1: Human Capital Management
IMPROVE HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Other Information:
The President has identified as a priority using the strategic management of human capital to create a high performing workforce
that is more citizen-centered and results-oriented. USDA will manage its human capital according to its Strategic Human Capital
Plan. The plan includes implementing initiatives both within the agencies and from a corporate perspective. It focuses on
strategic workforce planning, optimizing organizational structures to address current and future challenges, and improving
performance management to maximize employee performance. The plan identifies USDA’s human-capital challenges and implements
an accountability system to monitor and address these challenges. Such challenges include meeting the demand for cutting-edge
research talent, creating a workforce with a combination of skills not previously required and fully supporting the Department’s
mission with the same or fewer staff .In managing its human capital and delivering its services to customers, USDA will continue
to focus on ensuring civil rights and equal employment opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, color, national origin,
gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, marital or familial status, or any other factor.
The Department is committed to continuous civil rights progress in the workplace, program delivery and processing complaints
timely and efficiently. USDA’s plans include: Maintaining the links among Departmental and agency human capital and annual
performance plans; Integrating the human capital impacts of such Presidential initiatives as competitive sourcing and eGovernment;
Using workforce planning and hiring flexibilities to recruit, retain and reward employees while developing a high-performing
and accountable workforce; Ensuring employment opportunities for all members of the workforce, while implementing programs
targeted towards critical occupations with projected skill gaps and underrepresented groups; and Ensuring the timely resolution
of program and employment civil rights complaints.
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