September 27, 2002
Memorandum
To: All Employees
From: P. Lynn Scarlett
Assistant Secretary – Policy, Management and Budget
Subject: Strategic Human Capital Management Plan
I am pleased to announce the publication of the Department’s Strategic Human
Capital Management Plan for FY 2003-FY 2007. The Plan was developed through
the Management Initiatives Team and truly represents a cross-bureau
collaborative effort. It was submitted along with the Department’s budget
request to the Office of Management and Budget on September 9.
I encourage each of you to read the Plan, which sets forth the actions which
we plan to take over the next five years to ensure that our employees have
the skills they need to carry out the mission of the Department. The Plan
builds on the Department’s Strategic Plan, which presents end outcomes and
intermediate outcomes consistent with achieving our overall mission. The
demographic features of our workforce, its geographic dispersion, and the
wide diversity of skills needed to fulfill our mission are all explored in
the Plan. The Plan describes several key challenges: an aging workforce;
insufficient numbers of people with pivotal business and information
technology skills; and a need for negotiation and partnership skills among
all employees in the field. In addition, it describes some of the internal
and external “drivers” that are shaping the extent, complexity, and volume
of our work.
One of the keys to addressing our expanding challenges is to build the
skills and capacity to make cross-bureau coordination a hallmark of our
efforts. The Plan describes our steps towards greater intra-Departmental
integration; the use of consultation, communication, and cooperation to
expand partnerships and increase the use of volunteers; and more effective
and efficient operations. In addition, the Plan describes three of our
especially important and urgent challenges: Indian Trust Management,
Wildland Fire Management, and Law Enforcement and Security. Specific actions
that the Department will take are described in each of these areas.
The Department’s Management Initiatives Team, which includes Deputy
Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Bureau Directors, will oversee
implementation of the Plan and will develop additional actions needed over
time to meet our performance goals.
We will be distributing hard copies of the report once they have been
published. In the meantime, the Plan can be found on the Department’s
website at www.DOI.gov. |
Please email or call
Kathleen Wheeler
(202.208.6444) to request a hard copy of the report. Entire Report (56 pages, 30MB)
Front Cover
Table of Contents and Foreword
Executive Summary
Understanding Our Mission
Setting the Context
Achieving Our Performance Goals
Addressing Unique Programmatic Challenges
Next Steps
Appendices
Back Cover |