Return to Home PageMeeting of September 8, 2003, Washington D.C. on Repositioning for New Realities: Securing EEOC's Continued Effectiveness
Statement of Purpose: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission will hold a public meeting on September 8, 2003, to
examine trends and issues driving the need for change at the agency.
The purpose of the hearing is to gather input from a wide range of
stakeholders, government reform experts, and EEOC employees from
field and headquarters offices on ways the Commission can respond
organizationally to:
* demographic shifts in the workplace;
* a new business environment and dramatically altered
workplace trends;
* the impact of technology;
* changing customer needs;
* the agency's fiscal responsibilities; and
* an agency infrastructure basically unmodified since
the late 1970's.
Morning Session (9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
Introductory Statements by Chair and Commissioners:
Chair Cari M. Dominguez (including brief introduction of
panelists)
Vice Chair Naomi C. Earp
Commissioner Paul Steven Miller
Commissioner Leslie E. Silverman
Testimony by Panels
Panel 1: Experts on Government Reform: Scanning the external factors
driving the need for change
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)- Clay Johnson,
Deputy Director for Management
Partnership for Public Service - Max Stier, President & CEO
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) - Marta Perez,
Associate Director, Human Capital Leadership & Merit
Systems Accountability
Q & As by Commissioners
Panel 2: NAPA & EEOC: EEOC begins process of assessing its
organizational structure
National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), Chair of
the Panel of Evaluators for the NAPA report, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission: Organizing for the
Future- Singleton B. McAllister, Patton Boggs, LLP
Senior Advisor to the Chair, Edison Elkins - Summary of
NAPA comments & EEOC staff & field offices' input;
data & demographics
Inspector General, EEOC - Aletha Brown telework
report
Q & As by Commissioners
Panel 3: EEOC Senior Managers/Headquarters: Current state of the
EEOC: New Realities
Former Acting Director of EEOC's Office of Field
Programs - Reuben Daniels, Jr., Director, Charlotte
District Office
Chief Human Capital Officer - Angelica Ibarguen - EEOC
human capital
Chief Information Officer - Sallie Hsieh - EEOC
technology issues
Chief Financial Officer - Jeffrey A. Smith - EEOC budget
situation
Afternoon Session (2:10 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Panel 4: EEOC Field Staff: Perspectives on change
A. National Council of EEOC Locals No. 216, President,
Gabrielle Martin
EEOC District Directors - John P. Rowe, Chicago
District Office
EEOC Regional Attorneys - Katherine Bissell, New York
District Office
B. EEOC National Contact Center Work Group Cynthia G.
Pierre
Q & As by Commissioners
Panel 5: Stakeholder Groups: Recommendations to improve
efficiency and effectiveness of EEOC delivery of
services to the public
A. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) - Wade J.
Henderson, Executive Director
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - Camille
A. Olson, Seyfarth Shaw
B. National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) - L.
Steven Platt, Immediate Past President
Equal Employment Advisory Council (EEAC) - Jeffrey A.
Norris, President
Q & As by Commissioners
Chair - Closing Remarks
Commissioners - Closing Remarks
A MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH CHAIR DOMINGUEZ WILL FOLLOW THE
CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 P.M. IN THE OFFICE
OF COMMUNICATIONS AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS (OCLA) CONFERENCE ROOM
ON THE 9TH FLOOR.
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