Government-wide audit of executive (EX) appointments

1908-2008H i g h l i g h t sGovernment-wide audit of executive (EX) appointments October 2008The current PSEA, as well as assuming increasedWhy did the PSC conductdelegation of the appointment authoritythis audit? for executive resourcing, required a majortransformation by departments and agencies.Executives in the federal public serviceThese changes included:represent an important resource to Parliamentand to Canadians. How they are recruited, establishing governance structuresassessed and appointed has fundamental to support planning;implications for all aspects of government conducting and monitoring executiveservices, as well as for the government’s abilityrecruitment and appointment processes;to deliver positive results for Canadians. developing executive resourcing capacity;The transparency and accountability of executiveandappointment decisions set the “tone at the top.”The Public Service engaging these personnel within a context ofUntil the coming into force of the currentCommission (PSC) high mobility among human resource advisors.Public Service Employment Act (PSEA) inDecember 2005, the PSC made the vast majorityis an independent The audit focused on executive appointmentsof executive-level appointments. With the made from January to December 2006 andagency reporting tochange in legislation, the PSC was encouraged included 100% of appointment processesParliament, mandated to, and did, delegate its authority to appoint of executives ...