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Program directory · Shared Services Canada

Conferencing Services

Program code
BWE06 (SHARE)
Core responsibility
Telecommunications
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-22Conferencing Services 2018-19: $24.5MConferencing Services 2019-20: $26.9MConferencing Services 2020-21: $25.5MConferencing Services 2021-22: $20.6MConferencing Services
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Conferencing ServicesThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$51.4M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Planned employees (FTEs) 29, against 68 in 2019-20 (−57%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

% of time the Conferencing service is available
Expected result: Available Conferencing services; Increased usage of Conferencing services
99.9%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 99.8%201999.9%Met
2019-20≥ 99.8%2020100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $20.7M2018-19: $24.5M2018-192019-20: $27M2019-20: $26.9M2019-202020-21: $25.5M2020-212021-22: $20.6M2021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$20.7M$24.5M
2019-20$27M$26.9M
2020-21$25.5M*—
2021-22$20.6M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1352018-19: 672018-192019-20: 652019-20: 682019-202020-21: 292020-212021-22: 292021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-1913567
2019-206568
2020-2129*—
2021-2229*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$20,712,552$20,517,723$20,541,365
2019-20 plan$27,028,654$25,502,011$20,591,168
Actual$24,483,308$26,948,907

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.