coordination of Manitoba’s style and visual identity; and ensures the effective administration and oversight of Crown copyright. Information and Privacy Policy Secretariat — responsible for central administration and coordination of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Finance Research Division — primarily responsible for intergovernmental fiscal relations, economic and fiscal policy analysis, and the formulation of tax policy. Manitoba Bureau of Statistics Manitoba Tax Assistance Office — provides information and assistance regarding Manitoba's income tax, tax credit programs, and program applications. Pension Commission — the Office of the Superintendent - Pension Commission is responsible for safeguarding employees’ rights to benefits promised under employment pension plans as provided under pension benefits legislation. Taxation Division — administers taxation legislation through information, compliance, audit, and enforcement programs, including: retail sales Tax, health and post secondary education tax levy, insurance corporations tax, corporation capital tax, tobacco tax, fuel tax, mining tax, and emissions tax on coal and petroleum coke. Treasury Board Secretariat — coordinates the annual budget and estimates, prepares the public accounts for the Government of Manitoba and provides financial and analytical support as well as strategic management advice to the Minister of Finance and the Treasury Board Treasury Division — manages and administers the cash resources, borrowing programs, and all investment and debt management activities of the provincial government. Funeral Board of Manitoba The Funeral Board of Manitoba (FBM) is a not-for-profit regulatory organization concerned with consumer protection within Manitoba's funeral and cemetery services marketplace. Administering The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Act, The Cemeteries Act, and The Prearranged Funeral Services Act, it is responsible for licensing all Manitoba funeral directors and embalmers; funeral homes; particular cemeteries and their sales persons; and prearranged funeral service plan providers. Through the 1967 Embalmers and Funeral Directors Act the Board was established as the Board of Administration to oversee Manitoba's funeral industry. The Act was amended and renamed in 2009 to The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Act, which changed the Board's name to the Funeral Board of Manitoba. Vital Statistics Agency The Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency (VSA) is a special operating agency of the provincial government that is the civil registrar of Manitoba's vital records. More specifically, it is responsible for registering vital statistics (birth, death, marriage, stillbirth and change of name) in Manitoba and provides documents as proof of those events. While the Agency began operations on 1 April 1994, the provincial