Transparency and Accountability

Regulatory Transparency and Accountability

The Policy on Regulatory Transparency and Accountability outlines the requirements that departments must meet in order to comply with the Cabinet Directive on Regulation as it relates to:

Forward Regulatory Plans
Service standards for high-volume regulatory transactions
Policies on providing guidance on regulatory requirements

Guidance

Guidance documents	Description
Guidance on Regulatory Transparency and Accountability Web Content and Layout (EN)	This document provides guidance for departments and agencies on the Web content and layout for regulatory initiatives covered by the Policy on Regulatory Transparency and Accountability. The guidance will be updated overtime. Your comments and questions are welcome. Date of original: September 14, 2018 Revised: February 7, 2019 Date of last revision: April 14, 2021
Archived Guidance on Service Standards and the Canada.ca Template	The Draft Guidance on Posting Service Standards and Related Performance has been archived. The guidance was posted to assist departments and agencies in transitioning to the new service standards requirements anticipated when the Policy on Service and Guideline on Service Management were under review. Please refer to the Policy on Regulatory Transparency and Accountability. A “note to reader” has been added to refer the reader to the new Policy on Service and Digital, Directive on Service and Digital, and Guideline on Service and Digital, where there are outdated references to the Policy on Service and Guideline on Service Management. Departments that were following the Policy on Regulatory Transparency and Accountability and the archived draft guidance are likely meeting the instruction given in the Guideline on Service and Digital on information to post online. A link to an example Canada.ca template is provided in the Guideline on Service and Digital. Date of original: September 14, 2018 Date of last revision: October 2, 2018 Archived: April 14, 2021