America faces many challenges today. We have overcome every challenge in our history because men and women of good will, keen minds and strong hearts have always stepped forward to aid their Nation through service, both in civilian Government and in our Armed Forces.
The Civil Service of today carries forward that proud American tradition. Whether it is defending our homeland, restoring confidence in our financial system and administering an historic economic recovery effort, ensuring adequate health care for our veterans and fellow citizens or searching for cures to the most vexing diseases—we are fortunate to have our best and our brightest to rely upon. Our people are our most important tool in facing any challenge, and we forget that at our peril. They are not merely a part of the equation, like capital or technology. They ARE the equation.
Information Technology
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is pleased to present the Agency's Information Technology (IT) Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2010–2013. The Plan establishes a new direction for improving support to OPM's mission of recruiting, retaining, and honoring a world-class workforce to serve the American people.
The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), along with its IT partners, is responsible for the successful introduction of technology to support OPM's strategic goals, as well as the tools and infrastructure needed to deliver world-class services to the federal workforce and retirees. We will provide innovative technologies and IT services by: directing the implementation of the Agency's IT architecture to ensure integration of IT components with each other, including reviews to ensure design consistency and compliance with federal standards; managing compliance with oversight directives, including IT security and privacy programs for the Agency; managing government-wide and agency-specific programs in such areas as records management, forms management, and paperwork reduction, to ensure information and records under OPM's control are managed in the interests of the American public; working with other agencies on government-wide projects, such as e‐Government; and leading the development of long-range IT human resource (HR) strategies for the Government as a whole.
Retirement
Our goal is to eliminate the current backlog in processing retirement claims. No later than July 2013, we hope to proclaim that 90 percent of retirees receive their full annuity payments within 60 days of retirement.
To be clear and transparent in this process, we've developed a strategic plan to achieve this goal. We have made retirement operations a priority for the Agency, and are devoting the necessary leadership and talent from our agency to the task. We look forward to working with Congress and other stakeholders as we eliminate the backlog, improve our customer service, and honor our retirees.
You can follow our progress by reviewing the statistics we issue on the status (and progress) of the backlog by downloading the monthly report.
Small Business
To assure the best use of tax-payer dollars we've established a Strategic Plan to guide our efforts to assure small businesses become suppliers of choice.
Sustainability
As the largest employer in the United States (U.S.), the Federal government has a unique opportunity to influence our country's ecological and financial future. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is excited to play a part in the worldwide sustainability movement. OPM is tasked with recruiting, retaining, and honoring a world-class workforce for the American people. There is no better way to honor government employees and all Americans than to help ensure their communities are healthy. With this goal in mind, OPM will begin implementing our first Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan.
Several current initiatives will aid OPM's sustainability agenda. We are in the process of updating the Theodore Roosevelt Building's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system and installing solar panels on the roof. OPM is also working with the Department of the Interior and the General Services Administration to begin local food programs such as a farmer's market and community gardens around the Washington, D.C. buildings. We are promoting flexible work arrangements that will lead to reduced building energy use and vehicle emissions. Furthermore, we are continuing to investigate sustainability opportunities and improvements at all of our facilities.
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