Office of the Intelligence Commissioner’s 2024–25 Departmental plan at a glance

A departmental plan describes a department’s priorities, plans and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.

• Vision, mission, raison d’etre and operating context

Key priorities

• Timely, comprehensive quasi-judicial reviews
• Transparency
• Effective management of internal services

Refocusing Government Spending

In Budget 2023, the government committed to reducing spending by $14.1 billion over the next five years, starting in 2023–24, and by $4.1 billion annually after that.

While not officially part of this spending reduction exercise, the ICO will respect the spirit of this exercise by doing the following:

• Review of professional services contracts
• Review of discretionary travel
• Review of internal services

The figures in this departmental plan reflect these reductions.

Highlights

A Departmental Results Framework consists of an organization’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.

Quasi-judicial review of certain ministerial conclusions

Departmental results:

• Enhancing transparency and accountability of the national security framework

Planned spending: $1,937,145

Planned human resources: 6.5

• Continue to refine existing processes and procedures to better align resources to conduct quasi-judicial reviews in accordance with the deadlines set out in the legislation;
• Review organizational structure with a focus on maintaining a highly skilled workforce and increasing diversity; and
• Continue to utilize the departmental results framework and performance measurement regime in accordance with the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Policy on Results.

More information about the quasi-judicial review of certain ministerial conclusions can be found in the full departmental plan.