Treasury Board of Canada Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor Secretariat du Canada FRAMEWORK FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA Overview to, and Links to Legislation, Regulations and Policies DOCUMENT VERSION 6.2 March 31, 2006 Information Management Strategies Division Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Canada Framework For the Management of Information Overview of, and Links to Legislation, Regulations and Policies Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................3 1.1 TITLE................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY ................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 CONTEXT.......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 SCOPE............................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 APPLICABILITY................................................................................................................................................................ 3 2. DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................................................................................................4 2.1 LEGISLATION OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................... 4 The Role of Legisla tion in Governing the Management of Information .................................................................. 4 The Legislative Process..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Accounting for Results ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS................................................................................................................................ 5 Access to Information Act and Regulations.................................................................................................................. 5 Appropriation Acts ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Auditor General Act........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Canada Evidence Act......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .................................................................................................................... 7 Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act................................................................................................................... 8 Copyright Act...................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Crown Liability and Proceedings Act............................................................................................................................. 9 Emergency Preparedness Act......................................................................................................................................... 10 Financial Administration Act......................................................................................................................................... 10 Library and Archives of Canada Act............................................................................................................................. 11 Official Languages Act.................................................................................................................................................... 12 Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act............................................................................ 13 Public Service Employment Act.................................................................................................................................... 17 Security of Information Act............................................................................................................................................ 18 Statistics Act...................................................................................................................................................................... 19 2.3 POLICIES......................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Access to Information Policy ......................................................................................................................................... 21 Common Services Policy................................................................................................................................................ 21 Communications Policy .................................................................................................................................................. 22 Electronic Authorization and Authentication Policy.................................................................................................. 25 Evaluation Policy.............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Government PKI Policy .................................................................................................................................................. 26 Government Security Policy........................................................................................................................................... 27 Learning, Training and Development Policy (Replaces Continuous Learning in the Public Service of Canada Policy and Training and Development Policy) ........................................................................................................... 28 Management of Government Information Policy....................................................................................................... 28 Management of Information Technology Policy ........................................................................................................ 30 Personnel Information Management Policy................................................................................................................. 30 Policy on the Use of Electronic Networks ................................................................................................................... 31 Privacy and Data Protection Policy............................................................................................................................... 32 Privacy Impact Assessment Policy................................................................................................................................ 33 Project Management Policy............................................................................................................................................ 34 Risk Management Policy ................................................................................................................................................ 35 3. FOR FURTHER INFO .....................................................................................................................................................35 4. AUTHOR AND DATE......................................................................................................................................................35 Date: 2006 -03-31 Draft: Version 6.2 Page 1 Framework For the Management of Information Overview of, and Links to Legislation, Regulations and Policies ANNEX A – LINKS TO LEGISLATION AND POLIC IES ...........................................................................................36 ANNEX B – MAPPING OF LEGISLATION AND POLICIES TO THE FMI .........................................................38 ANNEX C – MAPPING OF LEGISLATION AND POLICIES PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS TO FMI COMPONENTS .................................................................................................................................................................40 COMMON LEGAL/POLICY PROVISIONS...................................................................................................................... 40 Access to Information...........................................................................................................................................................40 Privacy & Confidentiality...................................................................................................................................................49