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Book 1, Tab B4 and B5 - Departmental Governance and Recent Organizational Changes

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Departmental Governance

Departmental Executive Committee Structure

Senior Departmental Committees

The Departmental Management Committee (DMC) and the Departmental Policy Committee (DPC) are the Department’s two senior direction-setting and decision-making bodies, chaired by the Deputy Minister:

There are three additional Deputy Minister/Associate-chaired senior departmental committees:

Supporting Executive Management Committees

Supporting these senior-level committees and encouraging early program-level discussions are four additional executive management committees:

And one additional senior-level committee:

The Governance Secretariat

Recent organizational changes

Continuous improvement as a priority

Setting our course

Our business

Challenge: Our work environment is generally getting more complex; we are hearing from our managers that they experience too much red tape, duplication and other inefficiencies.
Goal: Continuous improvement and business innovation leads to significant, measurable changes in the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization and enhances employee experience.

Our people

Challenge: The Department has grown by 50 per cent since 2015/16 and the competition for talent is at an all time high; increased complexity in human resource management with the need for broader support of significant Government-wide priorities, such as Diversity and Inclusion, psychological and mental health, and safety, accessibility and barrier-free workplaces.
Goal: Developing a capable, confident and high-performing workforce who have the tools they need to maximize effectiveness and productivity.

Our technology

Challenge: Changes are at an unprecedented pace and DFO has fallen behind; demand for data is growing at an exponential rate.

Goal: The Department is positioned to fully participate in and benefit from a digitalized world and make data a strategic asset for the organization.

Structural changes

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