Accession consists of operational and administrative files from the 135 and 130 file classification designations, Information & Privacy Rights Administration and Resource Processing Industries, respectively, from the Department of Industry, Science and Technology (ISTC).
Files from Information and Privacy Rights Administration include selected files from the 135-100 to the 135-1524 range pertaining to: federal acts and legislation, parliamentary matters, records management, and federal information collections. Most of the files document federal information collections, that is, the collection of data via surveys to assess various government programs and issues including: photonics studies, economic analyses of labour mobility, management of Canadian scholarships in technology and science, Canadian small businesses, the Schoonet strategy project, and many others.
Files from Information Processing Industries include selected files from the 130-100 to the 130-9899 range pertaining to: parliamentary matters, including the technology growth fund; accounts payable; contracts (various companies); job classification; subsidiary agreements (e.g., Quebec Industrial Infrastructure); Department of Regional Industrial Expansion (DRIE) programs (e.g., Technology Outreach Program (TOP), ERDA - Entreprise Development (EDP) - Industrial Assistance, Strategic Technology Program (STP)); co-operation and liaison at the federal and international level (e.g., Economic Commission for Europe, General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), United Nations, International Nickel Study Group, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development); trade agreements, negotiation and treaties (e.g., North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), anti-dumping, duty remissions); advanced industrial material; metal and mineral production and processing; fabricated metal and construction products; and iron and steel industries.
Files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, questionnaires, and research subject files (i.e., some from the Metals and Mining Directorate), which include secondary literature such as newsclippings and conference packages.
