Sub-sub-series consists of records that cover practically all activities and functions of the Public Service Commission, administrative and operational, but focus on the review and policy development activities of the most senior managers of the Commission, and such specialised activities as the Official Languages (advisory) Directorate and Deployment recourse procedures arising from the Public Service Reform Act of 1992. The records document unique executive procedures deriving from the Commission's distinctive legislative mandate and structure as reflected in the Public Service Employment Act of 1967 and the Public Service Reform Act of 1992.
The sub-sub-series contains registry files of correspondence, planning and control files, the proceedings and reports of committees including: the Policy Coordinating Committee, the Benefits Committee, the Interbranch Operations Committee, the Senior Management Committee of the Commission, Advisory Committees on Northern Development and the Status of Women, as well as the Committee on Human Rights, and other interdepartmental committees concerned with human resources management in which senior management of the Public Service Commission participates. The sub-sub-series also contains subject and policy development files for operational activities including: political activities, staffing, management category programs, affirmative action, appeals, investigations, separations, selection standards, delegation of staffing authority, language assessment, official languages policy, testing, training and staff development, appointments, research projects, and the career assignment program. Also included are correspondence and reports on the division of responsibilities between the Commission and the Treasury Board, affirmative action programs in relation to the merit principle, Commission position papers and responses to the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability (Lambert, 1979), the Special Committee on Personnel Management and the Merit Principle, (d'Avignon inquiry, 1979) and the Task Force on the Future of the Public Service (1995). The sub-sub-series also contains records of Commissioner's meeting including agendas, minutes, and background documents, together with tables of contents and a partial subject index for topics of discussion (1977-1985).