Estelle Côté-Sroka

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Survey shows lack of space, privacy marred back-to-office experience

Survey shows lack of space, privacy marred back-to-office experience

Internal feedback from managers within the federal department responsible for overseeing public servants' gradual return to the office reveals they had their own concerns about space, cleanliness and technology last fall.

Federal public servants vie for prized co-working spaces to avoid downtown commute

Federal public servants vie for prized co-working spaces to avoid downtown commute

Some federal public servants in Ottawa wait nearly an hour each morning for a coveted spot in one of the city's suburban co-working spaces rather than endure the commute to their government offices downtown. On a recent weekday morning, employees queued outside a co-working office at Place d'Orléans, each hoping to secure one of about 30 workspaces available on a...

Overwhelmed by workload, public sector integrity commissioner asks for more money

Overwhelmed by workload, public sector integrity commissioner asks for more money

Canada's public service integrity watchdog says it's so overwhelmed with tips about wrongdoing, from mismanagement to violations of departmental codes of conduct, that it needs to double its budget just to keep up. Harriet Solloway, public sector integrity commissioner for just over a year, is warning the "crisis" could undermine her office's mandate — to investigate wrongdoing in the federal...

Public servants uneasy as government 'spy' robot prowls federal offices

Public servants uneasy as government 'spy' robot prowls federal offices

A device federal public servants call "the little robot" began appearing in Gatineau office buildings in March. It travels through the workplace to collect data using about 20 sensors and a 360-degree camera, according to Yahya Saad, co-founder of GlobalDWS, which created the robot.