OPM to New Execs: Back Bush's Plans

There may be less than a year left in the Bush administration, but the Office of Personnel Management still has a singular message for new members of the Senior Executive Service: It's all about implementing the President's Management Agenda. The agency is continuing to send out invitations to its regularly scheduled orientation sessions on the president's plans for new SES members.

The briefings, writes OPM Director Linda M. Springer in the invitation, provide an opportunity for the newly minted execs to "learn about the President’s Management Agenda, his vision and values, and to discuss the unique challenges you face with your new responsibilities. As a new member of the SES, you will play a key role in turning President Bush’s principles of a citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based government into reality."

The SESers better be prepared to move quickly. The next session isn't until the end of March, and come next January, there's likely to be a whole new management agenda.