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The investigations function plays an important role in the Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)’s accountability to Parliament. Our investigations help safeguard the integrity of appointments and oversee the political impartiality of the federal public service. Part 5 of the [_Public Service Employment Act_](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/) (PSEA) provides the Commission with the authority to conduct investigations into appointment processes. This includes: * [Section 66](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/page-4.html#h-404509): In any external appointment process, to determine if an appointment was not made or proposed to be made on the basis of merit, or that an error, an omission or improper conduct affected the selection of the person appointed or proposed for appointment * [Subsection 67(1)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/page-5.html#docCont): In an internal appointment process, where appointment authority is not delegated to the deputy head, to determine if an error, an omission or improper conduct affected the selection of the person appointed or proposed for appointment * [Subsection 67(2)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/page-5.html#docCont): In an internal appointment process, at the request of a deputy head, to determine if an error, an omission or improper conduct affected the selection of the person appointed or proposed for appointment * [Section 68](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/page-5.html#docCont): To determine whether an appointment or proposed appointment was not free from political influence * [Section 69](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/page-5.html#docCont): In an appointment process, to determine if fraud has occurred Part 7 of the [_Public Service Employment Act_](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/) provides the Commission with the authority to conduct investigations into allegations of improper political activity. This includes: * [Section 118](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/page-6.html#s-118): In any allegation that an employee has failed to comply with subsections 113(1), 114(1) to (3) or 115(1) of the _Act_ * [Section 119](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/page-6.html#s-119): In any allegation, made by a person who is or has been a candidate in an election, that a deputy head has contravened section 117 of the _Act_ In an effort to make our datasets more easily understood and user-friendly, the PSC has created an accompanying descriptive video, outlining the variables, key considerations and providing an example and demonstration of how the dataset can be used. The video can be found at the following link [Public Service Commission investigations (CFPPSC_INV01)](https://youtu.be/qyjKZboZUfU).

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Supporting Documentation	PDF		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/fc0ea6c8-11e7-4252-8ac1-38232424e5fe/resource/4e370f04-5b00-4d6e-8139-1176a8d94050/download/enquetes-de-la-commission-de-la-fonction-publique-documentation-a-lappui.pdf
Public Service Investigations until 30-09-2024	CSV		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/fc0ea6c8-11e7-4252-8ac1-38232424e5fe/resource/666a8905-c7bb-4407-b5f8-84b5bff0f15a/download/cfppsc_inv01.csv
Supporting Documentation	PDF		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/fc0ea6c8-11e7-4252-8ac1-38232424e5fe/resource/964534e3-12db-42d6-931c-69cf93a86d0e/download/investigations-by-the-public-service-commission-supporting-documentation.pdf
PSC investigations into allegations of improper political activity (Valid until September 2019)	CSV		https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/psc-cfp/documents/data-donnees/ar-ra/2016/inv-eng/CFPPSC_AR5A.csv
PSC investigations into appointment processes (Valid until September 2019)	CSV		https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/psc-cfp/documents/data-donnees/ar-ra/2016/inv-eng/CFPPSC_AR5B.csv
Supporting Documentation	HTML		https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/publications/investigations-public-service-commission-supporting-documentation.html
Supporting Documentation	HTML		https://www.canada.ca/fr/commission-fonction-publique/services/publications/enquetes-commission-fonction-publique-documentation-appui.html

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