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Management Response and Action Plan (MRAP) Audit of External Training and Conference Attendance

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Audit of External Training and Conference Attendance
Recommendations	Management Response: Accept Accept with conditions Reject	Planned Management Action	Deliverables	Expected Completion Date	Accountability
1. The Assistant Deputy Minister Corporate Services Branch (CSB) should make mandatory the use of a common system to manage and track training activities at Health Canada and ensure on-going maintenance and monitoring of the system to address any potential technical problems.	1. Accept	The existing HR Advantage System, of which LMS is a part, is deficient in the area of training and conference attendance. Health Canada is investigating the move to a new human resource management system, such as People Soft. Human Resources Services Directorate will investigate the options for an integrated Learning Management System and develop a strategy to move forward on implementation of the most viable option.	options for an integrated Learning Management System Implementation Strategy	May 2009 June 2009	HRSD HRSD
2. The Chief Financial Officer Branch should consider taking action to ensure that the audit trail relating to Sections 32, and 34 of the FAA is complete	1. Accept	This recommendation will be addressed through the conformance with the Accounts Verification Policy which details the verification procedures and section 34 certification requirements for all payment transactions. The policy was approved by DEC-FEA on April 15, 2008 and will be communicated to the department shortly.	Completed.	Completed.
3. The Chief Financial Officer Branch should eliminate the current conference-attendance policy as enunciated in section 4.2 of the DFSA and reclassify conference-attendance costs under Training and ensure proper coding.	1. Accept	The Delegation document will be updated to eliminate the conference section, and the training section will be modified. The HC Account Verification policy prescribes that coding is the responsibility of the account verification/Section 34 process.	Revised delegation document. Approved Account Verification Policy.	Next update of the document (TBD dependent on Minister) Completed April 15