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Sean Boots<p>New blog post! 😳 “Things that are happening” (on the dismantling of US civil service institutions and technology teams, and consequences for public sector reform elsewhere) <a href="https://sboots.ca/2025/03/04/things-that-are-happening/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sboots.ca/2025/03/04/things-th</span><span class="invisible">at-are-happening/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/GCdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCdigital</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) had set Tuesday as the date for transitioning to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nextgeneration911" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nextgeneration911</span></a> The telecom regulator now says it has moved that deadline to March 2027.</p><p>In a Friday decision, the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CRTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRTC</span></a> acknowledged the delay means “Canadians will have to wait longer for the enhancements” the new systems will bring.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/crtc-delays-implementation-of-next-generation-911-service-for-two-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/canada/article/crtc</span><span class="invisible">-delays-implementation-of-next-generation-911-service-for-two-years/</span></a></p>
Civic Tech Toronto<p>This Tuesday!</p><p>Sam Burton, Senior Policy Advisor at the Canadian Digital Service, talks about her recently released report into collaborations between Canadian governments and civic tech volunteers.</p><p>March 4, 7pm: in person and online</p><p>👉 guild.host/events/civic...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GCDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCDigital</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GCNum%C3%A9rique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCNumérique</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"Digitize all public-facing government services so they are accessible by web and mobile phone and available behind a unified login system by 2025;"</p><p>Here we are in 2025 without digitized public services or a unified login.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/economic-strategy-tables/en/report-2018/report-canadas-economic-strategy-tables-digital-industries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ised-isde.canada.ca/site/econo</span><span class="invisible">mic-strategy-tables/en/report-2018/report-canadas-economic-strategy-tables-digital-industries</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"The stated rationale for this centralization was to eliminate unnecessary duplication, inconsistency, and costs in systems, processes, policies, contracts, and services across these functions.</p><p>The committee understands and accepts this rationale. However, the committee heard on numerous occasions from personnel at various centers that this centralization had actually reduced efficiency, with suggested values of reduction in the 20–30 percent range.</p><p>This can be seen as an unintended but significant consequence of the centralization initiative."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27519/nasa-at-a-crossroads-maintaining-workforce-infrastructure-and-technology-preeminence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nap.nationalacademies.org/cata</span><span class="invisible">log/27519/nasa-at-a-crossroads-maintaining-workforce-infrastructure-and-technology-preeminence</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"The PBO said that in the four departments it studied, IT services provided by outside contractors cost taxpayers between 22 and 25.7 per cent more than they would have if the services had been provided in-house."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/contracting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracting</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/federal-it-contracting-cost-more-than-in-house-services-pbo-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/politics/article/fe</span><span class="invisible">deral-it-contracting-cost-more-than-in-house-services-pbo-report/</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>Using <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> to scrape TBS policy documents has done a lot to lower the already low amount of trust I have in LLMs: made up clause numbers, clauses that are rewritten, often with hallucinated additions, skipped sections and partial documents... all mixed with enough correct things to muddy the water. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>The Treasury Board's policy suite is conceptually a giant graph structure, but is frustratingly resistant to automated analysis.</p><p>Some annoyances:</p><p>The policy suite straddles tbs-sct.gc.ca and canada.ca and policies often draw their authorities from material on laws-lois.justice.gc.ca</p><p>There is frustratingly little common structure you can rely on. If you think you found a structure, you just need to see a few more policies</p><p>Links between policies or to laws rarely link to relevant sections</p><p>Only a few policies have an XML data representation, most are available only as HTML, making web scraping the most reliable approach</p><p>Markers indicating sections, clauses etc. are not consistent across HTML documents making web scraping extremely annoying</p><p>Multiple requirements often occur in a single ("and")</p><p>Enabling programmatic analysis of policy would be broadly valuable both inside and outside government.</p><p>This should be an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dataproduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataproduct</span></a> but it seems like these documents are largely treated like marketing material: if it looks OK in the browser it's done.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"As of October 4, 2024, there are a total of 149 AWS services and features that were assessed by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) under PBHVA assessment criteria. The assessment covers services and features that are available in both the Canada (Central) and Canada West (Calgary) AWS Regions."