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POLICY SECTOR [3 records]

Record 1 1996-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Organization Planning
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

Finally, problem definition in federal policy making tends too often to take a narrow view, with inadequate attention to the big picture - the broad issues that cut across policy sectors and have implications for all departments...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

Enfin, la définition des problèmes dans le contexte de l'élaboration des politiques fédérales se fait trop souvent dans une perspective réductionniste qui empêche d'accorder suffisamment d'attention à la situation dans son ensemble, c'est-à-dire aux grandes questions qui chevauchent les divers secteurs d'intervention et qui ont des répercussions sur tous les ministères.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

L'indicatif est SPB. Nouvel organigramme de Citoyenneté et Immigration.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Service
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

One of the several areas of importance resulting from a classification of government activities according to current policy priorities.

CONT

An envelope represents the resources available to a particular policy sector

OBS

Although "policy sector" and "policy area" are synonyms, "policy sector" is the term most often used in the Policy and Expenditure Management System.

OBS

policy sector; policy area: terms officially approved by the Management Committee for the BCF (budgetary, accounting and finance) Glossary. Use of these terms is mandatory in Canadian government texts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonction publique
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Secteur d'activité correspondant aux grandes fonctions de l'État et auquel une enveloppe est rattachée.

OBS

secteur de dépenses : terme uniformisé par le Comité de gestion du Lexique BCF (budgétaire, comptable et financier) et d'usage obligatoire dans la fonction publique fédérale.

Spanish

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