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Web Integration Project replaces Website Integration Initiative

Driven by Treasury Board’s requirement for all Government of Canada web (Internet) sites to be Common Look and Feel (CFL2) compliant, the Publishing and Depository Services (PDS) directorate had identified a requirement to integrate the Depository Services Program (DSP) and Publications Web Sites into a single CFL2 compliant web site. The Website Integration Initiative (WSI) was initiated in 2007, with the objective being to combine information and services into a single access point web site and to incorporate the content from the old and non-CFL2compliant DSP Web Site into the Publications Site.

However, as a result of unforeseen technical and content-related issues, a decision was made not to implement this initiative in 2008, but to concentrate business and technical resources on a single project effort, namely the Web Integration Project (WIP). WIP combines the activities and efforts from both the WSI and CFL2 projects into a single project which will deliver a CFL2-compliant integrated Publications Web Site in March 2010.

The Web Integration Project is well underway. The first production release was planned for March 12, 2009. Unfortunately, this release has to be postponed until further notice. Additional details regarding the new schedule will be conveyed to you in the next few days. In the meantime, the DSP website will remain as an active production website until the integrated, CFL2-compliant Publications website is launched in 2010.