Pilot Project: Shared Services Canada

Shared Services Canada: A pilot project, launched April 9, enabled the online filing of access-to-information and privacy requests, and the electronic payment of fees, according to CTV. The pilot currently includes just three departments -- Treasury Board, Shared Services Canada, and Citizenship and Immigration -- but the service will eventually be expanded to cover all of government over the next few years and OTTAWA, Ont. -- The federal government plans to expand its web portal for online information requests, with 16 new departments added over the next six months. It offers citizens a digital alternative to a paper-based system dating from the early 1980s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.