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Strategic Goal 5: Advance Strategic Management to Build Trust, Transparency, and Accountability








  
  
    

  
      



**Strategic Objective 5.1: Promote effective enterprise governance to ensure programmatic goals are met equitably and transparently across all management practices**

**Strategic Objective 5.2: Sustain strong financial stewardship of HHS resources to foster prudent use of resources, accountability, and public trust**

**Strategic Objective 5.3: Uphold effective and innovative human capital resource management resulting in an engaged, diverse workforce with the skills and competencies to accomplish the HHS mission**

**Strategic Objective 5.4: Ensure the security and climate resiliency of HHS facilities, technology, data, and information, while advancing environment-friendly practices**

HHS is dedicated to advancing strategic management across the Department to build trust, transparency, and accountability.  A major focus of the Department is promoting effective enterprise governance to ensure programmatic goals are met equitably and transparently across all management practices.  HHS sustains strong financial stewardship of resources to foster prudent use of resources, accountability, and public trust.  HHS works to uphold effective and innovative human capital resource management resulting in an engaged, diverse workforce with the skills and competencies to accomplish the HHS mission.  The Department also ensures the security of HHS facilities, technology, data, and information, while advancing environment-friendly practices.

In the context of HHS, this Strategic Plan adopts the definition of *underserved communities* listed in Executive Order 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government to refer to “populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, who have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life”; this definition includes individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.  Individuals may belong to more than one underserved community and face intersecting barriers.  This definition applies to the terms *underserved communities* and *underserved populations* throughout this Strategic Plan.

*Related Executive Orders (EO) and White House Action Plans, Memoranda, and Guidance:*

EO 13690: Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input
	EO 13800: Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure
	EO 13859: Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
	EO 13960: Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government
	EO 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
	EO 13988: Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
	EO 13991: Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
	EO 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
	EO 14025: Worker Organizing and Empowerment
	EO 14028: Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity
	EO 14030: Climate-Related Financial Risk
	EO 14031: Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
	EO 14035: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
	EO 14041: White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
	EO 14058: Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery To Rebuild Trust in Government
	EO 14091: Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
	Federal Data Strategy: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset
	Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking
	Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States
	Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan
	White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Recommended Policy Guidance for Departmental Development of Review Mechanisms for Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight (P3CO), January 2017*Related Legislation:*

21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act
	5 U.S. Code Chapter 31 Authority for Employment
	Anti-Deficiency Act of 1982 (ADA)
	Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act)
	Clinger Cohen Act of 1996: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
	Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
	Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
	Cybersecurity Act of 2015
	Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act)
	Families First Coronavirus Response Act
	Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
	Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
	Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2014
	Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)
	Financial Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (FMFIA)
	Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (the “Evidence Act”)
	Good Accounting Obligation in Government (GAO-IG) Act of 2019
	Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993
	Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010
	Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act of 2019
	Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act of 2016
	Indian Sanitation Facilities Act
	John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
	Making Electronic Government Accountable by Yielding Tangible Efficiencies (MEGABYTE) Act of 2016
	Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act of 2017
	Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
	Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
	Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (PMIAA, 2016)
	Small Business Act (1953, as amended)Within HHS, all divisions are working to achieve Strategic Goal 5.

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