Strategic Objective 5.1: Promote effective enterprise governance to ensure programmatic goals are met equitably and transparently across all management practices
Strategic Objective 5.2: Sustain strong financial stewardship of HHS resources to foster prudent use of resources, accountability, and public trust
Strategic Objective 5.3: Uphold effective and innovative human capital resource management resulting in an engaged, diverse workforce with the skills and competencies to accomplish the HHS mission
Strategic Objective 5.4: Ensure the security and climate resiliency of HHS facilities, technology, data, and information, while advancing environment-friendly practices
HHS is dedicated to advancing strategic management across the Department to build trust, transparency, and accountability. A major focus of the Department is promoting effective enterprise governance to ensure programmatic goals are met equitably and transparently across all management practices. HHS sustains strong financial stewardship of resources to foster prudent use of resources, accountability, and public trust. HHS works to uphold effective and innovative human capital resource management resulting in an engaged, diverse workforce with the skills and competencies to accomplish the HHS mission. The Department also ensures the security of HHS facilities, technology, data, and information, while advancing environment-friendly practices.
In the context of HHS, this Strategic Plan adopts the definition of underserved communities listed in Executive Order 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government to refer to “populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, who have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life”; this definition includes individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality. Individuals may belong to more than one underserved community and face intersecting barriers. This definition applies to the terms underserved communities and underserved populations throughout this Strategic Plan.
Related Executive Orders (EO) and White House Action Plans, Memoranda, and Guidance:
- EO 13690: Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input
- EO 13800: Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure
- EO 13859: Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
- EO 13960: Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government
- EO 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
- EO 13988: Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
- EO 13991: Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
- EO 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
- EO 14025: Worker Organizing and Empowerment
- EO 14028: Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity
- EO 14030: Climate-Related Financial Risk
- EO 14031: Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
- EO 14035 : Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
- EO 14041: White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Federal Data Strategy: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset
- Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking
- Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States
- Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Recommended Policy Guidance for Departmental Development of Review Mechanisms for Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight (P3CO), January 2017
Related Legislation:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act
- 5 U.S. Code Chapter 31 Authority for Employment
- Anti-Deficiency Act of 1982 (ADA)
- Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act)
- Clinger Cohen Act of 1996: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
- Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
- Cybersecurity Act of 2015
- Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act)
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
- Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
- Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2014
- Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)
- Financial Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (FMFIA)
- Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (the “Evidence Act”)
- Good Accounting Obligation in Government (GAO-IG) Act of 2019
- Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993
- Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010
- Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act of 2019
- Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act of 2016
- Indian Sanitation Facilities Act
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- Making Electronic Government Accountable by Yielding Tangible Efficiencies (MEGABYTE) Act of 2016
- Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act of 2017
- Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
- Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
- Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (PMIAA, 2016)
- Small Business Act (1953, as amended)
Within HHS, all divisions are working to achieve Strategic Goal 5.
