# Presentation: 924261

## EPA’s PLANNING PROCESS:Advancing our Partnership

- ECOS Strategic Planning Workshop
- June 10, 2008
- Kathy Sedlak O’Brien
- Director, Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer
- US Environmental Protection Agency

## Overview

- EPA’s Clear Line of Sight
- Why should States engage?
- Two specific opportunities:
- EPA’s 2009-2014 Strategic Plan
- EPA Annual Planning (NPM Guidance)

## How It All Fits Together:Establishing a Clear Line of Sight

**How It All Fits Together:****Establishing a Clear Line of Sight**

**Mission**

**Annual Measures & Commitments**

**Objectives/Sub-objectives**

**Goals**

**Strategic Measures**

## Improvements to Joint EPA/State Planning

- EPA and ECOS have been working closely together over the years to:
- Communicate earlier and more frequently
- Increase transparency and understanding
- Improve joint planning and priority setting
- Improve our measures and reduce reporting burden
- Support State planning pilot projects

## EPA’s Strategic Plan

- Sets forth the long-term direction and measures and is the basis for EPA’s annual planning process.
- EPA has issued four Strategic Plans as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA).
- We are now working on our fifth Strategic Plan,
- 	for 2009 -2014.

## 2009-2014 Strategic Plan Update:Key Elements

- Current 5-goal and objective structure retained
- Limited revisions
**Targeted updates** will address the most significant improvements to human health and the environment
**Revise targets & baselines** for new planning horizon (2009-2014)

## 2009-2014 Strategic Plan Update:Targeted Areas (Draft)

**Cross-Program Strategies**
- Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Impacts of Global Climate Change
- Contaminants
- Import Safety
- Improving Program Implementation in Indian Country
**Improving Performance Measurement**
- Enforcement/Compliance Measures
- Research Strategic Directions and Targets
- Environmental Indicators, Monitoring, and Related Information

## 2009-2014 Strategic Plan Update:Key Products

- Change Document—public review Fall 2008
- Highlights of changes to strategies
- Side-by-side comparison of current & proposed strategic planning architecture
- Full-Text Draft—public review Spring 2009
- Based on public comments & advice from new Administration
- Shorter document
- Final Strategic Plan—September 30, 2009

## National Program Manager Guidance

- Used by EPA’s five major programs to establish program priorities, strategies and measures annually.
- Makes operational the decisions made in the FY 2009 annual planning and budget process
- Comments on draft guidance documents due in March and final documents issued in April.

##  National Program Manager Guidance:New Tools and Products to Increase Transparency

- Heard your concerns about difficulty in commenting on these documents
- Significant changes in FY 09 Guidance to increase:
- Transparency
- Usability
- Opportunities for stakeholder involvement.
- Share these changes and discuss additional ideas and suggestions you have for continued improvements

## National Program Manager Guidance:New Tools

- Checklists and Calendars highlight opportunities for meaningful State and Tribal interaction
- Revised schedule allows more time for stakeholder involvement
- Available State breakouts added to lists of annual commitments posted on Quickplace site
- Standardized templates display consistent information across NPM Guidances
- Annual commitment measures
- Key Changes from previous year
- Response to Comments summary

## National Program Manager Guidance:New Products

- Enhanced use of website (more information and links)
- Detailed ‘Response to Comments’ documents address all comments received
- Revised format for NPM Guidance documents
- Summary of Key Changes from last year
- Annual commitments reflect results of measures improvement

## National Program Managers Guidance: Examples of FY 2009 Response to Comments Summary

## Additional Areas for Collaboration: Measures Improvement EffortsIncreasing Efficiency and Transparency

- Aligning measures and use them for multiple purposes (a clear line of sight)
- Linking resources to results (State Grant Template Measures)
- Draft annual commitment measure lists with available state breakouts posted on Quickplace site for State review.
- Continue looking for opportunities to better communicate the work of the States through the measures

## Ongoing  State Involvement in Agency Planning 

**FY10 Pres. Budget Submitted (?)**

**FY11 OMB Budget Submitted (9/14)**

**Change Document Publicly Released (9/30)**

**Full Text Draft Strategic Plan Publicly Released (4/30)**

**FY09 PAR (11/15)**

- Negotiate FY09 Annual Commitments

**FY10 OMB Budget Submitted (9/8)**

**Change Document Submissions Due (8/1)**

## Questions

- How do you want to engage in the Strategic Plan update process?
- How effective were the tools we developed this year for the NPM Guidance?
- What other tools or suggestions do you have to help your review and participation in the NPM guidance process?
- Are there any other areas where we can advance our joint planning efforts?

## This presentation can be found at

- http://www.epa.gov/cfo/npmguidance/