1. Alberta Queen’s Printer Queen’s Printer Association of Canada Inter-Jurisdictional Meeting June 2015

2. Alberta Queen’s Printer
The official source of Government of Alberta laws, the Alberta Gazette, and legislative publications since 1906
Offers more than 1,900 legislative products and official materials in a variety of formats
In addition to online purchasing, customers can access Alberta’s laws for free in HTML and PDF formats on the Queen’s Printer website
Efficiently delivers products and services to Albertans, Canadians, and international customers - orders are received online, by phone, by fax, by mail, and in person

3. Cross Ministry Partnerships
Alberta Queen’s Printer currently partners with the following Ministries and Agencies to publish and distribute their materials:
Education
Energy
Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Human Services
Jobs, Skills and Labour
Justice and Solicitor General
Municipal Affairs
Safety Codes Council
Service Alberta
Transportation
Tourism, Recreation and Parks – Travel Alberta

4. Benefits of Partnering with Alberta Queen’s Printer
Supports the one window approach which enables government to act as one entity and facilitates easy access to programs and services for ministries and Albertans
Fits into Service Alberta’s mandate to deliver high quality, coordinated business, financial and technology services to government ministries
Alberta Queen’s Printer staff have over 130 years of combined publishing and distribution experience 4

5. Alberta Queen’s Printer – Digital Age
Alberta Queen’s Printer works continuously to provide our resources whenever and wherever they are needed
We are present online via Queen’s Printer website, QP Source Professional, Specified Penalty Listing and the QPAC website
Clients download over 2 million legislative items on our websites annually
We provide self-service options to manage their account
Professional users value the advanced access that QP Source Professional provides 5

6. 2014/15 At a Glance Merged with Open Government Program
Relocated after 14 years
System upgrades
Completion of Results Based Budgeting Review 6

7. Electronic Access to the Laws – 2014/15 Statistics
Queen’s Printer website
46% of our business is done online
Over million legislative retrievals
Alberta Gazette was referenced 121,291 times
Orders in Council were referenced 130,081 times
QP Source Professional
798 licensed permits
Accessed 47,336 times
100,344 searches were performed

8. Operational Statistics
Service Delivery
Staff answered 13,431 calls and responded to inquiries
Gross revenue $2.070M (12% increase)
252,377 legislative materials distributed (47% increase)
Published Legislative Changes
221 new or amended Statutes
12 Statues were repealed
286 new or amended Regulations
27 Regulations were repealed
A total of 546 legislative changes were published

9. How Citizens Gain Access to Legislative Materials

10. Customer Interactions

11. Future Projects
In the planning phase of adding legislation to the Open Data Portal. This project is a joint, collaborative goal of the Alberta Queen’s Printer and the Open Government resources
Commencing a thorough review of the business processes and procedures involved in the life of a legislation, from a bill to a royal accent. The review is spread across two ministries and it involves Legislative Counsel and the Alberta Queen’s Printer 11

12. Open Government Portal
Making laws accessible via Open Data Portal in addition to the QP website
Phase I - anticipated to be completed by April 2016:
Design linkage between the Queen’s Printer Catalogue database and the Open Data Portal
Built QP designated page on the portal 12

13. Modernize publishing processes and outputs for legislative materials
Alberta Queen’s Printer is working in partnership with the Legislative Counsel of Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, Service Alberta and Justice IT Offices to capture and map out current state for bills, office consolidations, Alberta Gazette and e-publishing of the laws to create an efficient and achievable plan for the future state 13

14. Website Modernization, Enhancements and New Opportunities
Adding visuals for e-commerce portion of website
Add search ability for Orders in Council
Seek approval to begin publishing Ministerial Orders on the Queen's Printer website 14

15. Questions? Thank you for your interest in Alberta Queen’s Printer.
Gisele Abt
Manager, Alberta Queen’s Printer