TPB issues annual business planning guidelines that require departments,
public service vote entities, and Crown corporations to develop and
publish performance measures, base-year data, targets, and strategies
to achieve targets in their business plans.
Outcome and performance information is important for informed decision-making,
business planning, and budgeting. Accountability reporting guidelines
require departments and agencies to report on performance measures.
In addition, TPB analysts work with departments and agencies to ensure appropriate
information and data are available to support policy and budget proposals
and requests to Executive Council.
Business Planning
TPB issued revised business planning guidelines in 2001-02 that required additional
government agencies to publish annual business plans and requiring all
business plans to include performance measure targets and base-line
data.
Accountability Reporting
To meet the amended requirements of the Provincial Finance Act, TPB issued
accountability reporting guidelines in the fall of 2001 requiring departments
and public service vote entities to publish annual accountability reports
for 2000-01 fiscal year. Government, departments and public service
vote entities published accountability reports for 2000-01 in December
2001 and 2001-02 in December 2002.
