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Government of Canada?s 2008-09 Reports on Plans and Priorities

By Michel-Adrien Sheppard

Earlier this week, the President of the Treasury Board tabled the 2008-09 Reports on Plans and Priorities in the House of Commons on behalf of 93 federal departments and agencies.

The 2008-09 Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs) are departmental expenditure plans that elaborate on the information contained in the 2008-09 Main Estimates tabled on February 28, 2008.

These RPPs set out departmental priorities, provide performance measurement indicators, and explain a department’s expected results.

The 2008-2009 RPP for the Supreme Court of Canada is included in the list.

One of the big priorities is “court modernization” which includes:

• modernization of the courtroom itself, in terms of audio-visual equipment, broadcast capability, and information management / information technology to permit electronic case hearings, and the addition of services to the public such as webcasting and podcasting;
• the ongoing development implementation of an electronic document and records management system that will allow for the availability of case-related electronic documents in the courtroom during hearings; and
• the development of a capability to accept electronic case filing via a portal that will feed into the electronic document and records management system so that documents are immediately accessible to Justices and SCC staff as well as in the Courtroom

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on April 02, 2008 (boomark / email).