Guidance and policies relating to IT, communications, training and security.
If there’s an area of CDS business you feel may warrant additional guidance, or you have feedback about the approach, please feel free to raise it with your manager, directly in the Operations and Outreach slack channel or in this retro board we’ve set up to gather feedback.
Unions and Collective Agreements:
- Union representatives at TBS 🔒 ↗️ (tablet) : find the names and email addresses of the union reps at TBS
- Collective agreements for the public service ↗️ : learn more about benefits, pay scales, specific types of leave and more, as it pertains to your job classification
- The following unions represent employees at CDS: PSAC (for AS and IS), CAPE (for EC), PIPSC (for IT) ↗️
GC Coworking Spaces:
- Accessing GC Coworking Spaces and 219 Laurier 🔒 ↗️
Learn how to book a workspace at a GC coworking location, or the CDS offices at 219 Laurier in Ottawa.
Internal Site Reliability Engineering/Tech Ops:
- Working from outside of Canada with TBS, CDS or personal devices 🔒 ↗️
Information for CDS employees regarding their location of work and associated use of TBS, CDS, and personal devices. - Internal monitoring and data collection from CDS devices and services 🔒 ↗️
An outline of our internal monitoring and data collection practices. - Live transcription services 🔒 ↗️
Advice on how to responsibly use live transcription services for audio and video calls.
Outreach:
- How we like to communicate at CDS
How to better use Slack, Google Calendar, Google Meet and other tools to improve internal communications in a distributed work environment - Intranet Content Guidelines 🔒 ↗️
Find out how you or your team can contribute content. - Social media and personal blogging guidance for public servants 🔒 ↗️
How Outreach can help ensure that you are working in the open, while complying with best practices as a public servant for both CDS and personal posts. - Social media/blogging during an election period 🔒 ↗️
What to be aware of when posting during an election period.
Professional Development and Training:
- Professional development at CDS 🔒 ↗️
An overview of CDS’s professional development and training policy, including information on your training budget, and helpful links and forms. - Language training policy and process 🔒 ↗️
Learn more about initiatives for studying English or French through CDS and TBS. - How to Book Travel & Get Reimbursed 🔒 ↗️
Find out how to submit a travel request and travel expense claim for reimbursement. - Travel, Training, and Speaking Engagements Approval Process 🔒 ↗️
Background info on who needs to approve travel, training and speaker requests and steps taken.