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aws</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pbhva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pbhva</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-completes-the-cccs-pbhva-assessment-with-149-services-and-features-in-scope/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/</span><span class="invisible">aws-completes-the-cccs-pbhva-assessment-with-149-services-and-features-in-scope/</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"One of these side effects is increased compliance costs. We do not know exactly what it costs for departments and agencies to meet the expectations of watchdogs and political overseers, and to maintain the watchdogs and overseers themselves, and how this cost compares to the benefits of intensified control. It is likely, though, that these compliance costs are substantial." -- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alasdairroberts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alasdairroberts</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://a.co/d/1QMkJt2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a.co/d/1QMkJt2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"rules are a lot more costly than people tend to realize – not just the cost of people who run accountability systems but the time of people who comply with them, who could be doing something more productive instead. </p><p>Such costs are particularly onerous for small agencies. No one in the government of Canada knows the full measure of these costs and no one seems to want to."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/salgo-canada-public-service-accountable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ottawacitizen.com/opinion/salg</span><span class="invisible">o-canada-public-service-accountable</span></a></p>
Christine Lau<p>Consultations on the Directive on Automated Decision-Making <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TBS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OCIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OCIO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GcDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GcDigital</span></a> <a href="https://wiki.gccollab.ca/Consultations_on_the_4th_Review" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.gccollab.ca/Consultations</span><span class="invisible">_on_the_4th_Review</span></a></p>
Sean Boots<p>This piece from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@quidampepin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quidampepin</span></a></span> is a great read: “State, bureaucracy and power – Reflections of a bureaucrat” <a href="https://www.davidpepin.ca/billets/state-power-bureaucracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">davidpepin.ca/billets/state-po</span><span class="invisible">wer-bureaucracy/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/GCdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCdigital</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"As the agency scrambles internally to deal with so-called threat actors, The Fifth Estate/Radio-Canada investigation has found the public is mostly being kept in the dark about the staggering amounts stolen and the gaping flaws in the agency's ability to detect fraud."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cra</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7363440" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbc.ca/amp/1.7363440</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"it remains unknown why the CRA paid out refunds to people using fake addresses or why they didn't detect the fact that fraudsters were using the same bank account to get refunds on behalf of unrelated taxpayers"</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cra</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sQ5ABHJjiZg?si=IhgoUYu6svEU2O8e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/sQ5ABHJjiZg?si=IhgoUY</span><span class="invisible">u6svEU2O8e</span></a></p>
Sean Boots<p>This is such a good slide. (From Dan Honig at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fwd50" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fwd50</span></a></span>.) <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/fwd50" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fwd50</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/GCdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCdigital</span></a></p>
Mike Williamson<p>"For decades, politicians have loaded the system with controls and watchdogs. Many controls have been proposed in good faith. But no one has looked at the cumulative effect of the entire control regime. </p><p>No one has tallied how much it costs for bureaucrats to comply with all these rules, or considered how it affects culture and performance, or calculated whether the costs of compliance exceed the benefits."</p><p>A great article from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alasdairroberts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alasdairroberts</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gcdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcdigital</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/roberts-fixing-the-federal-public-service-wont-happen-without-an-independent-review" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ottawacitizen.com/opinion/robe</span><span class="invisible">rts-fixing-the-federal-public-service-wont-happen-without-an-independent-review</span></a></p>
Sean Boots<p>Also if you like procurement reform, you'll love Warren Smith's presentation at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fwd50" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fwd50</span></a></span>'s online day next week! I'm very stoked for it: <a href="https://www.fwd50.com/session/1464/a-public-procurement-renaissance-is-overdue-time-for-action" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fwd50.com/session/1464/a-publi</span><span class="invisible">c-procurement-renaissance-is-overdue-time-for-action</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/GCdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCdigital</span></a></p>
Sean Boots<p>Coming up just under an hour from now today! <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/GCdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCdigital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/44-1/OGGO/meeting-133/notice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/e</span><span class="invisible">n/44-1/OGGO/meeting-133/notice</span></a></p>
Sean Boots<p>New blog post! 🏛️ Speaking at the Government Operations committee this Wednesday (July 24) <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/GCdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCdigital</span></a> <a href="https://sboots.ca/2024/07/19/speaking-at-the-government-operations-committee-this-wednesday/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sboots.ca/2024/07/19/speaking-</span><span class="invisible">at-the-government-operations-committee-this-wednesday/</span></a></p>
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