Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on the Public Service Fourth Report to the Prime Minister February 2010 A Relevant and Connected Public Service MESSAGE FROM THE CO-CHAIRS We are pleased to present to you, Prime Minister, the fourth annual report of your Advisory Committee on the Public Service. [...] In our view, the circumstances are right for the Public Service to reassess and transform its models for delivering on the business of government. [...] The intent of this management strategy is to ensure that the government and the public are well served by a skilled, knowledgeable workforce now and into the future. [...] In 2009, the Secretary of the Treasury Board publicly reported on how risk management is being used to reduce the numerous complex procedures and reporting requirements referred to as the "web of rules." Progress is occurring by eliminating ineffective and unnecessary rules, reducing the reporting burden to essential information and modernizing administrative processes and systems. [...] A complete transformation in the leadership of the Public Service is taking place as the retirement of the post-war generation and the cessation of recruitment in the mid-1990s play out.