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Evaluation of the Services to Marine Transportation Sub-activity
Evaluation of the Services to Marine Transportation Sub-activity
July 2011
Report Clearance Steps
Planning phase completed
November 2010
Report sent for management response
June 2011
Management response received
June 2011
Report completed
June 2011
Report approved by Departmental Evaluation Committee
July 2011
Acronyms used in the report
- ADM
- Assistant Deputy Minister
- ASTD
- Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate
- CCG
- Canadian Coast Guard
- CCRS
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
- CIOB
- Chief Information Officer Branch
- CIS
- Canadian Ice Service
- CSA
- Canadian Space Agency
- DFAIT
- Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- DFO
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- DG
- Director General
- DND
- Department of National Defence
- EC
- Environment Canada
- FAR
- Forecast Accuracy Ratio
- IISPA
- Ice Information Services Partnership Agreement
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- JCOMM
- Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
- MCTS
- Marine Communications and Traffic Services
- METAREAs
- Meteorological Areas
- MSC
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- NAIS
- North American Ice Service
- NASA
- North American Space Agency
- NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NRCan
- Natural Resources Canada
- OGDs
- Other government departments
- PAA
- Program Activity Architecture
- PMF
- Performance Measurement Framework
- POD
- Probability of Detection
- QMS
- Quality Management System
- SA
- Sub-activity
- S&T
- Branch Science and Technology Branch
- SMT
- Services to Marine Transportation
- SWG
- Standards Working Group
- TC
- Transport Canada
- WEPS
- Weather and Environmental Prediction Services
- WES
- Weather and Environmental Services
- WMO
- World Meteorological Organization
Acknowledgements
The Evaluation Project Team would like to thank those individuals who contributed to this project, particularly members of the Evaluation Committee as well as all interviewees and survey respondents who provided insights and comments crucial to this evaluation.
The Evaluation Project Team was led by Gavin Lemieux, under the direction of the Environment Canada Evaluation Director, William Blois, and included Susan Wharton, Ryan Brown, Lindsay Fitzpatrick, Katheryne O’Connor, Kathryn Harris and Dan Wright.
Prepared by the Evaluation Division, Audit and Evaluation Branch
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