Government Services Committee — Department of Transportation and Works mailroom to the Motor Registration Division for the new print-on-demand vehicle stickers, which are now done from our Mount Pearl location. Some of these savings were reallocated to our French Services and Commercial Registration Division. All in all, this resulted in $28,400 as the amount of a year over year operational savings. We also had an attrition target of $550,600 for 2019-20 which was achieved. believe all Members here tonight will have witnessed first-hand at some point the hard work of at least one of the divisions of Service NL, and I'm sure we can all appreciate the commitment of staff to the serving of the people of our province. The Office of French Services provides French language training and translations services to government. This office also provides support to the Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. In addition, through the Office of the Queen's Printer, the department provides printing services for the provincial government and the general public. I'm also the Minister Responsible for the Public Procurement Agency, the central procurement unit of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is responsible for the oversight of the procurement process for goods and services on behalf of all public bodies. The agency also establishes policies for procurement as part of the public procurement framework and provides information, training and oversight of procurement activities of all public bodies. The mandate of the agency is provided within the Public Procurement Act which was proclaimed in March of 2018. It has an annual budget of over $1.9 million. The WorkplaceNL Review Division reviews decisions of WorkplaceNL to ensure compliance with the act as well as regulations and policies. The division provides vital appeal services to employers and workers and pursues continuous improvement in the area of client service. The costs are recovered 100 per cent from Work

2019-06-17

Newfoundland and Labrador — Committees

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