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FY 2000
Budget Justification/Performance Plan


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OPM STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL III:  PROVIDE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP FEDERAL AGENCIES IMPROVE THEIR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS TO EFFECTIVELY OPERATE WITHIN THE ECONOMY, DEMOGRAPHICS AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

FY 2000 Resource Summary:

Obligations (000): $748

Full-Time Equivalents: 7

  • Provide models, guidance, and technical assistance to promote agency use of existing personnel flexibilities and tools to help them achieve human resources management goals in support of their mission. (Continuing)
ER Goal 5:
FY 1999/FY 2000
Federal agencies, senior executives, and other stakeholders receive timely, clear, accurate and useful advice and assistance that contributes to the development, selection and effective management of high-quality senior executives.
Means Blue Arrow Head  ER will continue day-to-day and project assistance to agency officials to clarify and help them effectively apply SES personnel system practices to address individual and systemic issues. Results of these interactions will inform deliberation on revision of SES regulations and guidance under ER Goal 1.
Blue Arrow Head  Update SES Desk Guide based upon feedback from agencies during the testing phase, policy and program initiatives emerging from the SES Framework discussions with a variety of stakeholders, and issues arising from day-to-day interaction with our clients. This guide provides immediate advice on application of SES laws and regulations and explains OPM policies to enable agencies to respond to a broad range of circumstances without needing to consult ER.
Blue Arrow Head  Respond to requests for information and assistance on the full range of executive resources management activities. This responds to agency needs for interpretation of how to apply SES laws and regulations in novel circumstances not anticipated in or not suited for treatment in our SES Desk guide.
Blue Arrow Head  Maintain ongoing communications with stakeholders through meetings, briefings, presentations, publications and the SES home page. Knowledge of their views may inform treatment of issues which are within OPM’s administrative control and lead to exploration of initiatives to improve the SES. Face to face interaction can also help resolve issues about which stakeholders have concerns.
Blue Arrow Head  Strategic short-term detail or project assignment of ER staff to agencies for work in developing, implementing or operating SES personnel systems to gain first hand experience of agency issues and concerns and opportunities for improvement.
Blue Arrow Head  Develop a model performance management plan that incorporates leadership requirements and linkages with strategic planning. This will involve working with offices in the Workforce Compensation and Performance Service engaged in similar efforts.
    
Indicators/Performance Results Blue Arrow Head   Ongoing feedback from senior executives, agency executive personnel managers, agency personnelists and other stakeholders about services provided.

In FY 1998, ER distributed a working draft of a comprehensive SES Desk Guide which received favorable reviews in its testing phase. In FY 1999, ER will finalize revisions based upon agency comments and publish the guide.

Blue Arrow Head   Increases averaging 2% overall in levels of satisfaction with ER information sharing and technical assistance which are reported in OPM’s FY 1999 customer satisfaction survey by those HR Specialists having executive resources program functions.

These HR Specialists’ baseline satisfaction levels with ER’s assistance in specific program areas as measured in the FY 1998 survey were as follows:

Program Area Information
Sharing
Technical
Assistance
SES/SL/ST Allocations 72% 71%
SES Qualifications Review Boards 77% 77%
Noncareer and Limited SES Appointments 77% 74%
SES Compensation and Performance Mgmt 84% 82%
Presidential Rank Awards 73% 69%

 

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