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Government and Public Administration | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5
Pathway:  Public Management and Administration
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
GVPG01.01 | Departmental Leadership | #6: Principles of Management and Administration | Align department vision, goals, and mission to support those of the agency. | Interpret changing trends to identify key issues and options affecting agency or department. | Observe economic, political, and social trends likely to impact agency or department.
 |  |  |  | Obtain diverse stakeholder input to build consensus vision, goals, and missions. | Develop expansive professional networks internally and with other organizations to broaden communications.
 |  |  |  |  | Recruit diverse workforce in an equitable manner.
 |  |  |  |  | Seek diversity of input from all stakeholders.
 |  |  |  | Create a climate that welcomes and fosters creative thinking and innovation. | Apply innovative solutions to develop new insights into situations.
GVPG01.02 | Departmental Leadership | #6: Principles of Management and Administration | Design and implement strategies to maximize the potential of the department to meet its vision, goals, and missions. | Encourage a sense of responsibility and commitment to a very high level of public service. | Apply people skills to grasp opportunities and to manage conflicts in a positive and constructive manner.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify potential conflict situations, coach and guide others in conflict resolution, and implement strategies to minimize conflict.
 |  |  |  |  | State expectations clearly.
 |  |  |  | Act as catalyst to effect organizational change. | Emphasize the need to infuse understanding of vision, missions, and goals into all departmental activities.
 |  |  |  |  | Help employees adapt behavior and work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
 |  |  |  |  | Delegate exercise of department's power and authority.
 |  |  |  |  | Model risk acceptance.
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
GVPG01.03 | Departmental Leadership | #7: Fiscal Management | Manage departmental budget and allocation processes to ensure that resources are applied in a manner that is consistent with department's vision, missions, and goals. | Invite open consideration of all budget requests to build sense of fair treatment and opportunity for participation among stakeholders. | Publicize all meetings at which budget and allocation decisions are to be discussed.
 |  |  |  | Seek validation of facts and analysis of proposals by qualified professionals to ensure decisions are made with benefit of reliable information. | Obtain outside expertise as needed.
 |  |  |  | Insist upon accountability to reassure all stakeholders about fairness. | Make periodic reports to show funds have been used for designated purposes.
 | Department-level Information Management | #10: Information Management | Facilitate the flow of ideas and information to keep the agency and its constituency informed of departmental policies and operations. | Make information about the department and its policies and operations readily available to minimize suspicion and misconceptions about what the department is doing. | Overcome reluctance of employees to work openly.
 |  |  |  |  | Restate complex technical information or issues into language the general public can understand.
 |  |  |  |  | Use verbal skills effectively to explain, justify, or discuss public issues.
 |  |  |  |  | Use presentation techniques effectively to handle difficult interviews and situations.
GVPG03.01 | Planning and Innovation | #6: Principles of Management and Administration | Utilize agency expertise to help elected officials and others identify, implement, and achieve common goals and objectives. | Devise plans that respond to public needs in an equitable and effective manner. | Obtain relevant data from reliable sources.
 |  |  |  |  | Apply pertinent research and analytical methodology.
 |  |  |  | Identify and study barriers to implementation of plans to find ways to overcome the barriers or revise the plans as appropriate. | Assess impact of probable changes on the public.
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
GVPG04.01 | Finance | #7: Fiscal Management | Use analysis, planning, and fiscal services to fund agency priorities. | Interpret financial requirements of existing, planned, and contemplated programs or program options to predict short-term and long-term funding demands. | Estimate costs according to standards for government accounting.
 |  |  |  |  | Propose options over a range of cost requirements.
 |  |  |  |  | Analyze government resources to find possibilities for new or increased funding of programs.
 |  |  |  | Conduct operations necessary to sustain implemented programs for authorized time period. | Prepare and administer budgets.
 |  |  |  |  | Operate accounting systems in compliance with standards for government agency accounting.
 |  |  |  |  | Disburse monies.
 |  |  |  |  | Prepare financial reports.
 |  |  |  |  | Arrange for audits as directed.
GVPG05.01 | Government Procurement | #9: Governmental Procurement Procedures | Develop and manage plans and systems to meet agency needs without  wasting funds or engaging in unethical behavior. | Establish plans and schedules for the acquisition of goods and services. | Assist internal customers with research of market potential to fulfill procurement requirements.
 |  |  |  |  | Develop event schedules for the public announcement of procurement requirements.
 |  |  |  |  | Allocate people, equipment, and resources to fulfill plans and meet customer and business requirements.
 |  |  |  |  | Recommend process changes to improve vendor reliability and performance.
 |  |  |  |  | Supervise the preparation and preservation of reports and other procurement documents required by law or policy or desired by management.
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
GVPG05.02 | Government Procurement | #9: Governmental Procurement Procedures | Announce procurement requirements and procedures and publicly release solicitations for bids or proposals to ensure fairness, achieve socio-economic acquisition objectives, and use tax monies efficiently. | Ensure that all responsible, qualified procurement sources have access to sufficient information to prepare responsive bids, proposals, or offers. | Determine means of public announcement that will elicit interest from qualified sources.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify and assist sources that match stated socio-economic criteria.
GVPG05.03 | Government Procurement | #9: Governmental Procurement Procedures | Evaluate bids and proposals to make awards consistent with requirements of procurement process. | Establish and announce evaluation criteria to ensure fairness. | Manage evaluation process to ensure each bid, proposal, or offer is evaluated completely in terms of all relevant criteria.
 |  |  |  | Supervise negotiations and other interactions with bidders and vendors to ensure fair and equitable treatment. | Clearly delineate parties' responsibilities.
 |  |  |  |  | Safeguard proprietary information of bidders.
 |  |  |  |  | Safeguard rights of procuring entity.
GVPG05.04 | Government Procurement | #9: Governmental Procurement Procedures | Administer contracts after award to ensure that the public receives what it is paying for. | Monitor contractor performance to modify or terminate contracts as necessary. | Determine need for technical assistance with contract administration and assign or obtain services of qualified personnel.
GVPG06.01 | Protecting and Disclosing Information | #10: Information Management | Apply laws and policies to protect or disclose information as appropriate. | Secure privileged information to prevent misuse. | Maintain thorough familiarity with records maintenance and retention requirements and know sources of policies.
 |  |  |  |  | Explain policy background and rationale to persons denied access to certain public information.
 |  |  |  |  | Establish reliable controls to prevent unauthorized access to, or release of, privileged information.
 |  |  |  |  | Maintain integrity of secure records environment.
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
 |  |  | (CONTINUED) | Ensure timely and unbiased dissemination of information that is deemed open to access to serve the public good. | Afford the public equal opportunity of access to all open records.
 |  | Additional Recommended CTE/Degree Major Courses:                                                         #8: Ethics in Public Administration                                   #11: Succession Planning