The Government's Overall Accountability Framework 4. This means that we will continue in the direction set out by the Blueprint for Renewing Government Services Using Information Technology. We are committed to providing flexibility and promoting innovation, and keeping clients front and centre when we make decisions on changes to programs. Our objective is to help departments deal with the fiscal squeeze. We are progressing well in this area.
Restraint is here to stay.
The main processes of expenditure management were designed for a period of growing expenditures and have not been changed for more than a decade. They focus on inputs, not results. We cannot continue to serve the fiscal reality with systems which do not focus on reallocation. We need a system that continually reviews program priorities and spending levels. We are looking at several alternatives but are leaning towards systems that would result in almost all resource allocation decisions being rolled into the Budget.