation of a competency-based assessment tool to support implementation of the IT Human Resources Framework.
- Proposal 2: Development of a Screening and Assessment Framework for CS-01-CS-05 jobs to support new approaches to staffing.
- Proposal 3: Development of Human Capital Profiling of IT ResourcesEd Fine stated that one of the key factors to obtain PSMA Strategic Investment Funding is for horizontal initiatives. The projects developed will only be able to access funding for the next fiscal year.
Members supported both Proposals 1 and 2. Proposal 3, although considered very valuable, may have maintenance complexities that could make it more burdensome for the community. It was thus suggested to keep the concept simple to ensure easy operability and to beware of scope creep. |
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Item 4: IT Community Update / Status Report on Pre-Qualified Pools | Lead: Anu Emery |
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Decision/Action |
Anu Emery updated members on the EX-2, EX-3 and CS-5 Pre-Qualified Pool (PQP) processes.
The PSC has approved the EX-02 PQP list. After reference checks, 10 candidates qualified. E-mails will be sent from Simon Gauthier and the PSC to CIOs and Heads of HR informing of the existence of the pool and describing the process in place for departments to draw from it. Departments will also be reminded of the newly formed assignment/deployment pool for EX-2 and EX-3 IT executives as well as the availability of participants at the CS-5 and EX-1 level from the IT Leadership Development Programs to fill positions on a developmental basis.
The EX-03 PQP competition closed with over 200 candidates. Interviewing has begun. The list is expected by the end of March / early April.
The CS-5 PQP Board will meet on February 18 to develop the SoQ. There was a long discussion by members on the issues of education and language requirements for members of the IT community. The implementation of the Federal Language Policy is presenting challenges in the IT Community. Many examples were cited and it was recommended that the education and language requirements of the IT community be raised at the Special CIOC on March 17. |
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Item 5: Update of HR Framework Working Groups |
Lead: Dave Dale |
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Decision/Action |
The job streams for the CS group were finalized earlier this month.
On February 24 work will begin on finalizing 26 generic work descriptions for CS-1 to CS-4 levels. One concern that needs to be discussed is the generic job description for the CS-5 technical specialist.
The EX-1 to EX-4 generic work descriptions are being written along with the rationales and are expected to be completed by March 31. Validation will be confirmed early in the next FY.
A technical dictionary is being created with 13 technical competencies and is expected to be validated by the end of February and reviewed at the March Working Group meeting. |
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Item 6: PSHRMAC/ORO Generic Work Descriptions Project |
Lead: Anu Emery |
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Decision/Action |
ORO, on behalf of the IT Community, has been asked by the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada (PSHRMAC) to develop a Project Plan for the implementation of a “shared services” HR approach, initially for the CS community, but one that could ultimately benefit and support all GOC organizations.
ORO is hosting a workshop for representatives from small, medium and large departments in the NCR as well as members of Regional Councils on Thursday, February 17. The goal of the workshop is to identify common HR objectives and department-specific HR needs on the standardized models, generic work descriptions and job competency profiles within the GoC; assess the feasibility of building a reusable work plan and implementation strategy for other communities within GoC, and to seek sustained commitment for this community-led initiative. |
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Item 7: Highlights of the Population Profile of the IT Community |
Lead: Gordon Cousineau |
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Decision/Action |
Gordon Cousineau made a presentation on the Highlights of the Population Profile of the IT Community. Summary of the findings indicated that:
- There is a significant number of IT workers classified outside the CS group.
- Most IT workers are concentrated in two broad IT functional domains.
- The PS IT workforce is high concentrated in the NCR, which may be an impediment to the career advancement of CS group employees in the regions.
- PS-wide within the CS group, persons in a visible minority are the only employment equity (EE) target group that falls short of targets set in accordance with Canada’s workforce availability. That said, the extent of EE target group representation relative to workforce availability varies considerably between departments and agencies.
- The incidence of acting situations across departments is highly uneven, and concentrated at the top levels of the CS group.
- Four out of every five CS group employees have always worked for the same department/agency.
- On average, bilingual CS group employees enjoy greater upward mobility than their unilingual counterparts. At the same time, there are too few bilingual CS-01 and CS-02 employees to staff bilingual positions at the next CS level that will eventually require staffing.
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Item 8: Other Business |
Lead: Ed Fine |
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Decision/Action |
| No other business was raised |
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Item 9: Next Meeting |
Lead: Ed Fine |
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Decision/Action |
| Since the February 14, it was decided to cancel the March meeting. The next meeting will be held on April 4 from 9:00 – 11:00 in the Canada Room, 6thFloor, 2745 Iris. |
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Handouts: |
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| Presentation: Highlights of the Population Profile of the IT Community (Gordon Cousineau) |
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Attendance
Members |
Absent |
| Ed Fine, ORO, PWGSC – Co-Chair |
Simon Gauthier, CIOB, TBS – Co-Chair |
| Pierre Belisle, FAC |
Simon Labrie |
| Valerie Wutti, Canadian Heritage |
Borys Koba, RCMP |
| Gary Doucette, VAC – by phone |
Robert Brodeur, FIN |
| Rob Robinson, VAC – by phone |
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| Anu Emery, ORO, PWGSC |
Jenny Steel, IC |
| Pierrette Régimbald, CIDA |
Ron Ramsey, SDC |
| Rudy de Sa for Christina Hastings, HC |
Gord Peters, CRA |
| Jocelyn Côté, DFAIT |
John Devlin, ORO, PWGSC |
| Nick Florakas, AAFC |
Fram Engineer, PSC |
| Stephen Packman for Tricia Trépanier, F&O |
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| John Worden for Barbara Wynne-Edwards, PWGSC |
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Secretariat |
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| Sheril Armstrong, ORO, PWGSC |
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| Christine Tremblay, ORO, PWGSC |
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| Dave Dale, ORO, PWGSC |
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| Robyn Gordon, ORO, PWGSC |
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| Gordon Cousineau, ORO, PWGSC |
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| Maureen Rideout, ORO, PWGSC |
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