Where We Are Focused
Executive Steering Committee (ESC)
At the request of the Chair, the Executive Steering Committee:
- Is responsible for advising Council Leadership on the Council's strategic direction and priorities and fostering a strong relationship between OPM and the Council.
- Provides feedback to the Council's Executive Director on proposed agenda items for meetings.
- Advises on the creation of Standing Committees and Working Groups - including their goals and outcomes - and assists with recruiting other CHCOs or Deputy CHCOs to participate in these groups.
- Provides feedback to OPM on exigent policy or operational needs when feedback before a full Council meeting is not available.
ESC Members
CHCO Council Priorities
The CHCO Council established four priorities in 2022 that carry forward to 2023. These priorities reflect input from Council members on key issues they would like to shape and align with OPM's Strategic Plan and the President's Management Agenda. The four priorities are:
1. Inform Human Capital Policy Development
2. Build HR Workforce Capacity and Capability
3. Improve Human Capital Data Collection and Usage
4. Foster Strategic Partnerships to Elevate Human Capital
CHCO Council Working Groups and Communities of Practice
The CHCO Council creates working groups to address emerging needs and are oriented towards tactical solutions. CHCO Council members, Deputy CHCOs, OPM leaders and/or designees may lead or participate in any of the working groups. The communities of practice, advised by the working groups, are geared towards human capital practitioners and facilitate the sharing of best practices and identification of solutions that can be scaled.
Below are the Working Groups that were established in 2022 and a visual for how they connect to the CHCO Council. The dotted outline represents a community of practice facilitated in partnership with OPM's Human Capital Data Management and Modernization (HCDMM) Directorate.
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CHCO Council
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Executive Steering Committee (ESC)
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Elevating Human Resources Working Group
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Human Capital Data Working Group
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Future of the Workforce Working Group
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Employee Engagement Working Group
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Recruitment and Outreach Working Group
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Human Capital Data Analytics Community of Practice
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Employee Engagement Community of Practice
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Recruitment Community of Practice
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Future of the Workforce Working Group
The Future of the Workforce Working Group supports OPM in developing policy guidance and providing recommendations on tools, resources, and services to support agencies as they continue to navigate a hybrid work environment and plan for the workforce of the future. The group partners with OPM in enabling a workforce that is inclusive, agile and engaged with the skills for today and the future.
Elevating Human Resources Working Group
The Elevating Human Resources Working Group is working to build a strong and modern Federal HR workforce able to provide credible, effective support as partners in agency mission, strategy, and operational success. The group is developing a common understanding of the state of the HR workforce and is identifying successful and innovative human capital management practices in order to strengthen HR competencies and expand developmental opportunities for the HR workforce.
Human Capital Data Working Group and Community of Practice
The Human Capital Data Working Group seeks to serve as a strategic partner to OPM on its data strategy and plays an advisory role in the Human Capital Analytics Community of Practice. The working group is working to improve data and dashboarding support to agencies in planning for the future of the workforce and ensuring agencies have the talent with the skills needed to achieve mission. This includes facilitating the sharing of dashboards and visualizations that agencies find useful, modernizing data collection methods to ensure data is collected and made available on a centralized basis for agency use, and working collectively to upgrade the skills of agency personnel making use of the data. The Human Capital Data Analytics Community of Practice, facilitated in partnership with OPM's Human Capital Data Management and Modernization (HCDMM) Directorate, provides a forum for human capital data analytics practitioners to share methods, tools, and insights which enables federal agencies to improve their data a nalytics capability. The ultimate goal of the community is to identify solutions to key questions and common challenges that can be created or replicated and reused.
Employee Engagement Working Group and Community of Practice
The Employee Engagement Working Group works to identify and implement holistic solutions to employee engagement. The working group also advises the Employee Engagement Community of Practice, which seeks to support agencies in taking quick, visible action on employee survey results e.g., OPM FEVS, provide agencies opportunities to share and learn about challenges and best practices, and elevate and scale ideas on how to create an engaging, inclusive work environment and workplace culture.
Recruitment and Outreach Working Group
The Recruitment and Outreach Working Group provides strategic oversight and vision for a Recruitment and Outreach Community of Practice (CoP). The CoP facilitates the sharing of best practices, lessons learned, and resources to attract and hire the most qualified employees, who reflect the diversity of our country, in the right roles across the Federal Government. In addition, the Recruitment and Outreach Working Group identifies opportunities and helps champion shared recruitment and outreach initiatives.