AHRS Periodical _January 2008

An agency’s workforce plan is a means of publishing the alignment between the agency’s strategic plan and its strategic human resource plan. For that reason, agency workforce planners should be attuned to changes in state government that may affect an agency’s overall strategic plan, especially when budget shortfalls are anticipated.

Workforce planners will want to identify legislative actions that will affect their agencies’ activities that may impact their ability to hire, develop, and retain staff.

Please note that this year the General Assembly’s expected schedule is:

Regular Session convenes
January 9, 2008 (the second Wednesday in January)

Regular session adjourns
March 8, 2008 (Sessions in even-numbered years are 60 days.)

Reconvened session occurs
April 16, 2008 (sixth Wednesday after the regular session adjourns)
(This session may conclude in a single day. The Virginia Constitution does not allow it to be longer than three days, unless it is extended by a vote of its members.)

Networking

Networking among agencies benefits everyone. It is important that we all support our colleagues from other agencies when they request Employee Work Profiles, agency policies and practices, salary data, or just an opportunity to discuss an idea or problem. We hope someday to enjoy a statewide repository of resources that everyone can access. For now, however, it remains important to exchange printed information the old-fashioned way. Thank you for being responsive to each other.

Our goal is to provide practical information that supports human resource objectives across the Commonwealth and to encourage innovative strategies in the management and delivery of agency services.

To tell us what you would like to see featured in upcoming issues email us at
compensation@dhrm.virginia.gov or policy@dhrm.virginia.gov

Department of Human Resource Management
Office of Agency Human Resource Services
101 N. 14th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: 804-225-2131 Fax: 804-371-7401