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 priorities in 2022 that carry forward to 2024. 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 current priorities are:
1. Inform Human Capital Policy Development
2. Build HR Workforce Capacity and Capability
3. Improve Human Capital Data Collection and Usage
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 current Working Groups and Communities of Practice in 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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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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Agency Approach to Hybrid Work 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 and Outreach Community of Practice
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Agency Approach to Hybrid Work Working Group
The Agency Approach to Hybrid Work Working Group is designed to help CHCO Council members share best practices related to hybrid work environments, discuss how members are approaching remote work, and develop strategies around common mission-critical occupations, in an effort to streamline the approach across agencies.
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 (CoP). The Human Capital Data Analytics CoP provides a forum for human capital data analytics practitioners to share methods, tools, and insights which enables Federal agencies to improve their data analytics 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. The Human Capital Data Working Group works to improve data and dashboarding support to agencies in planning for the future of the workforce and retaining and acquiring the talent with the skills needed to achieve their missions.
Employee Engagement Working Group and Community of Practice
The Employee Engagement Working Group aims to identify and implement holistic solutions to employee engagement. The working group advises the Employee Engagement CoP, which helps agencies take quick, visible action on employee survey results, for example, OPM Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), provides agencies opportunities to share challenges and best practices, and helps them create engaging, inclusive work environments and workplace cultures.
Recruitment and Outreach Working Group
The Recruitment and Outreach Working Group serves as a champion to pilot shared recruitment and outreach initiatives, provides strategic direction to align initiatives with the PMA priorities, and helps disseminate knowledge throughout the recruitment community. Further, the Recruitment and Outreach Working Group provides strategic oversight and vision for the Recruitment and Outreach CoP. The CoP is represented by CFO Act and non-CFO Act Agencies to maintain a strong and sustainable interagency group of recruitment subject matter experts. These experts in the CoP work together to position the Federal government as an employer of choice for early career talent by promoting Federal careers and employment opportunities to colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions and historically underserved and underrepresented communities.