Labor's Strategic Plan for FY 1999-2004 outlines DOL's mission, vision,
departmental structure, three strategic goals, and attendant outcome and
performance goals which support the Secretary's vision, facilitate increased
coordination, and foster greater cohesion within the Department. Through these
strategic goals, DOL staff and the American public can see a direct link
between the Department's purpose, its activities, and vision for the future.
The Department formalized the Strategic and Performance Plan Workgroup
as a standing committee in support of its Management Review Council, which
oversees DOL's integrated strategic management and performance planning
process. During the summer of 1998, the Workgroup revised the original FY
1997-2002 Strategic Plan to reflect the consolidation of strategic goals in the
FY 1999 Performance Plan and to make a number of other enhancements. To
shepherd and synchronize implementation activities and documents to comply with
the Government Performance and Results Act, also known as GPRA and the Results
Act, DOL then created a departmental GPRA Staff, housed in the Office of
Budget. The Deputy Secretary also initiated biannual Program Reviews for the
Management Review Council to review mid- and end-of-year progress towards
current annual performance goals. In the summer of 1999, the DOL Strategic Plan
was again revised primarily to reflect the programs and objectives of the
Workforce Investment Act. This revised strategic plan covering FY 1999-2004
provides a framework for the Department's FY 2001 Annual Performance Plan and a
blueprint for the Department's major program initiatives through FY 2004.
A summary of the major elements addressed in the Strategic Plan are
provided below. These elements provide the foundation for Departmental
activities in the years ahead and a context for this document, the FY 2001
Annual Performance Plan.
The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job
seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their
working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment,
protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find
workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in
employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out
this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws
including those that guarantee workers' rights to safe and healthful working
conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment
discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
We will promote the economic well-being of workers and their families,
help them share in the American dream through rising wages, pensions, health
benefits and expanded economic opportunities, and foster safe and healthful
workplaces that are free from discrimination.
Through these strategic goals, DOL staff and the American public can see
a direct link between the Department's mission and its activities:
A Prepared Workforce: Enhance opportunities for America's workforce
A Secure Workforce: Promote the economic security of workers and
families Quality Workplaces: Foster quality workplaces that are safe,
healthy, and fair.
Associated with the each of these goals are specific programs designed
to implement the Secretary of Labor's key priorities. These priorities are
highlighted under the appropriate Strategic Goal in Section 4, FY 2001
Performance Goals, Strategies and Cross-Cutting Programs.
The Department of Labor is organized into major program areas, each
headed by an Assistant Secretary or Commissioner who administers the various
statutes and programs for which the Department is responsible. These programs
are carried out through a network of regional offices and a series of field,
district, and area offices, as well as, in some cases, through local-level
grantees and contractors. The agencies included in the Department's FY 2001
Performance Plan are as follows:
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Pension and Welfare
Benefits Administration (PWBA) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Employment Standards Administration (ESA) Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) Mine Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Office of the Solicitor (SOL)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM) Women's Bureau (WB)
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) Veterans' Employment and
Training Service (VETS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
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