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Institution-Specific Classes of Records

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Finance Branch

Cost Management Model (CMM)
Description: Computerized information system of a process cost nature for CIC and participating partner departments such as Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Courts Administration Service, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, etc.
Document Types: Realignment of historical departmental expenditures against business processes by office within the department including salary, non-salary, grants and contributions and employee benefit plan costs and immigrant, temporary residents, refugees, enforcement, citizenship and integration volumetric. Also provides realignment of historical departmental expenditures and selected OGD expenditures against departmental outputs by program activity.
Record Number: CIC APB 008

Integrated Financial and Materiel System (IFMS)
Description: Computerized information system of a financial, personnel, administrative and operational performance measurement nature.
Document Types: Financial position of commitments, budgets, expenditures, revenues, advances, accounts receivable, overall salary costs and non-salary items within CIC, and employee information that allows production of certain personnel reports for management and central agencies.
Record Number: CIC APB 002

Management Data
Description: Computerized information systems of a financial, personnel, and operational performance measurement nature.
Document Types: Correspondence; status reports; minutes of meetings. Information held in Electronic Data Processing (EDP) systems is organized under the following title: Immigration Program Accounts Receivable which provides for the accounting, control, and billing of loans granted to immigrants.
Record Number: CIC APB 001

Departmental Secretariat

Briefings
Description: Briefing notes/books; memoranda to the Minister and Deputy Minister; guidelines for drafting briefing notes and memoranda to the Minister and Deputy Minister.
Document Types:Requests for briefings and replies.
Record Number: CIC ACB 011

Citizenship Judge Selection Process
Description: Information on candidates for the position of Citizenship judge; policies and procedures regarding the citizenship judge selection process, selection criteria, candidate profiles, letters of recommendation, Orders-in-Council appointments and reappointments, etc.
Document Types: Candidate application forms, news releases, web site information.
Record Number: CIC ASB 021

Corporate Committees
Description: Agendas, briefing material and records of decisions for departmental committees.
Document Types: Departmental management committee information such as agendas, briefing material and records of decisions.
Record Number: CIC ACB 017

Parliamentary Relations
Description: Parliamentary returns, written questions, petitions, motions, Senate questions, late-shows and opposition day documents, requests for documents and written responses for parliamentary committees.
Document Types: Parliamentary correspondence and replies, House motions, petitions, document requests and replies and monitoring of parliamentary committee activity, information on upcoming events involving the CIC Minister, Deputy Minister and officials.
Record Number: CIC ACB 021

Question Period Unit
Description: Question period notes and transcripts; guidelines for drafting Question period notes.
Document Types: Anticipated questions in the House of Commons and recommended responses, transcripts of Question period proceedings.
Record Number: CIC ACB 020

Office of Conflict Resolution

General
Description:
Information on policies, guidelines, and administrative records as they relate to the administration of the Office of Conflict Resolution.
Document Types: Policies and guidelines relating to the implementation of the Informal Conflict Management System at CIC. Strategies with respect to communication, training and service delivery, as well as general research information on conflict resolution best practices and procedures. Memoranda, contracts, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria relating to the administration of the program.
Record Number: CIC OCR 001

Office of the Assistant Deputy Attorney General

Gaspard
Description:
Gaspard is a knowledge management system which is a source of material for public law issues, including a large immigration collection. The main purpose of Gaspard is to assist litigators and legal advisers to quickly and efficiently get relevant information when preparing documents or looking for legal answers.
Document Types: Judicial decisions and precedents for the provincial courts and some tribunals, the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada, factums, opinions, and reference documents.
Record Number: CIC DAG 001

Client Service Modernization Sector

Information Management and Technologies Branch

Card Control System (CCS)
Description:
The CCS brings together data and images from the Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Case Processing Centre System (CPC) and a scanning database held in Sydney, Nova Scotia. When all the data are complete and present, CCS sends these to the Permanent Resident Card Production Facility in Canadian Bank Note (CBN) in order to produce the Permanent Resident (PR) Card. CBN then returns card data, the disposition of the card and various statistics used in the management of the program. There are interfaces to the FOSS, the CPC system, the Sydney Scanning System, the Client Status Query (CSQ) and CBN.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 017

