About the PSC

The Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) is an independent agency responsible for safeguarding the values of a professional Public Service: competence, non-partisanship and representativeness.

Mandate

• Mission, Vision and Values Statement
• Responsibilities
• Strategic Outcome, Priorities and Program Activities
• Values of the Public Service Employment Act
• Legislation
• By-Laws and Operating Principles
• PSC Information Kit
• Your partner in modernizing and renewing

Organization

• Commission Governance Structures and Processes
• Organization Chart
• Branch Overview
• Our Offices
• Biographies
  • Chairmen and Presidents of the Public Service of Canada since 1917
  • Public Service of Canada Commissioners since 1908
• Doing business with the PSC
• PSC Style Guide
• PSC Glossary
• Publications

Special Reports

• Report on Public Service Commission Oversight (February 2009)
  Following the Horizontal Strategic Review of Human Resources, the PSC initiated an independent review of its oversight activities. The mandate of the Independent Review Committee (IRC) was to determine the appropriateness of the approach and level of effort of the PSC’s oversight function and to identify areas of improvement. about-apropos-eng.htm
  

Management Accountability

• PSC Annual Reports
  Presents an assessment of the staffing system, based on the information we receive from departments and agencies through their accountability reports, and on knowledge we acquire through audits, investigations, special studies and surveys.
• PSC Departmental Performance Reports (DPR)
  The DPR outlines the PSC's strategic goals and describe our performance, as an organization, towards the achievement of our identified priorities.
• PSC Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP)
  The organization of this year's RPP has been redesigned to reflect the PSC's new organizational structure, which mirrors our program activities: Appointment Integrity and Political Neutrality; and Recruitment and Assessment Services.
• Internal Audit at the Public Service Commission
  The PSC regularly performs audits of its own programs and activities to help ensure effective and efficient use of its resources.