CBSA Information Technology (IT) projects with a budget or more than $1 million
The CBSA invests in a number of information technology (IT) projects as part of the ongoing work towards creating a more modernized organization. The information contained on this page will be updated twice a year: as at September 30 (Q2) and at year ended, March 31 (Q4).
| Project name | Total budget ($ million) |
Estimated completion date |
Prior years expenditures until ($ million) | FY 2023-24 expenditures as at Year End ($ million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Screening Automation The security screening system will facilitate information sharing with screening partners and enhance security screening through a new case management system, integrated intelligence systems and tools, business intelligence and performance monitoring capabilities. |
81.8 | 19.7 | 11.3 | |
| Application Modernization The Agency established a departmental Cloud Migration Strategy and a Cloud Migration Action Plan to guide its modernization and transition to end state data centers and cloud computing in response to current challenges and pressures, and in support of the TBS Cloud-First Directive. |
69.0 | 32.6 | 11.1 | |
| Secure Corridor & Commercial Lane Enhancements Expand access to technologies to help officers expedite commercial passages, while enhancing process integrity and reducing physical interactions at high-volume commercial ports of entry. |
46.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | |
| E-Commerce Low Value Inspection System Introduce technology-enabled solutions to manage the rapid growth in volume of low value shipments, particularly found in the postal and express courier streams, and enhance the CBSA’s ability to process large volumes of transactional data. |
30.7 | 7.6 | 6.9 | |
| CBSA Assessment & Revenue Management The CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) project is a multi-year initiative that will modernize the collection of duties and taxes for goods imported into Canada. |
526.8 | 356.7 | 36.8 | |
| Commercial Risk Assessment Modernization Design and test a replacement for multiple legacy systems and applications involved in cargo shipment risk assessment and commercial passage. |
29.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 | |
| Digital Traveller Experience Improve the user experience for the travellers through the provision of optional, self-service tools. |
88.0 | 6.9 | 10.5 | |
| Digitalization of the Anti-Dumping & Countervailing Program (E-filing Solution) Improve service delivery by increasing the efficiency and timeliness of processing and disclosing information to stakeholders during ongoing Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) proceedings and increase percentage of stakeholder compliance with the Guidelines on the Disclosure of Confidential Information and relevant SIMA provisions. |
6.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | |
| Enterprise Portfolio & Project Management Integrated system to address multiple requirements including portfolio/project interdependencies, reporting capabilities, outcomes, risks and issue identification, analysis, monitoring and tracking, costs, planning and scheduling. |
3.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | |
| Fuzzy Search Streamline the existing fuzzy search software, SSAName3, which has been in use by the CBSA since . Fuzzy search is used across a wide range of mission-critical lines of business for risk assessment queries, to identify commercial businesses and travellers. |
35.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |
| NEXUS eGate Expansion Allow all NEXUS-enabled ports of entry to remotely process NEXUS travellers (currently available at two ports of entry).This solution will replace a number of legacy systems used by officers at POEs and generate operational efficiencies in officer duties. |
17.1 | 3.8 | 0.8 | |
| Officer Experience Officer Experience involves the consolidation and rationalization of multiple operational systems, the migration of data to the cloud, use of analytics to support officer decision-making, and the development of a single, user-friendly interface to support officer decisions and their operational needs. |
150.6 | 7.5 | 11.6 | |
| Recourse ePortal Secure communication with individuals/businesses who wish to submit an appeal to Recourse via an authenticated portal, and communicate with Recourse through the portal as opposed to via paper (mail or fax) or with the current webform. |
1.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
| Travellers Accounting & Revenue Management Replace three legacy systems involved in processing the importation of casual goods for traveller entry and goods imported through the postal system and improve data sharing with other government departments. |
4.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
| Postal Modernization Initiative (Canada Post Lead) Introduce technological advances within the Agency’s special purposes spaces at the Canada Post Corporation’s international mail processing centers and address three main areas including infrastructure renewal, information technology enhancement, and policy reform. |
46.7 | 35.7 | 6.3 | |
| Cross-Border Currency Reporting Automation The Cross-border Currency Reporting (CBCR) Automation initiative seeks to address issues surrounding the collection and the timely transmission of prescribed information to FINTRAC in support of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA). |
7.0 | - | 0.1 |
Notes:
- The projects included in this report represent only the open IT enabled projects of the Agency
- This report is created using an expenditures basis of accounting as opposed to full accrual method of accounting
- The projects's budget figures include Employee Benefit Plan (EBP), Shared Services Canada (SSC), Public Services and Procurement Canada Accommodation (PSPC), and excludes taxes, as per Treasury Board Submissions. There is an exception with the Security Screening Automation and CBSA Assessment & Revenue Management projects where the total budget also includes Other Government Department (OGD) costs and HST
- The projects's expenditures represent costs that are under CBSA's purview; as such, they exclude EBP, SSC, PSPC, OGD and taxes
- The projects expenditures excludes maintenance costs. CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management expenditures from inception to have been updated to remove $4.7M of net maintenance costs included at Q2 2023-24
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