Status report from the ITIR Advisory Committee. Gina Rallis, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Services, Shared Services Canada

1. Status Reports
Presentation to the Information Technology Infrastructure Roundtable
November 22, 2012
Gina Rallis, SADM, Corporate Services
Brad Sweeney, Head, Departmental Initiatives and Analytics

2. Purpose
• Provide a status report from the ITIR Advisory Committees
♦ Procurement Benchmarks
♦ Innovative Canadian Enterprises
♦ Smart Sourcing
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3. Status Reports from ITIR Advisory Committees
Procurement Innovative Canadian “Smart” Sourcing
Benchmarks Enterprises Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee Advisory Committee
Lead Lead Lead
Gina Rallis Brad Sweeney Gina Rallis
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Head Senior Assistant Deputy Minister
and Chief Financial Officer Departmental Initiatives and Chief Financial Officer
Corporate Services Corporate Services
Provide advice on key industry Provide advice on what SSC can Provide advice on decision
and government benchmarks do to accelerate innovation support frameworks used in
used in the procurement domain, within the Canadian ICT Sector, industry for in/out-sourcing
that SSC can leverage to evolve making recommendations to evaluations, that can inform and
SSC into a world class operation spur innovations that have a shape SSC’s transformational
direct benefit to SSC sourcing decisions
Chair: Gina Rallis Chair: Brad Sweeney Chair: Gina Rallis
Vice Chair: Marc O’Sullivan, Vice Chair: Alain Beaudoin Vice Chair: tbc
Assistant Comptroller General, DG, Information and Communications
Acquired Services and Assets, Office Technologies Branch, Industry Canada
of the Comptroller General, TBS
Kick-off: Kick-off:
Kick-off:
7 December, 2012, Ottawa December 20, 2012 (tbc)
7 December, 2012, Ottawa
Ottawa
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4. Innovative Canadian Enterprises
Purpose
• Discuss current barriers to innovation within the ICT sector.
• Provide strategic and tactical advice on what SSC can do to accelerate
innovation and commercialization.
• Work with Government of Canada policies and programs to promote ICT
innovation within Canadian ICT enterprises for the benefit of SSC.
Chair: Brad Sweeney, Head, Departmental Initiatives and Analytics, SSC
Vice-Chair: Alain Beaudoin, Director General, Information and Communications
Technologies Branch, Industry Canada
• Meeting: December 7, 2012
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5. Procurement Benchmarks
Purpose
• Identify critical performance benchmarks used by industry and governments in the
procurement function
• Identify key benchmarks and performance targets that will shape the evolution of
SSC into a world class procurement operation
• Identify best-in-class procurement approaches / areas of focus for SSC
Chair: Gina Rallis, Senior ADM, Corporate Services, SSC
Vice-Chair: Mark O’Sullivan, Assistant Comptroller General, Acquired
Services and Assets Sector Office of the Comptroller General
• Meeting: December 7, 2012
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6. “Smart” Sourcing
Purpose
• Provide information that will help the ICT sector better position itself for potential
opportunities to work with the department.
• Provide declarative statements on the sourcing models that SSC will pursue for
delivery of its mandate.
• Outline the core functions and skills-sets for the delivery of the Government of
Canada’s IT infrastructure.
Chair: Gina Rallis, Senior ADM, Corporate Services, SSC
Vice-Chair: TBC
• Meeting: December 20, 2012 (tbc)
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