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Human Capital: Building on the Current Momentum to Transform the Federal Government

GAO-04-976T Published: Jul 20, 2004. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 2004.
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The federal government is in a period of profound transition, forcing agencies to transform their cultures to enhance performance, ensure accountability, and position the nation for the future. Strategic human capital management is at the center of this government transformation. Federal agencies will need the most effective human capital systems to succeed in their transformation efforts. At the request of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, this statement summarizes GAO's findings to date on agencies' use of human capital flexibilities, provides an overview of the most relevant human capital management developments, and discusses GAO's recently enacted human capital flexibilities.

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CompensationDownsizingEducationEmployee incentivesHuman capital managementFederal agenciesFederal employeesHiring policiesHuman capitalLabor forcePay for performancePerformance managementPerformance measuresPersonnel managementProductivity in governmentStaff utilizationStrategic planningSuccession planningVariable incentive pay