Strategic Goal 5: Advance Strategic Management to Build Trust, Transparency, and Accountability

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:

Related Legislation:

Within HHS, all divisions are working to achieve Strategic Goal 5.

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