Government Services Committee — Department of Government Services and there has not been an overall review of the mandate and the role. Since that time there have been major changes in terms of the responsibilities, in terms of delivering services, and in terms of how those services are delivered in the region. So the government has provided money this year so that we can do an overall review, go out and do consultations in the region in terms of the delivery of those services, find out which services are appropriate, which ones are not, look at the legislation and see which is a barrier and which one isn't, and what changes need to be made, and basically go through an overall process of streamlining and becoming more efficient in terms of delivery of services that Government Services is responsible for now. MR. LANGDON: Further with that, the review that you are talking about, that is being done internally by the department, the staff here, or is it done externally? MS WAKEHAM: We will be hiring a co-ordinator, a research assistant, and some secretarial support to do the review. Obviously, I will take responsibility for the overall management of it. It will be done internally, not by staff that we already have; we will be hiring somebody to actually do the work. It will not be done by a consultant. MR. LANGDON: I understand that, but you are hiring people other than what is at the department level to do it? MS WAKEHAM: Yes, I am. MR. LANGDON: The thing, I guess - MS WAKEHAM: I would like to further explain that. The people who are being hired are being hired for nine months. The report will be completed by the end of this year, December 31, 2005, so the review is basically for an eight month period. MR. LANGDON: Okay. At the end of the review, is it possible to have fewer people working than there are now? Is that a possibility? Within the Department of Government Services overall, is it possible, after the review is done, there will be fewer people working? MS WAK

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