Ontario. Management Board of Cabinet. Secretariat

• Management Board Secretariat

• Ontario. Management Board Secretariat

• MBS

The Management Board Secretariat was established by legislation in 1971, replacing the Secretariat of the Treasury Board.

From 1971 until 1984, the Secretariat consisted of just two divisions - the Programs and Estimates Division and the Management Policy Division. After 1984, however, the Management Board Secretariat's structure became increasingly complicated as its mandate to review expenditures and general policy development expanded and additional functions were added.

In 1991, a new Treasury Board was established within the Ontario Ministry of Treasury and Economics to assume the financial management functions of the Management Board of Cabinet and the Management Board Secretariat. However, in 1995, this Board was dissolved and these functions were transferred back to the Management Board and its Secretariat.

Also in 1991, the staff and responsibilities of the Human Resources Secretariat were absorbed by the Management Board Secretariat.

In early 1993, the Management Board Secretariat absorbed the existing Ministry of Government Services. In 2000, the Archives of Ontario was transferred from the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation.

The Management Board Secretariat ceased to exist in 2005. Most of its functions were assumed by the new Ministry of Government Services, although responsibility for adminstering the provincial estimates and monitoring expenditures was transferred to the Ministry of Finance. The Deputy Minister of Government Services continues to act as Secretary to Management Board.

The Management Board Secretariat was initially responsible for providing analytical and administrative support to the Management Board of Cabinet of the Government of Ontario. This included providing guidelines for government-wide management and administrative practices, administering the annual estimates (budgeting) process, coordinating program implementation, monitoring expenditures and program results, and providing advice to Cabinet and its committees on financial, program and administrative matters.

Over time, the functions of the Management Board Secretariat expanded to include coordination and providing corporate administrative and resources management services for the Government, in areas that included information and information technology, human resources, procurement, accommodation, assets management, and administrative support, as well as the management of the province's documentary heritage.

Management Board of Cabinet Act, Statutes of Ontario 1971, Chap. 12

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

KWIC Indexes, 1977-2006

Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1973-2006

Bell, George and Andrew Pascoe. The Ontario Government: Structure and Functions (1988)

Ministry of Government Services Web site

Archivist(s):
Paquet