Principal Publisher MOU
Background
The role of the Principal Publisher was assigned to the Minister of Employment and Social Development (ESDC) in March 2014 and is managed under the Service Canada initiative. service Canada is responsible for the provision of web and web-related services to Government of Canada institutions through a standardized Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for service delivery.
An initial MOU was implemented with 22 institutions starting in 2016 and will expire on September 30, 2018. A new MOU is being developed for 2018 and will be established by Service Canada with each institution using the following Principal Publisher tools and services:
- Content management platform for Canada.ca (Managed Web Service, or MWS)
- Analytics tool for Canada.ca (Adobe Analytics)
- Social media platform management tool (Hootsuite)
- Canada.ca Newsroom
MOU Documents 2018
Draft and final MOU documents will be posted here. Institutions are welcome to download and review them. Please use the "Watch" function at the top-right of the page to be notified when this page is updated. Draft</-->
- MOU Master Agreement (English Draft as of August 21, 2018)
- Managed Web Service - Service Agreement (English Draft as of August 21, 2018)
- Social Media Platform Management Tool (Hootsuite) - Service Agreement
- Newsroom - Service Agreement
Contact Us
If you have a question or a comment about the 2018 MOU, please contact us at the following email address using the subject line "Principal Publisher MOU".