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GCTools is a suite of enterprise digital collaboration applications maintained by the Canadian Government. It consists of:
- GCcollab, the Government of Canada's first public-facing platform to enable collaboration and networking with experts, partners and any Canadian by invitation (based on Elgg);
- GCconnex, an internal professional collaboration and networking platform open to Canadian public servants (the original Elgg fork);
- GCpedia, a wiki-based collaborative workspace and knowledge sharing platform (similar to Wikipedia) open to Canadian public servants (based on MediaWiki);
- GCintranet, a central repository of authoritative government information and communications to reach all public servants;
- GCmessage is a pilot internal messaging system (based on Rocket.chat);
- GCdirectory, an employee directory service;
- GCprofile is a prototype directory for the public sector and also an authentication system.
The GCTools enable interdepartmental sharing of knowledge and information, and helping public servants build and grow communities to work together to meet the needs of Canadians in an open and transparent environment. With a focus on agile development and user-centric design, the GCTools provide channels to navigate ecosystems that connect more than 160,000 federal public servants (representing over 60% of the federal public service), and since 2016, with cross-jurisdictional partners, students, academics, experts and any Canadian citizen by invitation (GCcollab). They help to create relationships, spark experimentation and innovation, and support the sharing of best practices. They have been used to drive and sustain whole-of-government employee engagement activities (e.g., Beyond 2020), a reset of the Government of Canada's policy management framework, peer-to-peer IT support services and many other initiatives.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ [v.fastcdn.co/u/d6d6ac2d/20188561-0-TBSC---EN.pdf "The GCTools | Connecting public servants to the information and people they need to work better"] (PDF).
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ GCcollab. "Terms : GCcollab". gccollab.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ "What is GCconnex? : GCconnex - Support". gcconnex.gctools-outilsgc.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ "GCTools/GCintranet - wiki". wiki.gccollab.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-20.