Case Processing Centre System (CPC)
Description:
The CPC system supports the processing of all in-Canada applications for the following: in-Canada sponsorship of family class; extension of temporary resident visas; applications for permanent resident visas; applications based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds and applications for permanent resident cards.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 012

Case Processing System (CPS)
Description:
The Case Processing System (CPS) is both a tracking system and a processing system accessible only to employees of the Danger to the Public – Rehabilitation Unit, Case Review Division, Case Management Branch. All rehabilitation cases and temporary resident permit requests for criminally inadmissible immigrant applicants, direction for hearings on long-term permanent residents convicted of serious crimes, pre-removal risk assessments (PRRA) as well as all danger to the public cases are in this system. Reports are prepared for the Minister's delegate in each case using CPS. All information may be found on the Immigration case paper file.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 018

Citizenship Registry System (CRS)
Description: CRS supports the processing of all applications for a grant of citizenship and a proof of citizenship from within and outside Canada. CRS is a read-only system containing historical data pertaining to the above and will be decommissioned after GCMS Release 2 has been stabilized.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 013

Client Status Query (CSQ)
Description: CSQ allows query access to the Field Operations Support System (FOSS) database via the web. The application provides its users with a Windows-based view of FOSS. Because it's not restricted to a character-based screen size, the information in CSQ, while the same as that in FOSS, can be presented in a much more user-friendly manner. The information is easier to read as the screens are not restricted in size and therefore full descriptions can be shown to the users, rather than codes that the user must learn. All client information and document information that is stored on FOSS is viewable by the CSQ user. As well as containing FOSS data, CSQ also contains high level National Case Management System (NCMS) information allowing immigration officers access to enforcement tracking information. As well, CSQ is the only national system where the client's signature and photo for his permanent residence card can be viewed.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 015

Computer-Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS)
Description: CAIPS is the department's automated system for immigration application processing outside Canada. Information is entered in the system from application forms and supporting documentation submitted by applicants for immigrant and visitor visas, returning resident permits and student and employment authorizations. This information is transferred electronically to the Field Operations Support System (FOSS) to facilitate inland processing. In addition, CAIPS users have real-time access to FOSS via the CAIPS-FOSS Integration module.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 011

Field Operations Support System (FOSS)
Description:
The FOSS database is a central repository of information on all persons who have been, may be or are wanted to be seen by Immigration staff. FOSS is the main operational support system for immigration operations in Canada. The system is comprised of numerous components including query functions, status entry, document creation, refugee monitoring, case processing support, medical profiles, registry functions, client name and address, statistical functions, airport primary inspection line functions, access and security, appeals and litigation, quality assurance and records maintenance. FOSS also provides query capabilities for lost, stolen and fraudulent documents. All Immigration staff that work with the public and the staff that support these officers use FOSS. It is also used at all international airports by customs inspectors and by a number of specialized groups, such as: Case Management, Query Response Centre, Social Insurance Registry, Immigration Health, Immigration Statistics, External Affairs Protocol, Canadian consulates in various locations in the United States. There are 21.2 million client records and over 37.7 million document reference records.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 010

Global Case Management System (GCMS)
Description:
GCMS Deployment One (D1) went into production on September 7, 2004. This deployment replaces the Citizenship Registry System (CRS) by supporting the processing of all applications for a grant of citizenship and a proof of citizenship from within and outside Canada. The GCMS database contains all active case data for the Citizenship line of business. As subsequent deployments of GCMS are implemented into production, the data for other legacy systems will be added to the GCMS database. The Citizenship Registry System will be decommissioned after GCMS Release 2 has been stabilized.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 014

Litigation Information Management System (LIMS)
Description:
The Litigation Information Management System (LIMS) contains information concerning citizenship and immigration related to litigation, and is accessible only to employees of Litigation Management Division, Case Management Branch. The information relates to finalized and/or pending litigation cases. LIMS contains personal information concerning the applicant/respondent such as the name, country of citizenship, FOSS ID number, as well as a general description of the nature and status of the litigation. As Litigation Management's principal responsibility is to provide instruction on behalf of CIC to the Department of Justice with regard to the conduct of litigation, summaries of consultation with legal counsels and other CIC officials, strategies for defending decisions and subsequent instructions to Justice are entered into LIMS.
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 019

