Category: Mona Fortier

Treasury Board President Says Plan Coming to Improve Access to Information Act

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said Tuesday she will share a plan in the coming months for improving the Access to Information Act and how it is managed. “My current priority is to improve administration of the existing law. We strengthened the act less than four years ago,” Fortier told the Standing Committee on Access…


Federal Employees Compensated $685 Million for Phoenix Pay System Error: Briefing Note

Federal employees have been compensated around $685 million by the government for a payment error that occurred several years ago resulting from a glitch in the Phoenix payroll software system, according to an internal briefing note. “To date approximately $685 million has been paid in damages relating to the Phoenix Pay System,” said a briefing…