A Path Forward: Tables

TABLE 1: Snapshot of Financial Delegations for Ombudsman

1.	Snapshot of Financial Delegations for Ombudsman
	Expenditures – Employment Related
		M/DM	M/DM	M/DM	M	M/DM
	Date of Delegation Instrument	Relocation /Advance	Foreign Service Benefits	Hospitality	Conference Sponsor	Membership Fees
Stable Delegations	Apr 2003	F	[X]	5K	[X]	F
	Feb 2007	F	[X]	5K	[X]	F
	Feb 2008	F	[X]	5K	[X]	F
	May 2011	F	[X]	5K	[X]	F
Threshholds and Authorities Decrease	Feb 2015	R	R	1.5K	F	[0]
	Mar 2015	R	R	1.5K	F	[0]
	Feb 2016	R	R	1.5K	F	[0]

2.	Snapshot of Financial Delegations for Ombudsman
	Expenditures – Contracting
		M	M	M	M	M
	Date of Delegation Instrument	Printing	Specific Goods and Services	Goods General	Goods Local Procurement	General Services (Non-competitive)
Stable Delegations	Apr 2003	10K	[0]	[0]	5K	100K
	Feb 2007	10K	[0]	[0]	5K	100K
	Feb 2008	10K	[0]	[0]	5K	100K
	May 2011	10K	[0]	[0]	5K	100K
Threshholds and Authorities Decrease	Feb 2015	[0]	R	25K	[0]	25K
	Mar 2015	[0]	R	25K	[0]	25K
	Feb 2016	[0]	R	25K	[0]	25K

3.	Snapshot of Financial Delegations for Ombudsman
	Expenditures – Contracting
		M	M	M	M	M
	Date of Delegation Instrument	General Services (Competitive)	Services Competitive – Former Public servants	Temporary Help services	Emergency Conditions	Call-up Standing Offers, Supply arrangements
Stable Delegations	Apr 2003	400K	100K	F	[X]	F
	Feb 2007	400K	100K	F	[X]	F
	Feb 2008	400K	100K	F	[X]	F
	May 2011	400K	100K	F	[X]	F
Threshholds and Authorities Decrease	Feb 2015	75K	25K	[0]	40K	R
	Mar 2015	75K	25K	[0]	40K	R
	Feb 2016	75K	25K	[0]	40K	R

4.	Snapshot of Financial Delegations for Ombudsman
			Other Authorities
		DM	DM	M	M	M
	Date of Delegation Instrument	Ex-gratia payments	Claims Settlement	Administration and Interest Charges	Provision of Services/Reduction of Fees	Write Off Material
Stable Delegations	Apr 2003	F	F	F	F	F
	Feb 2007	F	F	F	F	F
	Feb 2008	F	F	F	F	F
	May 2011	2K	100K	F	[X]	F
Threshholds and Authorities Decrease	Feb 2015	[X]	[X]	[X]	R	2M
	Mar 2015	[X]	[X]	[X]	R	2M
	Feb 2016	[X]	[X]	[X]	R	2M

Notes:

OMB incorporated into DND matrix between May 2011 and Feb 2015.
“F” indicates full authority within budgetary limits, subject to TB and Departmental spending limits and policies.
“R” indicates that authority is restricted in some manner.
“[X]” indicates that there is no delegated authority.
A numeric value indicates the maximum dollar ($) limitation for the particular activity (M = million; K = thousand; C = hundred).
“[0]” indicates that the authority did not exist in that delegation instrument.
Text in bold font indicates a negative change.

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TABLE 2: Snapshot of Ombudsman Human Resources Authorities

	Snapshot of Ombudsman Human Resources Authorities
Date of Delegation Instrument	Public Service Employment Act		Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act	Canadian Human Rights Act
Date of Delegation Instrument	Non-EX Appointments (Staffing)	EX Appointments (Staffing)	Final Level Grievances	Human Rights Complaints
December 2001	-	-	✔	✔
December 2008	✔	-	-	-
July 2010	-	✘	✔	✔
July 2012	✔	✘	-	✘
September 2014	✔	-	-	-
May 2015	✔	✘	✘	✘
July 2016	-	✔	-	-
August 2016	✔	✘	R	R

Notes:

“✔” indicates that the authority was given to the Ombudsman.
“✘” indicates that the authority was not given or revoked from the Ombudsman.
“R” indicates that authority is restricted in some manner.
“-” indicates that the delegation instrument neither expressly gave nor revoked an authority from the Ombudsman.

TABLE 3: Snapshot of Ombudsman Contracting Authorities

Snapshot of Ombudsman Contracting Authorities
1.	Date of Delegation Instrument	Expenditures – Contracting
1.	Date of Delegation Instrument	M	M	M	M	M	M
		Printing	Specific Goods and Services	Goods General	Goods Local Procurement	General Services (Non-competitive)	General Services (Competitive)
Stable Delegations	Apr 2003	10K	/	/	5K	100K	400K
	Feb 2007	10K	/	/	5K	100K	400K
	Feb 2008	10K	/	/	5K	100K	400K
	May 2011	10K	/	/	5K	100K	400K
Thresholds decrease	Feb 2015	/	R	25K	/	25K	75K
	Mar 2015	/	R	25K	/	25K	75K
	Feb 2016	/	R	25K	/	25K	75K

Snapshot of Ombudsman Contracting Authorities
2.	Date of Delegation Instrument	Expenditures – Contracting
2.	Date of Delegation Instrument	M	M	M	M	M
		Services Competitive – Former Public servants	Services (Non Comp) Former Public servants	Temporary Help services	Emergency Conditions	Call-up Standing Offers, Supply arrangements
Stable Delegations	Apr 2003	100K	25K	F		F
	Feb 2007	100K	25K	F		F
	Feb 2008	100K	25K	F		F
	May 2011	100K	25K	F		F
Thresholds decrease	Feb 2015	25K	25K	/	40K	R
	Mar 2015	25K	25K	/	40K	R
	Feb 2016	25K	25K	/	40K	R

Notes:

OMB incorporated into DND matrix between May 2011 and Feb 2015.
“F” indicates full authority within budgetary limits, subject to TB and Departmental spending limits and policies.
“R” indicates that authority is restricted in some manner.
A blank value indicates no delegated authority.
A numeric value indicates the maximum dollar ($) limitation for the particular activity
(M = million; K = thousand; C = hundred).
A diagonal line across the box indicates that the authority did not exist in that delegation instrument.
Text in bold font indicates a negative change.

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