Public Services and Procurement

- The old playbook of trimming travel budgets and giving departments arbitrary cut targets won’t cut it.
- The old playbook of trimming travel budgets and giving departments arbitrary cut targets won’t cut it.
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- Grits in Ottawa and Gatineau ridings boosted their margins, but fears of ‘DOGE-lite’ remain over party platform.
- Grits in Ottawa and Gatineau ridings boosted their margins, but fears of ‘DOGE-lite’ remain over party platform.
- Grits in Ottawa and Gatineau ridings boosted their margins, but fears of ‘DOGE-lite’ remain over party platform.
- But the political imperative to act is stronger today than it has been since the Cold War, says former federal Liberal defence minister David
- But the political imperative to act is stronger today than it has been since the Cold War, says former federal Liberal defence minister David
- But the political imperative to act is stronger today than it has been since the Cold War, says former federal Liberal defence minister David
- The conversation needs to evolve from a focus on public service headcount to a substantive dialogue about mission, governance, and effectiveness.
- The conversation needs to evolve from a focus on public service headcount to a substantive dialogue about mission, governance, and effectiveness.
- The conversation needs to evolve from a focus on public service headcount to a substantive dialogue about mission, governance, and effectiveness.
- The plan to turn 100 Wellington St. into an Indigenous Peoples Space was first announced in 2017, but until recently, it had yet to

- The plan to turn 100 Wellington St. into an Indigenous Peoples Space was first announced in 2017, but until recently, it had yet to
- The plan to turn 100 Wellington St. into an Indigenous Peoples Space was first announced in 2017, but until recently, it had yet to

- When the Pay Centre has deducted taxes on wrongfully calculated amounts, it should apologize to the employee for the mistake and only recover the
- When the Pay Centre has deducted taxes on wrongfully calculated amounts, it should apologize to the employee for the mistake and only recover the
- When the Pay Centre has deducted taxes on wrongfully calculated amounts, it should apologize to the employee for the mistake and only recover the
- Jennifer Garrett has been tapped to replace Rob Wright as the assistant deputy minister responsible for overseeing Hill renovations on an interim basis.
- Jennifer Garrett has been tapped to replace Rob Wright as the assistant deputy minister responsible for overseeing Hill renovations on an interim basis.
- Jennifer Garrett has been tapped to replace Rob Wright as the assistant deputy minister responsible for overseeing Hill renovations on an interim basis.
- Consultants 'have never been doing better than they are now,' says Conservative MP Garnett Genuis.
- Consultants 'have never been doing better than they are now,' says Conservative MP Garnett Genuis.
- Consultants 'have never been doing better than they are now,' says Conservative MP Garnett Genuis.
- 'The government has to rely on the private sector and qualified businesses to do the work,' said the University of Ottawa's J.L. Gilles LeVasseur.
- 'The government has to rely on the private sector and qualified businesses to do the work,' said the University of Ottawa's J.L. Gilles LeVasseur.
- 'The government has to rely on the private sector and qualified businesses to do the work,' said the University of Ottawa's J.L. Gilles LeVasseur.
- Doing business with the government is not all 'sunshine and blue skies,' says Neil Brodie, noting 'there are companies out there who will not

- Doing business with the government is not all 'sunshine and blue skies,' says Neil Brodie, noting 'there are companies out there who will not
- Doing business with the government is not all 'sunshine and blue skies,' says Neil Brodie, noting 'there are companies out there who will not

- I recommend that the government establish a risk-management framework for federal public service contracts that assigns a risk to each factor. The higher the
- I recommend that the government establish a risk-management framework for federal public service contracts that assigns a risk to each factor. The higher the
- I recommend that the government establish a risk-management framework for federal public service contracts that assigns a risk to each factor. The higher the
- The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman’s budget has remained relatively static since 2008, and with a record number of cases and high inflation, Alexander
- The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman’s budget has remained relatively static since 2008, and with a record number of cases and high inflation, Alexander
- The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman’s budget has remained relatively static since 2008, and with a record number of cases and high inflation, Alexander
- The MP working group has a busy month ahead, with seven sets of decisions to go through in December, which are now expected to
- The MP working group has a busy month ahead, with seven sets of decisions to go through in December, which are now expected to
- The MP working group has a busy month ahead, with seven sets of decisions to go through in December, which are now expected to
- Following a pilot, party whips agreed to begin phasing in use of remote interpretation services for regular committee meetings starting on Nov. 20.
- Following a pilot, party whips agreed to begin phasing in use of remote interpretation services for regular committee meetings starting on Nov. 20.
- Following a pilot, party whips agreed to begin phasing in use of remote interpretation services for regular committee meetings starting on Nov. 20.
- CSG Senator Jim Quinn says the fact that the administration has had to assign staff to work on the issue is ‘almost reprehensible.’

- CSG Senator Jim Quinn says the fact that the administration has had to assign staff to work on the issue is ‘almost reprehensible.’
- CSG Senator Jim Quinn says the fact that the administration has had to assign staff to work on the issue is ‘almost reprehensible.’

- 'Although the project continues to track well, we have been taking on some water on the design side in decision-making,' PSPC's Rob Wright told
- 'Although the project continues to track well, we have been taking on some water on the design side in decision-making,' PSPC's Rob Wright told
- 'Although the project continues to track well, we have been taking on some water on the design side in decision-making,' PSPC's Rob Wright told
- As we watch the erosion of democratic institutions elsewhere, the condition of our federal public service, and the quality of its democratic vocation, should

- As we watch the erosion of democratic institutions elsewhere, the condition of our federal public service, and the quality of its democratic vocation, should
- As we watch the erosion of democratic institutions elsewhere, the condition of our federal public service, and the quality of its democratic vocation, should

- ‘It’s a legacy project for me. I would want to do it no matter what,’ says Chris Nelson, co-owner of Etobicoke, Ont.’s Lighting Nelson
- ‘It’s a legacy project for me. I would want to do it no matter what,’ says Chris Nelson, co-owner of Etobicoke, Ont.’s Lighting Nelson
- ‘It’s a legacy project for me. I would want to do it no matter what,’ says Chris Nelson, co-owner of Etobicoke, Ont.’s Lighting Nelson