DHS Human Resource Management System

**Senior Review Advisory Committee (SRC)**

Friday, July 25, 2003, 8:30 am -- 1:00 pm

Meeting Minutes

## Location

Radisson Barcelo Hotel, Phillips Room

2121 P Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037

## Senior Review Advisory Committee Members {#senior-review-advisory-committee-members .sub-heading}

[Members from the Department of Homeland Security:]{.underline}

Janet Hale, *Undersecretary for Management*

Robert Bonner, *Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection*

James Loy, *Director, Transportation Security Administration*

Eduardo Aguirre, *Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services*

Michael Dorsey, *Chief of Administrative Services*

Ralph Basham, *Director,* *United States Secret Service*

######## Members from the Office of Personnel Management:

Steve Cohen, *Senior Advisor for Homeland Security*

Doris Hauser, *Senior Policy Advisor to the Director and Chief Human
Capital Officer*

Ron Sanders, *Associate Director, Division for Strategic Human Resources
Policy*

Marta Perez, *Associate Director, Division for Human Capital Leadership
and Merit System Accountability*

[Members from Unions:]{.underline}

Bobby Harnage, *President, American Federation of Government Employees*

Colleen Kelley, *President, National Treasury Employees Union*

Michael Randall, *President, National Association of Agricultural
Employees*

[Advisors:]{.underline}

Bernard Rosen

Maurice McTigue, *Visiting Scholar, Mercatus Center, George Mason
University*

Pete Smith, *President and Chief Executive, Private Sector Council*

## Meeting Minutes

[Welcome and Introductions:]{.underline}

Melissa Allen, the Designated Federal Official, began the meeting by
reading the FACA statement and introducing the Senior Review Advisory
Committee (SRC) co-chairs, Janet Hale and Steve Cohen. SRC members
introduced themselves.

[Research Strategy/Status:]{.underline}

Kay Frances Dolan and Melissa Allen presented a synopsis of findings
from the focus groups of DHS employees conducted by the Design Team
(attached). Colleen Newth and Mike Greenberg discussed the methodology
the Design Team followed in conducting their research into current human
resource management practices in other organizations (see attached list
of research contacts).

[Guiding Principles:]{.underline}

Don Winstead and Terry Rosen discussed the guiding principles
(attached), including how they are defined and how they were developed.
Bobby Harnage presented a proposed amendment to the guiding principles
(attached). The SRC approved the guiding principles and asked the Design
Team to review the proposed amendment to the guiding principles and
submit a final recommendation to the SRC.

[Options Development:]{.underline}

Jeff Sumberg and Steve Keller discussed the goal of the Design Team ---
to develop a wide range of options of potential human resource
management systems for consideration by the SRC. They discussed the
major areas the Design Team will look at: pay, classification,
performance management, labor relations, adverse actions, and appeals.
They also discussed the major elements within each area that will be
looked at (attached), and presented a sample template illustrating the
format that will be used in creating the options (attached). The SRC
approved the options template.

[Public Comment:]{.underline}

The following individuals addressed the SRC: Tom McFee, National Academy
of Public Administration; Joe Swerdzewski, FPMI; and George Nesterczuk,
Nesterczuk and Associates.

[Concluding Remarks:]{.underline}

SRC members provided closing statements. Janet Hale and Steve Cohen
commended the Design Team and thanked them for their hard work and
dedication.

## Attachments

DHS/OPM HRMS Design Team Research Contacts

Guiding Principles in Developing Options by the DHS Human Resources
Management Systems Design Team

Proposed Amendments to Guiding Principles Draft

Preliminary Focus Group Synopsis

Pay, Performance, and Classification Team System Elements

Labor and Employee Relations Team System Elements

General Schedule Option (Draft --- for illustrative purposes only)