‘Too many rules’: AG urges feds to streamline procurement, reduce outsourcing
Auditor General Karen Hogan says ‘worrying observations’ around procurement processes need to be addressed.
PSPC refers two new procurement fraud cases to RCMP; feds take GC Strategies, subcontractor to court over billing practices
The department says it is ‘actively pursuing the recovery of illegitimate amounts billed to the government and referring cases to the RCMP for criminal investigation.’
New minister Lightbound plans to tap AI to help to fix procurement, government efficiency woes
With billions of dollars on the line and intense public scrutiny, Government Transformation and Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound says adopting new technologies is ‘precisely one way to achieve [efficiency] without increasing the size of our public service.’
BOIE pushes discussion of NDP resources to future meeting as Bloc mulls ‘significant’ rule changes
Plus, the board approved a full carryforward for the House’s budget this year, with an extra $4.9-million to be sought through the next supplementary estimates.
Federal government doesn’t know how many offices sit empty: AG
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number of public servants using office space on a daily basis.
Auditor general says feds didn’t get value for money in dozens of GC Strategies contracts
GC Strategies, the beleaguered Ottawa-based firm that was the primary contractor for the ArriveCan app, was awarded dozens of government contracts between 2015 and 2024 at a total value of over $92-million.
Shrinking the bureaucratic behemoth
The old playbook of trimming travel budgets and giving departments arbitrary cut targets won’t cut it.
Big dig under Centre Block has begun as project spending reaches $1.2-billion
Scaffolding is starting to go up along Centre Block’s iconic southern façade, and once erected, will be covered by a trompe-l’oeil tarp.
The missed opportunities of public procurement
Why are billions in public funding flowing offshore instead of helping to develop Canadian industries and foster intellectual property ownership?
New faces, old problems: does Carney’s new cabinet have the political will to fix defence procurement?
A dedicated secretary of state is ‘good news,’ but doesn’t signal the feds have someone in place to ‘who’s willing to own the risk’ on the defence procurement file, says professor Christian Leuprecht.