National Case Management System (NCMS)
Description:
NCMS has replaced several regional case tracking applications. NCMS provides functionality that supports critical immigration enforcement case tracking requirements from the regions and NHQ. It provides a facility aimed at satisfying management information needs. Key enforcement data is stored centrally to provide an integrated client case history for all domestic users. Its functions include case tracking, bring forward, scheduling, workload management, file registry, and reporting modules for all of CIC's major enforcement business lines (except port of entry examinations).
Note: These records are shared with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Document Types: Case processing information, reports.
Record Number: CIC APB 016

Technical Support
Description: Information on the architecture, development and design of hardware, software, database, centre, administration of data, Electronic Data Processing (EDP) Policy, training, EDP standards, and contracts.
Document Types: Correspondence; tenders and contracts; security of EDP installations; computer activity reports; systems and programming standards; software master control programs and utilities for all systems, EDP policy, database studies, schedules and information, EDP standards and contracting documentation.
Record Number: CIC APB 006

Service Improvement Office

General
Description:
Information concerning service delivery and improvement.
Document Types: Initiatives related to service improvement, inventory reduction, establishing service standards and quality assurance mechanisms, developing feedback mechanisms and client satisfaction measurement tools, Government on-Line; Centralization and Digital Imaging.
Record Number: CIC ASB 018

Centralized Processing Pilot Project
Description:
Information on matters relating to the Centralized Processing Pilot Project.
Document Types: Pilot design and evaluation, pilot procedures, reports and statistics relating to the new Global Case Management System (GCMS).
Record Number: CIC ASB 019

Corporate Services Sector

Administration and Security Branch

Contracting Computerized
Description: Information on procurement, administration and operational performance measurement.
Document Types: Include the contract value, vendor information and purchasing trends, which allows the production of ad hoc reports and spending estimates.
Record Number: CIC APB 007

Security
Description: Information on policies, correspondence and protective procedures relating to implementation and administration of the Government Security Policy in the department (except IT security and investigations).
Document Types: Policies and procedures on personnel, physical, communications and administrative security, minutes of meetings; briefs, reports, plans.
Record Number: CIC APB 003

Corporate Affairs Branch

Corporate Planning and Reporting
Description: Information on the planning and accountability with respect to the immigration and citizenship programs.
Document Types: Records on departmental planning and accountability such as the Program Activity Architecture (PAA), the Management of Results and Resources Structure (MRRS), the Departmental Performance Report (DPR), the Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP), the Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration and Business Planning.
Record Number: CIC ACB 009

Human Rights
Description:
Information on policies, guidelines, complaints and other human rights matters.
Document Types: Policies and procedures relating to implementation of legislation; reports on the human rights field; background information relating to complaint activities.
Record Number: CIC ACB 014

Ministerial Enquiries Division
Description:
Guidelines on the handling of ministerial correspondence; statistical reports related to the tracking and control of ministerial correspondence and telephone enquiries.
Document Types: Processing and routing of Minister's and Deputy Minister's correspondence; formatting and presentation of correspondence; volume of correspondence, production and average turn-around times.
Record Number: CIC ACB 012

Management Accountability Office

Modern Management – General
Description:
Assessment of capacity to implement modern management practices.
Note: Formerly Modern Management Office (Special Project).
Document Types: CIC's modern management practices assessment, action plan, framework.
Record Number: CIC APB 009

Workforce Renewal Office
Description: Research concerning workforce renewal issues within CIC and the federal government.
Note: The Workforce Renewal Office ceased operation March 31, 2008.
Document Types: Assessments, reports, Committee meeting records, presentations, business plans, other types of documents that would relate to this activity.
Record Number: CIC APB 020

