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National Defence FW-2015-00002
2017-05-03

On 27 February 2015, the departmental Internal Disclosure Office (IDO) received a disclosure of wrongdoing pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) pertaining to alleged wrongdoings of a DND employee. Specifically, the following allegation was made: • A serious breach of the...

Corrective Measures: The investigation report contained the following recommendations: • The DND employee be counselled on the obligations under the DND/CAF Code of Value...
National Defence FW-2011-00001
2016-10-19

(1) Gross Mismanagement, Misuse of Government Funds and Knowingly Directing or Counselling a Person to Commit a Wrongdoing On 8 March 2011, the DND IDO received a disclosure pertaining to the alleged wrongdoing by several DND employees, specifically: •Gross Mismanagement and Misuse of Government...

Corrective Measures: The investigation report contained the following recommendations: •when requesting travel authorization, the individual should provide an agenda or d...
National Defence FW-2010-00001
2016-10-19

(1) Contravention of an Act of Parliament and Misuse of Public Funds On 20 November 2009, the DND Internal Disclosure Office (IDO) received a disclosure pertaining to the alleged contravention of contracting regulations and misuse of public funds. Specifically: •Contravention of Contracting Reg...

Corrective Measures: The subsequent investigation, conducted by the Directorate of Special Examinations and Inquiries, concluded that the allegations were founded; the inv...
National Defence FW-2012-00001
2016-10-19

(1) Contravention of an Act of Parliament or any regulation made under any such Act, misuse of public funds, gross mismanagement, and knowingly directing or counselling a person to commit a wrongdoing. On 13 February 2012, the DND IDO received a disclosure pertaining to alleged wrongdoings by a ...

Corrective Measures: The investigation report contained the following recommendations: •All personnel within the organization involved in contracting and procurement acti...
National Defence FW-2013-00001
2016-10-19

(1) Gross Mismanagement, and a serious breach of the DND and CF Code of Values and Ethics. On 30 Oct 12, the departmental Internal Disclosure Office (IDO) received a disclosure of wrongdoing pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA). The discloser alleges that a Departmen...

Corrective Measures: The investigation report contained the following recommendations: •That the DND regulation regarding educational leave is deficient and requires re-w...
National Defence FW-2015-00001
2016-10-19

(1) Misuse of Public Property, and a serious breach of the DND and CF Code of Values and Ethics. On 8 October 2014, the departmental Internal Disclosure Office (IDO) received a disclosure of wrongdoing pursuant to the Canadian Armed Forces Disclosure Process. The disclosure alleges that a Canadia...

Corrective Measures: The investigation report contained the following recommendations: •Recovery action be initiated against the CAF member and that the member be require...
National Defence FW-2014-00001
2016-10-19

1) Contravention of an Act of Parliament or any regulation made under any such Act, and a serious breach of the DND and CF Code of Values and Ethics. On 6 May 2013, the departmental Internal Disclosure Office (IDO) received a disclosure of wrongdoing pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Pro...

Corrective Measures: The investigation report contained the following recommendations: •As the serious breach of the DND and CF Code of Values and Ethics was conducted by...

The investigation under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) was to ascertain whether wrongdoing has occurred with respect to contracts for specific services, and to determine the circumstances surrounding the alleged wrongdoings. Allegations were related to activities performed by...

Corrective Measures: The Senior Officer for Disclosure presented recommendations, including undertaking a review of controls in areas where gaps had been found and that fu...

Apparent and/or Real Conflict of Interest in Staffing and Human Resources Management Activities. A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) alleging a wrongdoing pursuant to Subsection 8 (e) of the PSDPA, in that an employee was involved in the...

Corrective Measures: Corrective action has been taken.

Apparent and/or Real Conflict of Interest in Contracting Activities. A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) alleging a wrongdoing pursuant to Subsection 8(e) of the PSDPA, in that an employee was involved in the supervision of a Temporary H...

Corrective Measures: Corrective action has been taken.

Failure to Declare a Potential Conflict of Interest. A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, alleging a wrongdoing pursuant to Subsection 8(e) of the Act, in that an employee did not submit a confidential report regarding ownership of a company and...

Corrective Measures: Corrective action has been taken.
Global Affairs Canada FW-2013-Q2-0001
2013-08-09

A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (Act), alleging that an employee of Global Affairs Canada (Department), had committed wrongdoing under the Act. An investigation was conducted by the Department which found that the employee was absent without th...

Corrective Measures: A Departmental investigation found that the case disclosed in 2013-14 should, in fact, be divided into four separate disclosures which were carried fo...

Apparent and/or Real Conflict of Interest in Staffing Activities. It was alleged a Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) employee was involved in the hiring of a personal friend's child as a casual employee at PWGSC. The investigation determined that proper administrative procedures...

Corrective Measures: Corrective action has been taken.

Apparent and/or Real Conflict of Interest in Contracting Activities. The employee faced allegations of irregularities regarding the use of the government procurement process to select temporary help service agency workers. After a thorough investigation, it was concluded that the employee had ...

Corrective Measures: Measures have been taken to ensure additional transparency and provide strengthened oversight in the awarding call ups to temporary help services agen...

Apparent and/or Real Conflict of Interest in Contracting Activities The offspring of a PWGSC manager was listed as one of the resources a firm could use to perform work for the manager's unit pursuant to a Standing Offer. It was determined that the manager had not declared an apparent or potentia...

Corrective Measures: Corrective action has been taken.
Global Affairs Canada FW-2009-Q4-0001
2009-03-19

A public servant of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has been found to have acted in a way to serve their private interests rather than to serve public interests, to have abused their power; to have made several embarrassing comments and to have deliberately withheld informa...

Global Affairs Canada FW-2007-Q1-0001
2007-05-01

A public servant of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has been found to have failed to report to DFAIT authorities an automobile accident involving an official vehicle. This public servant has also been found to have inappropriately provided access to persons to gover...

Corrective Measures: Following an investigation, the public servant was immediately relieved of his functions, a disciplinary hearing was held which resulted in suspension...
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