Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC; french: Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada)
[''Public Services and Procurement Canada'' is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Public Works and Government Services ().] is the
department of the
Government of Canada
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with responsibility for the government's internal servicing and administration.
The department is responsible for the procurement for other government departments and serves as the central purchasing agent, real property manager, treasurer, accountant, pay and pension administrator, integrity adviser and linguistic authority; it was recognized in 2018 as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. It is also the custodian of a large real estate portfolio and as well infrastructure such as bridges, dams and highways.
The department is
responsible to
Parliament
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through the
minister of public services and procurement and
receiver general for Canada
The receiver general for Canada (french: receveur général du Canada) is responsible for making payments to the Government of Canada each fiscal year, accepting payments from financial institutions and preparing the Public Accounts of Canada, co ...
– presently
Helena Jaczek. Day-to-day operations and leadership of the department is overseen by the
deputy minister, a senior
civil servant.
Organization
Branches
*Acquisitions
*Chief Information Officer Branch
*Communications
*Digital Services Branch
*Defence and Marine Procurement
*Finance and Administration
*Human Resources
*Integrated Services
*Legal Services
*Parliamentary Precinct
*Pay Administration
*Policy, Planning and Communications
*Procurement
*Real Property
*Receiver General and Pension
Regions
* Atlantic
* Quebec
* Ontario
* Western
* Pacific
Special operating agency
*
Translation Bureau
Phoenix Pay System
The Phoenix Pay System is a payroll processing system for federal employees, run by PSPC. After coming online in early 2016, Phoenix has been mired in problems with underpayments, over-payments, and non-payments. As of March 2018, the estimated cost to fix the problems was over $1 billion.
See also
*
Government Electronic Directory Services
References
Notes
External links
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1996 establishments in Canada
Federal departments and agencies of Canada
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Ministries established in 1996
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