Translation of "Séquence de données pour impression fonctions évoluées " (French → English) :

A recent survey of scientists in the public service found that fully 90 per cent of respondents don't feel that they are allowed freely to speak to the media about their work; 71 per cent said that political interference is compromising policy development based on scientific evidence; and almost half were aware of cases in which their department or agency suppressed information.

That's probably going to come out of administrative sources as much as anything, if one kept good data on that, but I'm always worried about the administrative sources, because they have very special functions as to what they collect; when I turn to them as a demographer, I often think that it's not that the numbers are wrong, but just that they're very limited and very specialized in their use.

Multifunction Device: A Multifunction Device (MFD) is a physically integrated device or a combination of functionally integrated components (the ‘base unit’, see definition below) that produces hard copy duplicates from graphical hard copy originals (distinct from single sheet convenience copying, see next paragraph) as well as performing one or both of the following core functions: printing of documents (from digital information received from direct connect computers, networked computers, file servers and fax transmissions) or faxing (send and receive).

Multifunction Device: A Multifunction Device (MFD) is a physically integrated device or a combination of functionally integrated components (the ‘base unit’, see definition below) that produces hard copy duplicates from graphical hard copy originals (distinct from single sheet convenience copying, see next paragraph) as well as performing one or both of the following core functions: printing of documents (from digital information received from direct connect computers, networked computers, file servers and fax transmissions) or faxing (send and receive).

Manufacturers must include enhanced tamperprotection strategies including data encryption using methods to secure the encryption algorithm and write protect features requiring electronic access to an off-site computer maintained by the manufacturer.

Senator Nancy Ruth: Can I ask you just to give me a hunch, because I do not think there is clear data or answers to this: Do those who have served in the reservists and who are working in the Public Service of Canada get promoted at a faster rate than others or at a slower rate?