REFERENCE MATERIAL BY TOPIC
Program Analysts
Until the Program Analyst Survival Guide is revised, following is a list of useful reference material by topic.
English Document French Document
1. Treasury Board Secretariat
2. TBS Management
- TBS Senior Management Committee Members English French
- Operations Committee – Role and Membership English French
- Program Assistant Secretaries Meetings (PASM) (under development)
- Program Directors’ Group (PDG) English
3. Governance and Government Decision-Making
- The Role and Structure of the Privy Council Office English French
- Decision-Making Processes and Central Agencies in Canada – Federal, Provincial and Territorial Practices – Privy Council Office, Government of Canada English French
- A Guide to the Canadian Federal Policy Process by Glen G.D. Milne – June 1999 Edition (available in printed format from Denise Morin at 957-2438)
4. Cabinet Committees
- Tests for TBS Scrutiny of Proposals Bilingual
- Guidelines and Template for Question Period House Cards English French
Sample Template for General Briefing Note English French
5. Business Planning http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/tb/rpem/bplans_e.html
Renewed Approach 1999-2000
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Board to Deputy Ministers and Agency Heads
(with enclosures) – February 11, 1999
- Principles
- Role of Treasury Board Secretariat
- Information Session Deck presented to Departments – January 1999
- Internal Information Session Deck presented – January 1999
- Questions and Answers
- Budget 1999
- Reports on Plans and Priorities and Departmental Performance Reports
- Information Management/Information Technology Planning
- Other interesting TBS sites
Background for 1998-99 cycle
Results of 1998-99 Cycle (to be added)
TBSAC deck presented to TBSAC for discussion
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Board to Deputy Ministers and Agency Heads (with enclosure)
- Update: Ministerial Presentations
- Update: Using the Planning, Reporting and Accountability Structure
- Update: Horizontal Themes: Year 2000 Date Issue
- Update: Human Resource Management: Official Languages and Employment Equity
6. Crown Corporations
- Portfolio of Crown Corporations Bilingual
- Guiding Principles for the Management of Crown Corporations English French
Guiding Principles for the Preparation of Corporate Plans English French
Guidelines for the Preparation of Corporate Plan Summaries English French
Guidelines for Crown Corporation Annual Reports English French
- Regulations under Part X of the Financial Administration Act English French
7. The Supply Process
Guidelines on Performance Reports English French
The Business of Supply: Completing the Circle of Control – Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs/December 1998 English French
8. TB Submissions
(Currently available in printed format)
For a personalized briefing session, contact Thérèse Fredette at 957-0564
- Terminology
- Initial Recording of a submission "Submission Tracking System"
- Precis documents
- template (sample
Key features of a precis:
- recommendation codes/classifying a submission
- wording used on TB Agenda – use proper terminology in Summary Box, Cost and Source of Funds and Recommendation
- decision codes
- Source of Funds (to be reviewed before meeting with Estimates and Expenditure Strategies Analysts)
- Submission signed by the Department and put into a "Pinkie"
- E-Mail messages on TB Meetings Deadlines
- Planning Schedule for TB Meetings
- TB Ministers
- Document Distribution at the Treasury Board Meeting
- Template of a Decision Letter
- Sample Decision Letter and Submission Detail Form
- TB Vote 5 – Steps to follow
- TB Vote 5 – Sample Decision Letter, Extract and Allotment Print-out