Human Resources

Ken Cochrane has been appointed Chief Information Officer with the federal government after three years as Chief Executive Officer at the Information Technology Services Branch of Public Woprks and Government Services Canada.

Human Services Minister Joe Hockey has vigorously defended the virtues of the federal government's planned smartcard, saying the project's cost will be controlled and people's privacy will not be compromised.

Failing to initiate

While organizations remain focussed on building formidable fortresses to keep the bad guys out, there

The continuing development by Canadian government's at all levels in creating and implementing governmental human resources initiatives is the focus of InterGovWorld's current news coverage of all types of government human resources initiatives and policies.

As businesses across the country get ready to apply a one per cent reduction on the goods and services tax (GST)

Faced with an escalating shortage of skilled IT workers, Canadian companies are turning to educational institutions to help develop new generations of IT practitioners. But trends in university computer science enrolments indicate this melting pot of future IT professionals might be going dry.