Strategic Management of Human Capital

The U.S. Department of Commerce carries forth the Strategic Management of Human Capital Initiative of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) by employing human capital strategies that are linked to its organizational mission, vision, core values, goals, and objectives. We use this strategic approach for recruiting, acquiring, developing, retaining and rewarding a high-performing and diverse workforce. These activities are carried out through the collection and analyses of human resources data for workforce planning purposes, aligning people and competencies, providing the resources and technology to enable our workforce to perform and deliver excellence in a safe and results-oriented work environment, assessing and measuring the outcomes to ensure intended results are met, and incorporating a means for continually improving our systems and programs.

For more information relative to the Strategic Management of Human Capital at the Department of Commerce and in general, please visit the following web sites:

• Department of Commerce’s Office of Management and Organization, discusses each of the PMA initiatives.

• Office of Personnel Management (OPM), owner of the Strategic Management of Human Capital Initiative.

• Chief Human Capital Officers Council, which was established by the Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2002, advises and coordinates the activities of members’ agencies on such matters as the modernization of human resources systems, improved quality of human resources information, and legislation affecting human resources operations and organizations.

• White House web page that describes agencies’ progress in carrying out the PMA initiatives.

• Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI), one of five OPM-led e-Government initiatives (along with e-Clearance, e-Payroll, e-Training, and Recruitment One-Stop), when combined with OPM's Retirement Systems Modernization initiative, is that of an interlocking enterprise system based on the employee lifecycle.