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 Huffington Post. 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 - 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.