A winter storm warning provides NOAA customers and partners advanced notice of a hazardous winter weather event that endangers life or property, or provides an impediment to commerce. Winter storm warnings are issued for winter weather phenomena like blizzards, ice storms, heavy sleet, and heavy snow. This performance indicator measures the advance warning lead time in hours of winter storm events. Improving the accuracy and advance warnings of winter storms enables the public to take the necessary steps to prepare for disruptive winter weather conditions.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR) grades agencies implementation of key pieces of legislation: FITARA, Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act, and Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) based on selected scoring methodologies for areas from a wide range of options, then the COR tasks the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to collect and score the information according to the COR's direction. The Agency data sets GAO uses are generally publicly available and regularly updated and from which the COR derives an overall Bi-annual letter grade/score of: A, B, C, D or F - (0.0=F) to (4.0=A).

Average # of calendar days to hire non-SES/SL/ST positions via USAJobs (from the time a recruitment request package is received to the official final job offer and acceptance).

Proposed new indicator for FY 2022. Measure is under development.

Proposed new indicator for FY 2022. Measure is under development.

The indicator measures the timeliness of actions taken to address Hotline compaints. It is computed by dividing the number of DOC-related complaints that are evaluated and referred within 30 days by the total number of DOC-related complaints received. Hotline complaints are submissions to the OIG Hotline that present allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement affecting DOC programs, operations, or personnel. They can be received via online web submissions, phone calls, emails, faxes, or in person visits. Appropriate action includes investigations, requests for assistance or proactive monitoring, audits, referrals to DOC operating units, and referrals to external entities. This data is maintained in OIG's Case Management System.

All bureaus (13/13) conduct an analysis that provides information regarding the current workforce mission critical occupations, demographic of the workforce, high risk positions, retirement eligibility, turnover, and various workforce management issues such as recruitment and retention for the development of key performance indicators to track strategic goals.

This indicator represents the average of all indicators reported Department-wide. The results of this indicator lag one year after the results of all the indicators within the Department. This metric is calculated based on actuals for all public performance indicators.

Proposed new indicator for FY 2022. Measure is under development.