Measuring Success: Strategic Goal Four—Facilitate Commission performance through organizational and management excellence, efficient use of resources, and effective mission support.
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Outcome 4.1: A productive, technically competent and diverse workforce that takes into account current and future technical and professional needs of the Commission.
Annual Performance Goal: Recruit, retain, and develop a skilled and diversified staff to keep pace with attrition and anticipated losses due to retirement.
Performance Measures:
- Percentage of FY program development objectives met under agency pay for performance authority
- Average number of days between close of vacancy announcement and job offer, per Federal standard of 45 days or less
- Rate of employee turnover, exclusive of retirements
- Percentage of employees in mission-critical positions rating themselves at “extensive” or higher level of expertise on Strategic Workforce Planning Survey
- Percentage of underrepresented groups among new hires
Outcome 4.2: A modern and secure information portfolio that reflects the strategic priorities of the Commission.
Annual Performance Goal: Link business decisions on IT resources to CFTC strategic goals by establishing a decision-making and review process for allocation of IT resources.
Performance Measures:
- Percentage of Commission IT resources directly tied to Agency resource priorities as stated in the Strategic Plan
- Percentage of major IT investments having undergone an investment review within the last three years
- Percentage of Customer Support Center inquiries resolved within established performance metrics
- Percentage of employees with network availability
- Percentage of employees who require remote network availability that have it
- Percentage of major systems and networks certified and accredited in accordance with guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Percentage of IT e-government initiatives on target for compliance with implementation schedule
- Percentage of network users who have completed annual security and privacy training
Outcome 4.3: An organizational infrastructure that efficiently and effectively responds to and anticipates both the routine and emergency business needs of the Commission.
Annual Performance Goal: A fully operational Contingency Planning Program to ensure the CFTC is prepared for emergencies and is fully capable of recovery and reconstitution.
Performance Measures:
- Number of hours required to deploy staff and begin mission essential functions at the COOP site
Outcome 4.4: Financial resources are allocated, managed, and accounted for in accordance with the strategic priorities of the Commission.
Annual Performance Goal: A clean financial audit opinion for the CFTC.
Performance Measures:
- Audit opinion of the Commission’s annual financial statements as reported by the Commission’s external auditors
- Number of material internal control weaknesses reported in the Performance and Accountability Report
- Number of non-compliance disclosures in audit report
Outcome 4.5: The Commission’s mission is fulfilled and goals are achieved through sound management and organizational excellence provided by executive leadership.
Annual Performance Goal: Progress in completing the 18 priorities established in the Commission Strategic Plan for FY 2007 through FY 2012.
Performance Measures:
- Percentage of 18 Strategic Plan priorities that are on track to completion by FY 2012.