Developing a Commercial First Approach a Proposal to Help the Canadian Federal Government to Modernize, Digitally Transform and Migrate to the Cloud 1
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0010010101010001010010010101010001011111000111110001001010101000101111100010011010001010 1110001010100010 001001010101000101111100000100101010100010111001001010101000101111100011100011 Developing a Commercial First Approach A proposal to help the Canadian Federal Government to modernize, digitally transform and migrate to the Cloud 1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE ASSOCIATION OF CANADA DE LA TECHNOLOGIE DE L’INFORMATION 10101111000010101000111000100000010010100100100101010100010111110001 00100101010100010111110100010010010101010001011111000100100101010100010111110001 001001010101000101111100010010000100101010100010111110001101010100010111110001 001001010100010010101010001011111000110001011100100101010100010111110001110001 001001010101000101001001010101000101111100011111000100101010100010111110001001 001001010101000101111100000100101010100010111001001010101000101111100011100011 10101111000010101000111000100000010010100100100101010100010111110001 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.........................................................................................................3 001001010101000101111100000100101010100010111001001010101000101111100011100011Introduction ..........................................................................................................................4 10101111000010101000111000100000010010100100100101010100010111110001Outline of the Proposed Bill ......................................................................................1 6 00100101010100010111110100010010010101010001011111000100100101010100010111110001Why we Need to Develop a Commercial First Approach?......................7 001001010101000101111100010010000100101010100010111110001101010100010111110001Talent, Skills and the ICT Sector ............................................................................ 9 001001010100010010101010001011111000110001011100100101010100010111110001110001Canada’s Aging Federal IT Workforce ..............................................................10 001001010101000101001001010101000101111100011111000100101010100010111110001001Transformation Example ............................................................................................11 001001010101000101111100000100101010100010111001001010101000101111100011100011The Need for Appropriate IT Funding ............................................................. 12 The Benefits of Government Procurement .................................................... 13 Why the Marketplace Approach is Necessary ............................................. 13 How the Marketplace Approach Benefits the Government ................ 14 How the Marketplace Approach Benefits the Digital Sector ...............15 SMEs, Economic Development and Job Creation .................................... 16 10101111000010101000111000100000010010100100100101010100010111110001Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 16 00100101010100010111110100010010010101010001011111000100100101010100010111110001About the Information Technology Association 001001010101000101111100010010000100101010100010111110001101010100010111110001of Canada (ITAC) ............................................................................................................17 001001010100010010101010001011111000110001011100100101010100010111110001110001References ............................................................................................................................17 001001010101000101001001010101000101111100011111000100101010100010111110001001 001001010101000101111100000100101010100010111001001010101000101111100011100011 10101111000010101000111000100000010010100100100101010100010111110001 00100101010100010111110100010010010101010001011111000100100101010100010111110001 001001010101000101111100010010000100101010100010111110001101010100010111110001 001001010100010010101010001011111000110001011100100101010100010111110001110001DEVELOPING A COMMERCIAL FIRST APPROACH |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e live and work in a world that is increasingly digital in nature. All industries Executive – including Canada’s federal, regional and municipal governments – are 001001010101000101111100010010000100101010100010111110001101010100010111110001directly impacted by a digitally-focused approach to doing business. Innovative Summary competitors, disruptive technologies, shifting regulatory frameworks and cyber 001001010100010010101010001011111000110001011100100101010100010111110001110001security threats all have a direct and serious impact. 001001010101000101001001010101000101111100011111000100101010100010111110001001Progress on federal transformation has been slow; it’s a massive undertaking, with fragmented custom-built systems spread out over numerous departments 001001010101000101111100000100101010100010111001001010101000101111100011100011and agencies. Historically, the Government of Canada has viewed digital as an 1 opportunity to create a new platform for government-built products and services 10101111000010101000111000100000010010100100100101010100010111110001for its businesses and citizens. This approach is in direct competition with private 00100101010100010111110100010010010101010001011111000100100101010100010111110001sector market participants. The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), on behalf of its 001001010101000101111100010010000100101010100010111110001101010100010111110001members, offers the Government of Canada a solution: The Commercial First Act. The Commercial First Act is a concept that is based on legislation currently 001001010100010010101010001011111000110001011100100101010100010111110001110001before Congress in the US, developed to address the “build in-house” tendency of the Government of Canada. It would enable the Government to adopt new 001001010101000101001001010101000101111100011111000100101010100010111110001001technologies to increase efficiencies and competition; leverage data and analytics; 001001010101000101111100000100101010100010111001001010101000101111100011100011increase cyber security measures; support technology-based small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); support the socio-economic goals of the Government; and enables