Public Accounts Committee says Public Works should review contracts to avoid conflict of interest

Published December 7, 2009

Public Works should review some of its contracting practices to avoid conflict of interest situations and provide details of it by June 30, 2010, the Public Accounts Committee recommended in its report to the House of Commons, released last week.

The committee looked at last December's auditor general report on contracting for professional services at Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), in which Auditor General Sheila...

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By Kelly Bizeau, Canadian IT Channel Advocate June 2010 may be too late for SMEs in Canada.

Here's why:

A division within PWGSC designed to streamline IT and save costs is doing so at the expense of small and medium sized businesses across Canada. The Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) at PWGSC is now a 1645 full-time staff led division with $540.6M in budgetary resources and estimated target IT revenues of $450M+.

While saving money is wise, doing so at the expense of viable businesses and thousands of good-paying Canadian jobs is an ill-conceived public policy.

Learn more & watch the ITSB promotional video here: www.marketworks.ca/faxnow