Rather, the analysis should focus on the strategic HR and personnel decisions made among the different types and sizes of agencies and the information needed to make fact-based decisions. The sample of work forces should include both large and small civilian and defense agencies. Gather best practices from employment practices and systems used within industry and benchmark the sample of Federal systems against these best practices. Identify the Federal practices and systems from the group sampled that are most closely aligned with industry best practices. Examine the information and decisions used by these systems to compile a list of core personnel information.
Core information is that information that is present in all the systems analyzed.
Identify the agency or organizational personnel administration processes and procedures that are most likely to require in-depth analysis due to their degree of uniqueness or complexity. Form sub-teams to examine the information and decisions used by these systems to compile a list of additional personnel information items. Compile the results of each subteam into a single list. Compare the agency information needs in the OER with the information needs identified for the OER Extract and identify gaps. The purpose of the analysis is to ensure that the agency-defined OER will meet OPM reporting requirements.