OPM Congressional Budget Justification and Annual Performance Plan - RFA 9

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U.S. Office of Personnel Management

FY 2000
Budget Justification/Performance Plan

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Continue to enhance and support the Presidential Management Intern program as a source of future Government leaders through effective assessment and development.

ES Goal 23: FY 1999/2000	The Presidential Management Intern (PMI) program is operated to result in the hire of at least 300 PMI’s in FY 2000.

		Work closely with agency groups, such as the President’s Management Council, the Interagency Advisory Group, and the Federal Agency PMI Steering Group, to ensure that the PMI program is meeting their needs, and to encourage at least 300 hires per year.
		Continuously monitor the administering of the PMI program to identify areas for improvement.
		Implement options for expanding the PMI program such as including additional occupational groups, attracting a broader range of schools, and increasing academic and socio-economic diversity of applicants.
		Complete a study of the effectiveness (validity) and efficiency of the PMI assessment process in providing high quality hires, and implement needed changes.
		Maintain a program of recruitment to attract the "best and the brightest" applicants with graduate degrees to the Presidential Management Intern (PMI) program, particularly from diverse backgrounds, academic disciplines, and schools.

		Evaluate the satisfaction of agency and external stakeholders of the PMI program through a qualitative analysis of direct feedback. Informal feedback indicates a high level of satisfaction with the PMI program, resulting from the significant revitalization of the program which began in FY 1997. In FY 1998, additional revisions were made to the orientation and graduation training event to make them more effective and efficient, and the application forms and brochure were redesigned. The application was also made available electronically through USAJOBS. ES expanded recruitment to increase the numbers of schools who submitted candidates for consideration. In FY 1999/2000 ES will implement improvements in PMI program communications, including the introduction of a dedicated PMI Home Page at the end of November, 1998, and will complete a content validity analysis of the examination.
		Assess the numbers of PMI's hired in FY 1999 against the target established for the year (300 hires), against numbers hired in previous years, and against the ceiling of 400 hires. ES examined more than 1,400 PMI candidates for the FY 1998 (calendar year) class; and identified a pool of 540 finalists to refer to agencies. To date agencies have hired more than 320 PMI’s, and project that we will meet or exceed the number of PMI hires for FY 1997 (339), which was the highest in the 21-year history of the program. ES will work closely with agencies in FY 2000 to continue to hire in these record numbers.
		Evaluate comparative data to determine if minority PMI hires for FY 1999 increased by at least 2% for groups where underrepresentation for the relevant labor market was reported in FY 1998. These data are developed from the Central Personnel Data File, and are not yet available.
		Financial balance of costs and income. The income generated from the PMI program covered all costs for FY 1998, and the lowered cost to agencies per hire introduced in FY 1996 will be maintained in FY 1999. The cost should remain stable in FY 2000, unless there is a significant drop in the number of PMI’s hired, or if agency customers request and agree to pay for program enhancements.

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