200405 Departmental Performance Reports: Whats New

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2004-05 Departmental Performance Reports
Whats New ?

• 2004-05 DPR Kick-off
• Westin Hotel
• May 6th, 2005

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Outline

• Year in Review
• Preparation of 2004-05 Guidelines
• Whats New
• Key Drivers in Performance Reporting
• Important Dates WEB addreses

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The Year in Review

• A year of transitions
• Management, Resources and Results Structure
  (MRRS) Program Activity Architecture (PAA)
• Integrated guidelines for 2005-06 Reports on
  plans and priorities (RPPs) and Departmental
  performance reports (DPRs)
• Budget 2005 Improved Reporting to Parliament
• April 2005 OAGs chapter on DPRs

Government will determine how best to provide
parliamentarians with more timely and accessible
information on program spending and
results. Budget 2005
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Preparation of 2004-05 DPR Guidelines

• Consultations with organizations (Feb.-March 05)
• Need flexibility (Business Lines vs. PAA)
• Crosswalk with explanations of changes to
  reporting structure
• Remains key
• Consistency with 2004-05 Estimates and Public
  Accounts
• Accountability Transparency
• Clarity for reader of the report

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Whats New in 2004-05

• Adopted new layout of integrated guidelines
• 4 reporting principles
• Focus on the benefits for Canadians and explain
  the critical aspects of planning and performance,
  and set them in context
• Present credible, reliable and balanced
  information
• Associate performance with plans, priorities and
  expected results Explain changes and apply
  lessons learned
• Link resources to results
• Section on Addressing Parliamentarians Needs
• Alignment to Government of Canada outcomes

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Whats New in 2004-05 (condt-2)

• Updated format and instructions for financial
  tables and templates
• 23 tables templates use if apply
• Facilitate links comparisons with RPPs
• Report structure
• Overview (incl. Summary Information table)
• Analysis by Strategic Outcomes
• Supplementary Information
• Other items of interest
• Index

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Whats New in 2004-05 (condt-3)

• Updated policy and statutory reporting
  requirements
• User Fees Act (see Template 10-A)
• Service standards for External Fees (see Template
  10-B)
• Service Improvement Initiative (see Table 21)
• Travel Policies requirement for all (see Table
  23 )
• Updated/augmented display
• Contingent Liabilities (as per TB Accounting
  Standard see Table 5)
• Transfer Payments Cond. Grants (see Tables 14
  15)
• Response to Parliamentary Com., Audits
  Evaluations (see Table 17)
• Submission of DPRs of departmental corporations
  agents to Parliament incl. audited financial
  statements
• Certification (see Table 16)

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Whats New in 2004-05 (condt-4)

• Flexibility to report using Business Lines or PAA
• Clear statement of reporting structure in
  Overview
• Need crosswalk table if PAA used
• Consistency vs. 2004-05 RPP commitments,
  Estimates
• Public Accounts
• Alignment of components
• Example of crosswalk see DPR templates
• Total amounts
• Adapt to meet organizations reporting need

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Key Drivers in Reporting Performance

• Performance information is important
• Elements of good reporting
• Organizational context strategic outcomes are
  clear
• Concrete performance expectations results
• Key results are reported against expectations
• Performance information is credible balanced
• Use of performance information is demonstrated

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Important dates

• July 29, 2005 DPR Order Forms
• See TBS Web site
• September 19, 2005 DPRs due to TBS
• Submission Package
• one-sided original signed with 4 copies (in each
  official languages)
• PDF and HTML files
• Certification for Dept. Corp. Agents of
  Parliament (if audited stat.)
• Organizations submitting DPRs after this date
  will be responsible for paying all of the costs
  associated with publishing overtime
• October 27, 2005 tentative date for tabling in
  Parliament

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WEB addresses

• Estimates Documents
• http//www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/estime.asp
• Results-based Management Lexicon
• http//www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rma/lex-lex_e.asp

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