Office of the Comptroller General Activities in Human Resource Management
of Financial Administration, Internal Audit and Program Evaluation Officers

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CHAPTER 4-8
Office of the Comptroller General activities in human resource management
of financial administration, internal audit and program evaluation officers


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Purpose

Definitions

Accountability

Objective

Activities

References

Enquiries

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OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ACTIVITIES IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, INTERNAL AUDIT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION OFFICERS


Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the human resource management
activities which the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) carries out in
order to assist central agencies and departments in the professional
development of the financial administration, internal audit and program
evaluation communities of the federal government.

Definitions

financial administration community includes all those EXs, SMs, FIs and
other officers whose prime responsibility is provision of internal
management services in the field of financial management, control and
analysis when the financial administration aspect of their duties is of
primary importance (collectivité de l'administration financière);

internal audit community includes all those EXs, SMs, ASs, and other
officers whose prime responsibility is the systematic review and appraisal
of departmental operations for the purpose of advising management as to the
efficiency, economy and effectiveness of internal management policies,
practices and controls (collectivité de la vérification interne);

program evaluation community includes all those EXs, SMs and other officers
whose prime responsibility is the systematic gathering of credible
information to demonstrate the performance, results and cost-effectiveness
of programs, for the purpose of senior management decision-making on
program improvement and, where relevant, resource allocation (collectivité
de l'évaluation des programmes).

Accountability

The Comptroller General reports to the President of the Treasury Board.

The role of the OCG is to support cost effective and accountable management
in departments and agencies of the federal government by ensuring the
establishment and maintenance of sound financial management, audit and
program evaluation.  Assistance in the human resource management of the
functional communities directly related to the OCG mandate (i.e., financial
administration, internal audit and program evaluation), is an integral part
of this role.

Virtually all of the OCG's human resource management related activities are
carried out in co-operation or in conjunction with Treasury Board
Secretariat and/or the Public Service Commission; and in consultation with
departments and agencies.

Objective

The objective of the OCG's activities in human resource management, is as
follows:

To support departments and agencies in effectively implementing and
administering the policies, systems and standards that the OCG promulgates
on behalf of the Treasury Board.

This is accomplished by providing leadership in the establishment,
development and maintenance of effective government-wide human resource
management for the financial administration, internal audit and program
evaluation communities.

Activities

Human resource management activities for the financial administration,
internal audit, and program evaluation communities, concentrate on human
resource planning, organization and classification, staffing, and training.

These activities undertaken, in conjunction with the responsible central
agencies, include the following:

Human resource planning

-    Maintaining aggregate management information on the OCG's three
     functional communities and providing demographic analyses,
     assessments, and community profiles;

-    developing mechanisms to assist the communities in responding to
     identified problem areas;

-    representing the communities in matters related to human resource
     planning.

Organization and classification

-    Upon request, providing advice concerning organization and
     classification questions affecting the three functional community
     organizations and positions;

-    assisting and advising the Treasury Board Secretariat in the
     development, maintenance and/or application of classification
     standards for community positions;

-    representing the communities in matters related to organization and
     classification.

Staffing

-    Participating in the process for selection of the senior management
     of the financial administration, internal audit and program
     evaluation functions and, on request, participating in selection at
     other levels of departmental functional community staff;

-    assisting and advising the Public Service Commission in the
     development, application and maintenance of selection standards and
     other tools and techniques used to staff community positions;

-    developing and administering, with the Public Service Commission,
     programs to improve the quality of entry-level officer appointments
     to positions in the communities;

-    representing the communities in matters related to staffing.

Training

-    Identifying the priority training needs for OCG functional
     communities;

-    providing advice on sources of training to meet community
     requirements;

-    advising and assisting in the development and implementation of
     training standards and programs for the communities;

-    designing, organizing and delivering, as appropriate, a variety of
     professional development events, policy and information exchange
     seminars and symposia;

-    representing the communities with respect to government training
     policies, procedures and activities, and with professional
     organizations.

References

This chapter replaces chapter 11 of PMM volume 4.

Enquiries

Enquiries on the content of this chapter should be directed to:

     Director
     Professional Development Division
     Office of the Comptroller General
     Treasury Board Canada