United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-02-25 monographic deposited born digital 27 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-479T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T P0b002ee18039583c f:d04479t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T GAO-04-479T Agency missions Civil service Compensation Federal employees Federal personnel law Performance measures Personnel evaluation Personnel management Program evaluation Human resources utilization Strategic planning Appeals Human capital Testimony A09362

The creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) almost one year ago represents an historic moment for the federal government to fundamentally transform how the nation will protect itself from terrorism. DHS is continuing to transform and integrate a disparate group of agencies with multiple missions, values, and cultures into a strong and effective cabinet department. Together with this unique opportunity, however, also comes significant risk to the nation that could occur if this transformation is not implemented successfully. In fact, GAO designated this implementation and transformation as high risk in January 2003. Congress provided DHS with significant flexibility to design a modern human capital management system. GAO reported in September 2003 that the design effort to develop the system was collaborative and consistent with positive elements of transformation. Last Friday, the Secretary of DHS and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released for public comment draft regulations for DHS's new human capital system. This testimony provides preliminary observations on selected major provisions of the proposed system. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T.pdf GAO-04-479T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-479T Testimony GAO-04-479T; Human Capital: Preliminary Observations on Proposed DHS Human Capital Regulations; Agency missions Civil service Compensation Federal employees Federal personnel law Performance measures Personnel evaluation Personnel management Program evaluation Human resources utilization Strategic planning Appeals Human capital Title 26 Section 7804note 26 U.S.C. 7804note