OED Announcement Memorandum

MEMORANDUM

Supervisors, Managers, and Team Leaders: Please ensure that employees without access to e-mail receive a copy of this message.

The Office of Organizational and Employee Development (OED) was established in fiscal year 01 with the strategic mandate to create and implement a Bureau-wide training and employee development program. The primary strategic goals of OED are to enhance the scientific and technical skills of the USGS workforce and to foster visionary leadership and management professionalism through a variety of creative programs, performance support processes, and cost-effective means. The OED is a partner in the Bureau's Human Resources (HR) Enterprise with the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Headquarters and Regional Personnel Offices. The intent of the entire HR enterprise is to facilitate coordination and integration of our capabilities to best support the people, operations, customers and programs of the USGS.

The OED, in partnership with other members of the HR Enterprise, currently provides these programs and services:

In its first year of operation, the staff of OED was proud to lead the expansion of the leadership development program, implementation of the formal and informal mentoring program, basic supervisory training course, automated Training Management System, OED website, and pilot for the Bureau's orientation program. In FY 02, OED will focus its efforts on building a systematic Bureau-wide scientific and technical training program and supporting policy and processes, while continuing to cost-effectively manage existing programs and services to meet Bureau needs. In the January 2002 timeframe, OED will establish a liaison from the OED staff for each USGS Region and Headquarters, to facilitate our ability to effectively meet the Bureau's training and development needs. Over the next two months liaison staff will be meeting with Regional and Headquarters staff to refine the roles and responsibilities of the OED liaison staff. We invite you to work with us to identify science, technical, business, and leadership development needs for the Bureau. We welcome your ideas and insights, and together we believe we can meet the developmental needs of the USGS in support of science and business excellence.

For information on current OED programs and activities, please visit our website at http://training.usgs.gov.

For further information on page subject-matter content, please contact:
Dianne Jeffries, (303) 445-4660 Ext. 228 or Pam Marsters, (703) 648-6703..