4. FY 2001 Performance Goals, Strategies & Cross-Cutting Programs

This FY 2001 Annual Performance Plan establishes performance goals for FY 2001 that will lead to the accomplishment of DOL's strategic goals. It also describes the means and strategies DOL will use to reach its goals. Consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Accounting Office (GAO), DOL has consolidated or aggregated many of its activities into logical clusters focused around the accomplishment of its strategic goals. For example, the work performed by OSHA and MSHA directed towards the reduction in injuries and illnesses described in the third strategic goal, Quality Workplaces, integrates the outcome goals for these agencies. In other cases, only one agency within the Department may contribute to a specific outcome goal.

Under the Workforce Investment Act, the performance indicators stipulated in the Act are to be developed through a process of negotiation between the states and the Department of Labor. The new Workforce Investment System has led to a retooling of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) performance goals. ETA has consulted with stakeholders concerning performance and accountability issues and will work in partnership to develop revised performance goals in 2001. Full implementation will occur beginning July 1, 2000. The national performance goals for the WIA performance indicators will represent an amalgamation of the goals negotiated with the states. The WIA-based performance goals indicated in this plan for WIA are preliminary and will be revised based on approval of the state plans for the vast majority of states that are not early implementers

This section presents DOL's FY 2001 performance goals under each strategic and outcome goal. Following the listing of performance goals is a summary of the means and strategies that will be used by DOL to achieve the outcome and performance goals. Related cross-cut programs and issues follow the strategies. A summary of FY 2001 Performance Goals and Measures is included in Appendix A. Appendix B displays individual matrices for each performance goal that include the following information :

Indicator -- The measures that will be used to assess progress towards performance goal accomplishment.
Source of data -- The measurement system(s) that will be used to collect performance Indicator data.
Baseline -- The baseline year and baseline level against which progress will be evaluated.
Comment -- Issues related to goal accomplishment, measurement systems, and strategies that provide a context or description of the performance goal or indicator.