Operations Sector

Case Management Branch

Immigration Case File
Description: This file may contain some or all of the following types of information: applications for permanent resident and refugee status, assessments by immigration officers, details concerning health, past criminality, financial status, education and professional experience, removal documentation and temporary resident permit, including computer-based information (Field Operations Support System (FOSS), Computer-Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS), Case Processing System (CPS), e-mail). The file may contain information on an immigrant's earlier status in Canada (e.g. employment authorization information, etc.). It may include all or part of the same information regarding any other person named in the application. It may include information on the sponsor and information from the Foreign Students Records and Case File–CIC PPU 051. It may also include the name and address of bond depositor, sum deposited, terms and conditions imposed, name of person signing bond, name of persons bonded, terms and conditions which they must meet, and acknowledgement of terms and conditions. It may also include decisions for pre-removal risk assessments, danger opinions and rehabilitation assessments.
Document Types: Client Immigration case paper file.
Access: Persons seeking access to this information bank must supply their date of birth, approximate date of entry into Canada and port of entry.
Record Number: CIC AOB 005

Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO)

FCRO Public Inquiries Reporting System
Description: The FCRO Public Inquiries Reporting system is an MS-Access database that captures information related to clients' questions and replies. The database contains details such as the correspondent's name, e-mail address, country of residence, language used, category of inquiry, type of job in which the person wants to work and a summary of the inquiry.
Document Types: Summary of e-mails received from the clients.
Record Number: CIC AOB 007

Health Management Branch

Immigration Health Assessments
Description: Medical assessments of prospective permanent residents (including refugees) and certain temporary residents to Canada who require an immigration health examination. Advice and policy on matters pertaining to immigration health for departmental use. Guidelines for the immigration medical examination for use by the department and Designated Medical Practitioners.
Document Types: Medical examination and assessment of those permanent and temporary residents who have submitted to an immigration medical examination; and related immigration health policy and guidelines.
Record Number: CIC AOB 003

International Region

International Service
Description: Information on matters relating to the delivery of CIC's immigration programs abroad.
Document Types: Case files created in response to applications or enquiries made under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act which have some component handled by CIC operations outside of Canada; cost recovery related to visa operations abroad; administration of CIC offices abroad including, for instance, budgets, positions, supplies of equipment and forms; program integrity at offices outside of Canada; planning and implementation concerning policy, operations and support at CIC offices abroad; reporting and liaison related to CIC interests including international migration, multilateral organizations and bilateral relations; logistical support of some international travel from CIC headquarters; human resource management related to International Region.
Record Number: CIC AOB 001

Operational Management and Coordination Branch

Immigration Statistics
Description: Annual, quarterly and monthly reports on the number of persons who become permanent residents, by class, or who are in the process of becoming permanent residents.
Note: These records may be shared with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Document Types: By immigrant class, statistics on applications received, persons in process, visas issued, number of persons landed as permanent residents, source countries and province of destination.
Record Number: CIC ASB 016

Non-Immigration Statistics
Description: Annual reporting on temporary resident permits (Minister's permits); statistics on the number of student and employment authorizations.
Note: These records may be shared with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Document Types: Number of temporary resident permits (Minister's permits) issued annually; number of study permits, and student related work permits issued; number of employment authorizations issued to temporary foreign workers.
Record Number: CIC ASB 017

Strategic and Program Policy Sector

Citizenship Branch
Description:
Information concerning the administration of past and present Citizenship legislation and policy, development of new Citizenship legislation and policies.
Document Types: Legislative and regulatory policy relating to citizenship legislation; citizenship by naturalization; acquisition of Canadian citizenship; certificates of citizenship; residence requirements; prohibitions; violation and penalty for offence against acts or regulations; hearings; oaths or affirmations; loss of citizenship; resumption of citizenship; statelessness; dual nationality; Citizenship Act; Citizenship Regulations; authority of Governor in Council; and previous citizenship legislation.
Record Number: CIC ASB 004

Immigration Branch

Business Immigration
Description: General correspondence, regulations, guidelines, policies and procedures relating to the administration of the immigrant investor, entrepreneur and self-employed programs. Project files for proposals submitted under the immigrant investor program, including copies of private placement offerings, monitoring records and reports, correspondence, marketing materials, etc.
Document Types: Policies and procedures relating to the admission of persons under the Entrepreneur/Investor/Self-Employed categories. Monitoring and statistical information regarding volume of persons admitted, funds invested, general use of funds, destinations of business immigrants, etc.
Record Number: CIC ASB 010

