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OMB hiring approval process and planned improvements
2:07:13
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Council Member Lynn Schulman asks about the timeframe for OMB to approve hiring actions. First Deputy Budget Director Kenneth Godiner explains that the process has been expedited, typically taking one to two weeks when agencies comply with requirements. Director Jacques Jiha then elaborates on plans to revamp the entire PAR (Personnel Action Request) system to improve transparency and efficiency.
- The current approval process can take 1-2 weeks when agencies comply with requirements
- OMB is working on a new system to increase transparency in the hiring process
- The new system aims to clearly show where bottlenecks occur, whether with OMB or the agencies
- This change is intended to reduce blame-shifting and improve the overall hiring process
Lynn Schulman
2:07:13
How long does it take for OMB to approve a hiring action?
Jacques Jiha
2:07:18
Ken, you wanna take this?
Kenneth Godiner
2:07:21
The amount of time that it takes to approve an action varies, but we have sped up the process in terms of how long it takes once the actions get to the PARs get to OMB.
2:07:40
We work them quickly through our task force, And when agencies comply with the the two for one exemptions and the and the salary requirements, those move very expeditiously, usually within a week or two.
2:07:55
Let me put
Jacques Jiha
2:07:56
it this way.
2:07:56
We're trying to revamp the entire PAR system that we have to approve employees.
2:08:00
Because one of the challenges we realize, at least I realize and I'm trying to fix, is the lack of information on both sides.
2:08:10
Very often, the agency says the power is with OMB when it's with them.
2:08:14
I come and because OMB is easy to blame.
2:08:18
Everything that is not working is OMB.
2:08:20
So, you go and talk to your staff, it's at the agency.
2:08:24
So, what we're trying to do now is come up with a system where I said all the liars are in one room.
2:08:31
So, you could see, I could see.
2:08:33
The agency could see exactly what I'm saying and OMB could see exactly what I'm saying.
2:08:37
So if the power is with you, it's on the system.
2:08:40
That's what we're establishing right now as a system so that we could avoid the back and forth.
2:08:46
Oh, it's with OMB.
2:08:47
You go back to your employees, to staff at OMB, where's the power?
2:08:51
No.
2:08:51
It's with the agency.
2:08:53
So that back and forth, we're trying we're gonna try to solve for this with a new process, a new system that we're putting in place.
2:09:00
Because very often, everybody's blaming OMB when it's with them.
2:09:05
Okay?
2:09:06
They wanna do things.
2:09:07
We have salary range, salary guidelines.
2:09:10
They wanna go outside those guidelines.
2:09:12
You return, ask questions.
2:09:13
They don't reply.
2:09:15
They don't have answers for you.
2:09:16
And when they ask them, it's with OMB.
2:09:19
So we're trying to solve for this problem, now solve that problem with a new process and a new system so that the agency, same thing we're seeing on our screen, they're seeing the same thing on their screen so that we know exactly where the problem is and what's caused the partner to move forward.