Current Projects
U.S. Department of State

Client/Funder:
Department of State (Updated September 2001)

Purpose and Scope:
This project will focus on identifying workload drivers and developing a mathematical model. The project work will entail reviewing organizational information including organizational structure and functions; preparing of a list of bureau functions and workload drivers for departmental review; and analyzing bureau information on the percentage of staff time spent on each work function and establishing the relationship of workload drivers to each function.

Center:
Center for Human Resources Management

Project Director:
Frank P. Cipolla

Project Status:
Ongoing

Panel Members:

Rosslyn S. Kleeman -- Distinguished Executive-in-Residence, Department of Public Administration, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University. Former Staff, Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House; Director, Federal Workforce Future Issues and Senior Associate Director, General Government Division, U.S. General Accounting Office; Project Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, President's Advisory Council on Management Improvement; Acting Director and Deputy Director, Women's Action Program, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

James Perry -- Chancellors' Professor of Public Affairs, School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Director, Institute for the Study of Government and the Nonprofit Sector, Indiana University. Former Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University; Senior Research Associate, National Academy of Public Administration; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Professor, Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine.

Curtis Smith -- Former Director, Federal Executive Institute. Former positions with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Associate Director for Retirement and Insurance; Associate Director for Career Entry; Policy Advisor to the Director; Deputy Assistant Director for Pay and Benefits Policy, Compensation Group; Special Assistant to the Associate Director; Legislative Assistant.

Meetings:
The next meeting of the advisory panel will take place on Monday, September 24. For further information, please contact Hina Ansari at (202) 347-3190 or HAnsari @napawash.org