Legislative Services Branch Evaluation

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Background
  • 3. Methodology
  • 4. Relevance of the Legislative Services Branch
  • 5. Performance of the Legislative Services Branch
    • 5.1 Effectiveness
    • 5.2 Efficiency and Economy
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Evaluation Scope and Objectives
  • 1.2 Structure of the Report
• 2. The Legislative Services Branch
  • 2.1 Canada's Bilingual and Bijural Legal Tradition
  • 2.2 LSB Service Delivery Structure
  • 2.3 Responsibilities of the LSB
  • 2.4 LSB Logic Model
• 3. Evaluation Methodology
  • 3.1 Document Review
  • 3.2 Secondary and Administrative Data
  • 3.3 Literature Review/Scan
  • 3.4 File Review
  • 3.5 Case Studies
  • 3.6 LSB Staff and Client Surveys
  • 3.7 Key Informant Interviews
  • 3.8 Methodological Limitations
• 4. Evaluation Findings – Relevance of the Legislative Services Branch
  • 4.1 LSB Services Meet a Specific Need of the Government of Canada
  • 4.2 LSB Activities Align with Government Priorities and Support Department of Justice Strategic Outcomes
  • 4.3 The LSB is Aligned with Federal Roles and Responsibilities
• 5. Evaluation Findings – Performance of the Legislative Services Branch
  • 5.1. Effectiveness of the LSB
  • 5.2. Efficiency and Economy
• 6. Conclusions, Recommendations and Management Response
  • 6.1. Summary of Conclusions
  • 6.2. Recommendations and Management Response
• Appendix A: Evaluation Matrix
• Appendix B: File Review Templates
• Appendix C: Case Study Template and Interview Questions
• Appendix D: Staff Survey Questionnaire
• Appendix E: Client Survey Questionnaire
• Appendix F: Key Informant Interview Questionnaires

List of Tables

• Table 3.1 - Comparison between LSB Staff and Survey Respondents by Classification
• Table 4.1 - Number and Percentage of Actively Managed Files by File Type
• Table 4.2 - Number and Percentage of Primary Client Hours by File Type
• Table 4.3 - Average Number of Hours per File by File Type
• Table 5.1 - Staff Rating of the Usefulness of Bijurilex.ca
• Table 5.2 - Staff Ratings of Resource Usefulness
• Table 5.3 - Files Closed by Top Ten Client Departments
• Table 5.4 - LSB Staff Ratings of the Sufficiency and Timeliness of Consultations – Internal to the LSB
• Table 5.5 - LSB Staff Ratings of the Sufficiency and Timeliness of Consultations – External to the LSB
• Table 5.6 - Level of Client Agreement with Level of Risk Management Assistance
• Table 5.7 - Quality of Instructions
• Table 5.8 - Staff indicating Sufficient and Appropriate IT and Support
• Table 5.9 - Proportion of A-base Funding/Cost Recovery

List of Figures

• Figure 2.1 - Legislative Services Branch Organizational Chart
• Figure 2.2 - The Drafting Process
• Figure 2.3 - Legislative Services Branch Logic Model
• Figure 5.1 - Strength of Client Opinion on the Provision of LSB Services (Mean Ratings)

Acronyms

DASG

Drafting and Advisory Services Group

DLSU

Departmental Legal Services Unit

FTE

Full-time Equivalent

IT

Information Technology

LRSG

Legislative Revision Services Group

LSB

Legislative Services Branch

NVA

Net Vote Authority

PCO

Privy Council Office

PSES

Public Service Employee Survey

SRC

Statute Revision Commission

TBS

Treasury Board Secretariat

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