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Posted in FreebieThe Critical Need for Improving Process Efficiency in Government
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The current economic climate promises to force tighter budgets and strict fiscal policies on Washington. This has prompted the Obama administration to call for programs across the federal government to be streamlined with an eye towards eliminating waste and maximizing resources.
When budgets are shrinking, saving money by maximizing the efficiency of critical operations within an agency or program can make the difference between meeting budgetary demands and cutting services. It is at times when resources are more scarce that efficiency and transparency become more important than ever.
- The state of process improvement in government: What are the developing trends within the world of process improvement through automation on the federal level? What are agencies already doing to ensure new processes are organized and aligned with industry best practices?
- The renewed call for streamlining and efficiency: The slow economy has prompted the Obama administration to encourage agencies to eliminate waste and streamline processes. How can agencies automate processes to meet this renewed efficiency mandate as quickly as possible?
- The “business case” for process improvement: In fostering a culture of continuous process improvement, how can stakeholder buy-in be earned? What methodologies and technologies have succeeded in earning the support of decision makers?
Who Should Attend:
Executive decision makers regarding process improvement in government agencies
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Solving the Staffing Crisis: Getting the Right Person for the Right Job
In this webinar, you will learn to:
- Address critical shortages affecting government, including the implementation of ARRA
- Conduct critical skills assessments to prioritize workforce gaps and craft effective and appropriate job descriptions
- Understand the online behavior of your desired applicants to find them online
- Identify appropriate placements to attract the right person for the right job
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Posted in Archived WebinarsSolving the Staffing Crisis: Getting the Right Person for the Right Job
Earlier this year, Paul Volcker, head of Obama’s Economic Advisory Board, stated, “The secretary of the Treasury is sitting there without a deputy, without any undersecretaries, without any, as far as I know, assistant secretaries responsible in substantive areas at a time of very severe crisis.” With the significant responsibilities Treasury has in the rapid implementation of ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), this critical staffing shortage has significant implications for the success of our economic recovery.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has responded with several measures to help get the right people in positions quickly, while maintaining the integrity of hiring processes and preferences. OPM has also pledged to help agencies identify the skills needed to fit the stimulus requirements, to enable them to tailor and recruit the appropriate individuals. Even agencies that do have authority to hire can’t attract the right individuals.
An important first step in solving this issue is developing accurate job descriptions based on needs-assessments and reflective of strategically-aligned human capital plans. Once developed, hiring managers must gain stakeholder agreement on the position descriptions. Most importantly, recruiters and human resources professionals must match their recruitment campaign to the behavior of desired workers.
In this webinar, you will learn to:
- Address critical shortages affecting government, including the implementation of ARRA
- Conduct critical skills assessments to prioritize workforce gaps and craft effective and appropriate job descriptions
- Understand the online behavior of your desired applicants to find them online
- Identify appropriate placements to attract the right person for the right job
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Improving Government Performance
by Anna Lafferre
Improving government performance. It’s the mission of The Performance Institute, the goal of our new series of events called Innovations in Government and the overall objective of the Obama Administration.
Like many things, improving government performance is easier said than done. In order for the federal government to perform well as a whole, each agency must perform well individually. For that to happen, each agency leader must consider performance an important goal and so on down the line.
Recently, Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) introduced legislation that would require agencies to provide all managers with regular, ongoing training on management skills, employee rights and general leadership. The goal of the Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2009 (S.674) is to improve accountability and leadership in the federal supervisor ranks. The Act has three major requirements: new supervisors must receive training in the initial 12 months on the job, with mandatory retraining every three years on how to work with employees to develop performance expectations; mentoring for new supervisors and training on how to mentor employees; and training on the laws governing and the procedures for enforcing whistleblower, collective bargaining and anti-discrimination rights. The bill would also set new performance expectations for managers. Based on the results of their own evaluations, managers would receive training in areas identified for improvement.
“The performance of our federal employees and managers is essential to the success of our government. We will do well to invest in them through training and professional development,” said Senator Akaka, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia.
The Institute is a proud supporter of the Federal Supervisor Training Act and hopes that government will continue to support the training of its managers to deliver superior services to taxpayers.
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