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Ottawa, ON-based Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Appointed John Messina as Chief Information Officer
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As the administrative arm of the Treasury Board, the Secretariat has a dual mandate: to support the Treasury Board as a committee of ministers and to fulfil the statutory responsibilities of a central government agency. The Secretariat is tasked with providing advice and support to Treasury Board ministers in their role of ensuring value-for-money as well as providing oversight of the financial management functions in departments and agencies. The Secretariat makes recommendations and provides advice to the Treasury Board on policies, directives, regulations, and program expenditure proposals with respect to the management of the government`s resources. Its responsibilities for the general management of the government affect initiatives, issues, and activities that cut across all policy sectors managed by federal departments and organizational entities. The Secretariat is also responsible for the comptrollership function of government. The Secretariat supports the Treasury Board in its role as the general manager and employer of the public service.
About the Person
John Messina, who officially takes over the post on Aug. 24, is currently CIO of the Canada Revenue Agency, the federal tax collector, where for the past three years he’s led more than 3,000 IT staffers. Charette, who in March became senior deputy minister of spectrum, information technologies and telecommunications at government agency Industry Canada, had presided over a sharp increase in government IT and open data in recent years. Mr. Messina studied Public Sector Leadership and Governance at the University of Ottawa.
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