Committee members were concerned with the ongoing costs for staff housing. The committee was of the understanding that the government was predicting to be out of the staff housing program years ago. The Minister will provide the committee with an inventory of all staff housing units, their locations, their respective appraised values and maintenance costs.
Financial Information System
The committee noted that GHRS, Government Human Resources System, and HRIS, Human Resources Information System components of the FIS recording system formerly utilized by the government, have now been replaced with the new PeopleSoft system. Committee members were concerned why additional funding has been requested for the FIS program. The government accounting activity requested $65,000 in funding for FIS maintenance and contract report.
The Minster, at the request of the committee, will determine if the proposed funding for FIS is for the entire fiscal year or for the interim period and report back to the committee.
That concludes the committee's comments, Mr. Chairman.