PAP 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Treasury Board, Merit System, Pension

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3340
• Professor: David Brown

Document Summary

Week 3 september 20 history and reform of canadian public service. Glassco commission reading: tasks of management and general plan of management. Policy-making and coordination: committees address all areas of public policy, treasury board statutory management committee. Cabinet exercising formal authorities, typically provided by parliament in framework legislation: secondary legislation (regulations, appointments to statutory positions. Glassco organizational model (royal commission on government. Organization 1962: program departments oriented towards the public, central agencies support collective ministerial decision-making, common service organizations services to government. Agents of parliament are outside the departmental model: but generally have public service staff, auditor general, information commissioner, privacy commissioner, Most authority rests jointly with minister (elected politician) and deputy. Minister (public servant: difference is their manner of appointment, major exception: job classification and public service appointments . Departments are organized hierarchically: programs (assistant deputy ministers, corporate services (policy, communications legal, administrative support (hr, $, it and information, field (regional) offices.