Corporate Management Branch Overview

Branch Background

The Corporate Management Branch (CMB) provides advice, guidance and services to Public Safety (PS) employees in the areas of financial management, human resources management, security management, facilities management, procurement and asset management, information management and information technology.

CMB also supports the Deputy Minister in ensuring accountability to Parliament. This is done in collaboration with the senior management team by:

CMB also provides internal services on a cost recovery basis to three small agencies within the PS Portfolio (Office of the Correctional Investigator, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) External Review Committee, and the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP).

CMB’s total budget for 2019-20 is $22.6M. As of summer 2019, there were 225 full-time equivalents in CMB.

In addition, CMB manages $15.7M in custodial allocations that cover departmental expenses (ex.: information technology assets such as computers and printers, accommodations project cost, financial management and human resources systems, etc.)

The Corporate Management Branch is comprised of four directorates:

On the information management (IM) side, the focus is on departmental compliance with rules and support of information repositories, life cycle management and data standardization. Guidance is provided to Branches regarding information resources, both physical and digital, to ensure they are managed as strategic assets and safeguarded as a public trust. It also operates the Public Safety library, the mailroom, invoice processing and forms management.

On the information technology (IT) side, two divisions are responsible for a range of internal services: IT security management and operations, policies, incident handling as well as the support and delivery of the Department’s corporate and classified systems; IT Helpdesk support, account and IT asset management; and the development of new technology solutions as well as maintenance and support of business and corporate applications

Key Services and Projects

Development of short- and long-term accommodation strategies that will address current occupancy challenges, seek opportunities to optimize space utilization and improve accessibility.

Develop and implement the Values, Inclusiveness, Ethics and Wellbeing (VIEW) Strategic Framework for 2019-2022.

Lead enterprise transformation and system improvements, particularly with operation system and document management (e.g. Windows 10 migration, eDocs, etc.).

Key Partners

CMB collaborates with a range of federal partners including the Privy Council Office, Treasury Board Secretariat, Public Services and Procurement Canada, and Shared Services Canada. Human Resources works closely with the bargaining agents that represent PS employees.

CMB is actively engaged with portfolio partners through numerous forums such as the portfolio department security officer forum, the Chief Information Officer Portfolio forum and through regular engagement with departmental Chief Financial Officers and heads of Human Resources.

In addition, CMB plays a lead role in networks and forums that allow PS Portfolio partners to share best practices and to influence policy-making and strategic direction

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