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OPA News Release: [07/21/2005]
Contact Name: Pamela Groover or Lorette Post
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Release Number: 05-1374-NAT
Labor Department First to Score “All Green”
On President’s Management Agenda
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is the first
federal agency to achieve the highest score of “green” on all five major
government-wide components of the President's Management Agenda (PMA).
The accomplishment was noted today in a report issued by the Office of
Management and Budget on PMA scorecard results for the quarter ending
June 30.
“This is a tremendous achievement by DOL employees who are committed
to excellence on behalf of American workers and taxpayers,” said
Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. “The President's Management Agenda
sets high standards and I have high expectations that we will continue
to meet them.”
President George W. Bush's Management Agenda, announced in 2001, is a
strategy for improving the management and performance of the federal government.
With the goal of making government more citizen-centered and results-oriented,
the President's Management Agenda contains five government-wide components
as well as a number of agency-specific program initiatives designed to
improve federal management and deliver high-quality results to the American
people.
The Office of Management and Budget rates the PMA progress of 26 departments
and agencies on a quarterly basis. In 2004, the Labor Department achieved
a “green” score for four out of five government-wide PMA initiatives:
Strategic Management of Human Capital, Budget and Performance Integration,
Improved Financial Performance and Expanded E-Government. As of June 30,
DOL was upgraded to “green” in the fifth government-wide PMA component,
Competitive Sourcing.
Secretary Chao added, “The
Department of Labor's management team can also be proud of two 2004
President's Quality Awards; three first-place rankings by the Mercatus
Center for our performance and accountability reports, and eight ‘clean'
financial audits in a row. All of this was accomplished while holding
our budget to just two percent above what it was in 2001.”
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