Family Class Immigration, International Adoption, Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations, and Temporary Resident Permits
Description: Information concerning regulatory requirements related to the sponsorship of members of the family class and the spouse or common-law partner in-Canada class, the adoption of children, temporary resident permit policy, the administration of the permit holders class, the granting of permanent residence in Canada based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, and applicant representation (i.e. lawyers, consultants, non-governmental organizations, family members, etc.).
Document Types: Policies and procedures, including manuals for the information and direction of officers and staff abroad and in Canada related to the assessment of applications for sponsorship of relatives and applications in Canada for permanent residence.
Record Number: CIC ASB 013

Immigrant, International Student, Visitor and Temporary Worker Programs
Description: Information concerning regulatory requirements, policies and procedures related to the temporary admission to Canada and the acquisition of permanent residence in Canada as skilled workers or provincial nominees.
Note: These records are shared with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Document Types: Policies and procedures, including manuals and operations memoranda for the information and direction of immigration officers and staff related to the determination of applications for temporary entry of visitors, international students and live-in caregivers and other workers to Canada; applications for permanent residence; skilled workers and provincial nominees.
Record Number: CIC ASB 012

Integration Branch

Business Services
Description: Computerized information systems for financial, personnel, administrative and operation performance, planning and accountability process, and branch-wide cross-cutting topics related to policy development such as barriers to integration, youth initiatives and youth at risk.
Document Types: Correspondence, status reports, minutes of meetings, budgets, commitments and expenditures, travel advances and claims, performance information, branch's input to the corporate planning and accountability processes, and documentation and reports on branch related policy topics.
Record Number: CIC ASB 007

Client-centered Programs
Description:
Policy, planning and correspondence on programs designed to help immigrants become fully participating, contributing Canadians.
Document Types: Development of policy and programs based on a client-centered approach in areas of labour market integration, language training, francophone immigration and foreign credential recognition. Development of policy and guidelines for all provinces and territories where CIC is still responsible for the direct delivery of settlement programs. Cooperation with provinces and territories for the implementation of settlement services comprised in new or existing provincial/territorial agreements. Cooperation with stakeholders, other government departments and service provider organizations (SPOs) on client-centered approaches and programming.
Record Number: CIC ASB 020

Foundational Programs
Description: Policy, operations and correspondence on programs designed to help immigrants become fully participating, contributing Canadians.
Document Types: Policy development and guidelines in all provinces and territories where CIC is still responsible for the direct delivery of the settlement programs, and new or existing settlement realignment agreements. General settlement counselling and orientation assistance; language training; cooperation with and funding for service provider organizations (SPOs); reception, and counselling services in Canada and orientation sessions abroad.
Record Number: CIC ASB 006

Program Policy and Business Management Division
Description: Policy, operations and correspondence related to settlement funding and to the development of new directions for integration programs.
Document Types: Policy documents such as memorandum to cabinet, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions related to policy development in the area of integration policy and programming.
Record Number: CIC ASB 022

International and Intergovernmental Relations Branch

Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Relations
Description:
Policy documents, briefing notes, correspondence, intergovernmental agreements.
Document Types: Material related to federal-provincial relations regarding immigration policies and procedures, such as reciprocal agreements, memoranda of agreement, exchange of information, consultation papers or amendments to policies and procedures; internal briefing material and correspondence. Material relating to stakeholder relations, such as briefing material, policy documents and correspondence.
Record Number: CIC ACB 008

International Migration/International Policy Coordination
Description:
Policy documents, briefing notes, correspondence, presentations, and information on departmental and government-wide participation in bilateral and multilateral international engagement relating to international migration, involving foreign governments, international organizations and fora. Contribution agreements and supporting documents relating to Canada's membership in and support for international migration organizations.
Document Types: International co-operation and liaison, general information and reports related to international organizations and conferences.
Record Number: CIC ACB 015

