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The following contains a recount of Shared Services Canada's actions to work in a COVID-19 environment for the past year. This includes Shared Services Canada's response to COVID-19, but then describes what SSC has accomplished this past year throughout the pandemic. This publication also...

The news article entails how the Government of Canada is moving forward in developing a modern, flexible and integrated human resources and pay solution to meet the current and future needs of federal employees in Canada. The article elaborates on testing and what the next steps are for the...

This Digital Strategy reinforces SSC's role as the IT engine of government and the lead for IT modernization throughout the Government of Canada. It details the work underway to deliver quality digital services to Canadians and SSC is involved in each one: Modernize how the government replaces,...

Transport Canada (TC) and Shared Services Canada (SSC) are proud to recognize the largest GC WiFi installation to-date at TC’s new headquarters in the National Capital Region. From the outset, we worked collaboratively, relying on a strong partnership at various levels to help steer the multiple...

Three years ago, Mr. Gilles Dufour, Director General, Business Planning and Client Support Division, saw that Shared Services Canada (SSC) was sitting on a goldmine of data. However, silos of data systems across the department limited his ability to provide accurate analytics.

When people from around the world apply for a visitor visa, study or work permit, or permanent residence, they need to give their fingerprints and a photo, known as biometrics. Just recently, the Government of Canada (GC) made it easier for foreign nationals to provide biometrics when applying...

Shared Services Canada (SSC), in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), recently upgraded the Government of Canada’s High Performance Computing (HPC) environment. ECCC’s Meteorological Service of Canada uses components of the environment, our supercomputers, to...

Shared Services Canada (SSC) recently established a Centre of Expertise in Agile and Innovative Procurement (CoEAIP). The CoEAIP will explore and test agile and innovative procurement practices and share this expertise throughout the federal government.

At Shared Services Canada’s (SSC) inaugural Science Planning Session, representatives from the SSC service lines gave presentations on high performance computing, storage, business requests, workload migration, cloud brokering and enterprise data centres among others.

Ontario and Quebec residents impacted by floods needed that critical information on a daily basis to stay safe. SSC supercomputers processed weather-related data to help with flood relief efforts in these regions. That’s one of the ways our work directly impacts Canadians.

The Centre of Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design (CEED) at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa recently hosted a design showcase of engineering students’ final semester projects. Five teams pitched their projects and explained how they approached making specific, everyday...

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) approached us with an idea: give Canadians access to weather information on their mobile devices. We helped them find the best infrastructure solution to support a new mobile weather app.

Info Source: Sources of Government and Employee Information provides information about the functions, programs, activities and related information holdings of government institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. It provides individuals and employees of the...

The objective of this audit was to provide assurance that Security Assessment and Authorization reviews of IT systems and services are being conducted in accordance with a formal process and in compliance with Treasury Board of Canada and Shared Services Canada policy requirements.

This audit examined the effectiveness of the processes for the establishment, management, and renewal of customer revenue agreements. The audit was approved by the President following recommendation by the Departmental Audit Committee in the 2019 to 2022 Risk-Based Audit Plan.

The 2017 to 2018 Fees Report is the first report to be prepared under the Service Fees Act. The Services Fees Act provides for annual detailed reporting to Parliament in order to increase transparency. The 2017-2018 Fees Report includes a Minister’s message, general fees information and fees...

Info Source: Sources of Government and Employee Information provides information about the functions, programs, activities and related information holdings of government institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. It provides individuals and employees of the...

The Policy on Internal Audit and its associated Directive on Internal Audit came into force on April 1, 2017. The Directive on Internal Audit stipulates, “Departments must meet public reporting requirements as prescribed by the Comptroller General of Canada and using Treasury Board of Canada...

The audit examined the relevant processes and controls for High Performance Computing related to decision-making, capacity planning and client engagement. This audit was undertaken to provide assurance that processes are in place and aligned to SSC’s mandate, government priorities and client...

Shared Services Canada (SSC) plays a vital role in supporting the Government departments that are providing critical services to Canadians. Amid the current COVID-19 Pandemic, SSC is working with Government departments and agencies to ensure that IT infrastructure and telecommunications needs...