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Ken Canam, CRA s director of IT security, said the agency has been exploring ways to improve the protection of data and applications following its compliance with the federal Management of Information Technology Security (MITS) standard, which was made mandatory by Treasury Board Secretariat two years ago.

Fadden joined the Public Service in 1978 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility since that time, including assistant auditor general, audit operations, Office of the Auditor General of Canada; assistant deputy minister, Corporate Services, Natural Resources Canada; and assistant secretary, Government Operations Sector and Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat.

OTTAWA The tip of the proverbial iceberg was melted in March when the Treasury Board Secretariat settled an employment equity complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) in Ottawa.

Embedding the function in the Treasury Board Secretariat has been deemed a failure, a verdict supported by the government's own financial management community.

The Treasury Board Secretariat and the House of Commons were the first government organizations to become PeopleSoft customers.

The Treasury Board Secretariat responded by stating, "the government believes that competencies and academic qualifications, other than simply a professional accounting designation, can be quite appropriate for these positions.