Metropolis Secretariat

General
Description: Information on the activities of the Metropolis Project Secretariat.
Document Types: Correspondence, memoranda, mailing lists, publications, newsletters, bulletins, contracts, reports.
Record Number: CIC ACB 016

Refugees Branch

Immigration Loans Program
Description: Immigration loans are designed to help foreign nationals to resettle to Canada as well as adjust to Canadian life and to gain access to the labour market.
Document Types: Immigration loans are provided to those persons accepted as permanent residents; general settlement assistance; transportation; assistance loan, clothing, medical examinations, right of permanent residence fee, emergency assistance.
Record Number: CIC ASB 011

Refugee Determination
Description: Records related to the process of making a claim for refugee status in Canada or submitting an application for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. Records may include information related to the control of persons claiming refugee status in Canada, the terms and conditions of their stay, including welfare, legal aid and employment.
Document Types: Policies, procedures, terms and conditions, other types of documents that would relate to this activity.
Record Number: CIC ASB 008

Refugees and Displaced Persons[C10]
Description: Records related to the admission of refugees and internally displaced persons. Records may include information related to emergency situations, guarantees for sponsorship, and background on information exchange programs between CIC and Canadian, provincial or international governments and agencies.
Document Types: Policies, procedures, criteria for admission, other types of documents that would relate to this activity.
Record Number: CIC ASB 009

Research and Evaluation Branch

Strategic Research and Statistics
Description: Strategic Research and Statistics conducts research and provides information and advice to support policy and program development in the areas of immigration and citizenship. Information for research and statistics may be obtained through Citizenship and Immigration's administrative systems (Field Operations Support System (FOSS), Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS), Global Case Management System (GCMS)).
Document Types: Research reports, surveys, studies, working papers, statistical tables, data and other information related to international migration, immigration control and security concerns, the impacts of immigration on Canadian society and culture, integration of immigrants in Canada, the impacts of immigration on the Canadian economy, labour force, labour market and population, as well as on the adjustment and integration of immigrants in Canada. Correspondence, specifications, contracts and other files related to the administration and the production of research.
Record Number: CIC ACB 010

Risk Mitigation Branch

Biometrics Field Trial
Description: The Biometrics Field Trial consists of research on biometrics technology, policy and programs in Canada and around the world. The project participates in a number of domestic and international fora to develop understanding of trends, standards and new technologies.
Note: All personal information collected for the purpose of this trial was destroyed three months after the closing of the field trial (July 2007).These records may be shared with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Document Types: Letters, briefing notes, ministerial correspondence, policies, directives, manuals, forms, operational memoranda, Privacy Impact Assessment, policy concerning testing biometrics within CIC and CBSA operations, analysis and testing of Biometrics samples, Field Trial Close Out Report.
Record Number: CIC ASB 024

General
Description: General information relating to and in support of the Risk Mitigation Branch activities (i.e. identity and document policy, inadmissibility policy, program integrity, visa policy, and branch participation in a number of domestic and international fora to develop coordinated strategies and foster cooperation).
Document Types: Letters, briefing notes, ministerial correspondence, policies, directives, manuals, forms, operational memoranda on the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Regulations, proposed amendments thereto, historical amendments and regulatory impact analysis statements (RIAS), and other related statutory instruments; legislative and regulatory policy relating to inadmissibility; International partnerships including reciprocal arrangements with the United States; the Canada/US Accord on our shared border; G8 Lyon-Roma Migration Experts subgroup; identity policy; document policy; Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative/Enhanced Drivers License; Visa policy; document issues related to persons seeking entry to Canada; policies, directives and reports on quality assurance and anti-fraud activities; negotiation of international and domestic information sharing agreements.
Record Number: CIC ASB 023

Strategic Policy Branch

Cabinet Documents
Description:
Cabinet documents; briefing notes and Cabinet business lists and agendas.
Document Types: nalysis of Cabinet documents and advice to the Minister, information on CIC's Cabinet activities, weekly timetables of meetings of Cabinet Committees, Cabinet Committee agendas.
Record Number: CIC ACB 018

General
Description:
Policy documents, briefing notes and correspondence.
Document Types: Suggestions and proposals for amending policies and internal briefing material.
Record Number: CIC ACB 019