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Managing for Excellence

Management excellence lies at the heart of serving the public well. Are we delivering anticipated outcomes? Are we efficient and effective in how we manage our programs? How do we know? Can the public review our progress? The President has challenged all agencies to deliver better value for the American people. The President's Management Agenda creates a five-pronged framework for this effort focused on strategic management of human capital, budget and performance integration, improved financial performance, expanding electronic government, and competitive sourcing.

Four key principles guide the Secretary's implementation of the President's Management Agenda: citizen value, accountability, integration, and modernization.

  • Citizen value is our central management goal-Do our activities link directly to our mission of protecting resources, providing recreational opportunities, ensuring access to energy and minerals on public lands, and serving communities through science, safety, and fulfillment of our special responsibilities to Native Americans, Alaskan natives, and the Nation's affiliated islands?
  • By striving for accountability, we aim to accurately and consistently measure and communicate what we do so the public can evaluate our performance.
  • Through integration, we look at the big picture and look for ways to work better together to provide better service to the public.
  • Modernization enables us to work smarter by taking advantage of technological progress and advances in management practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness. For more information on how Interior is implementing the President's Management Agenda and the Secretary's business principles visit:

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