This allows GOER, to act as the corporate training arm for the executive branch and addresses needs that cut across all State agencies in a cost-effective manner. Once negotiated funds were available, we moved aggressively and in partnership with the unions to insure that appropriate, high quality training was available to employees throughout New York State. More than 20,000 employees participated in one or more of these programs. With the ever expanding use of technology it is more important than ever to optimize the resources that New York State has. GOER has worked in partnership with Office for Technology and several other agencies to launch a specialized development program for the IT project manager.
Project management is a valuable skill with potentially significant cost implications.
Our aim is to further develop this skill set in state agencies and provide a means for agencies to share the acquired skills. We are also very proud of our annual Work Force Champions Award for Executive Branch State employees. This prestigious non-monetary award was designed to recognize and honor the contributions of exceptional New York State employees. The winners of this award have been Executive Branch employees who have established innovative workforce management practices that clearly make agency and State operations more effective and efficient. The year 2000 winners were honored in October and the details of their winning accomplishments can be found on GOER s website.