1 Draft: February 22, 2010 Strategic Planning Overview Department of Labor (DOL)

Federal Strategic Plan Requirement  The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: – Aims to improve the confidence of the American people in the capability of Federal government. – Holds Federal agencies accountable to results.  One requirement of the Act calls for the development of a multi-year strategic plan that must be updated every three years.

DOL’s Update to Strategic Plan  The Department’s previous strategic plan was published in September 2006 and covered Fiscal Years (FY) 2006 through  After consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress, DOL delayed – by one year – its strategic plan update to allow Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis to assemble her leadership team.  DOL’s updated Strategic Plan – covering FY 2010 through 2016 – is to be in place by September 30, 2010.

How will the plan be used?  A strategic plan guides DOL’s planning and reporting by describing the agency’s: – Mission – Strategic Goals and Objectives – Strategies  The published strategic plan will serve as the basis for: – Developing future budget requests; – Establishing yearly goals in annual performance plans; and – Tracking progress and results through annual performance reports.

DOL Vision and Mission Secretary’s Vision: Good Jobs For Everyone DOL Mission Statement: The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.

Strategic and Outcome Goals Strategic Goal 1: Prepare workers for good jobs and ensure fair compensation. Outcome Goals  Increase workers’ incomes and narrow wage and income inequality.  Assure skills and knowledge that prepare workers to succeed in a knowledge-based economy, including in high-growth and emerging industry sectors like “green” jobs.  Help workers who are in low-wage jobs or out of the labor market find a path into middle class jobs.  Help middle-class families remain in the middle class.  Secure wages and overtime.

Strategic and Outcome Goals Strategic Goal 2: Ensure workplaces are safe and healthy. Outcome Goal  Secure safe and healthy workplaces, particularly in high-risk industries.

Strategic and Outcome Goals Strategic Goal 3: Assure fair and high quality work-life environments. Outcome Goals  Break down barriers to fair and diverse workplaces so that every worker’s contribution is respected.  Provide workplace flexibility for family and personal care-giving.  Ensure worker voice in the workplace.

Strategic and Outcome Goals Strategic Goal 4: Secure health benefits and, for those not working, provide income security. Outcome Goals  Facilitate return to work for workers experiencing workplace injuries or illnesses who are able to work.  Ensure income support when work is impossible or unavailable.  Improve health benefits and retirement security for all workers.

Strategic and Outcome Goals Strategic Goal 5: Foster fair working conditions in the global marketplace. Outcome Goal  Assure that global markets are governed by fair market rules that protect vulnerable people including women and children, and provide workers a fair share of productivity and a voice in their work lives.

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