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Joe Leonard's Failed Report Card From OPM

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:46:52 -0500
Subject: Joe Leonard's Failed Report Card From OPM

FOR THE WEB SIGHTS

Office Personnel Management (OPM) Assessment of the USDA Assistant
>> Secretary for Civil Rights....Dr.Joe Leonard
>>
>> 19 November 2013
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>> Please read the below regarding the OPM Human Capital Assessment and
>> Accountability Framework (CHAAF).
>>
>> The below rating let the world know how poorly USDA Office of Civil Rights
>> is being managed under the leadership of Joe Leonard. Worst of all is the
>> Obama administration does little to hold anyone *accountable* for the
>> civil rights mess. This is just another measurable indicator of what the
>> coalition has been saying all along. This living proof/documentation
>> by a US government oversight agency...OPM.
>>
>> The reports states that USDA Asst. for Civil Rights, Joe Leonard received
>> the following rating on a scale....the max. being 100%:
>>
>> 1. *Leadership & knowledge management, rating of 45%*
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>> *2. Talent management, rating of 34%*
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>> * 3. Results-oriented performance culture, rating of 42%*
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>> *4. Job satisfaction, rating of 52%*
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>> *The USDA Office of the Chief Aconomist received OPM rating in the same
>> categories, as follows: 87%, 83%, 73%, 81%. *
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>> The above is a true example in a real sense, in the lack of "
>> *accountability"*.....as i have been discussing with you all along.
>>
>> How can USDA's Office of Civil Rights fix civil rights....when they can't
>> fix themselves*. This is the "fox watching the hen house".*
>>
>> So where do we go from here....up, down, or nowhere? I am extremely
>> frustration with the slow....to no, progress (as we see it) after almost
>> more than 9 months of discussions.
>>
>> The above OPM* assessment* requires a response.....real and meaningful
>> discussion.
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>> www.agcoalition.org
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Peterson Statement on Farm Bill Conferees

Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 04:10:21 -0400Subject: Fwd: Peterson Statement on Farm Bill Conferees

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Subj: Peterson Statement on Farm Bill Conferees

For Immediate Release: October 12, 2013 Media Contact: Liz Friedlander 202-225-1564, liz.friedlander@mail.house.gov                 Peterson Statement on Farm Bill Conferees WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following statement after Representatives were appointed to the conference committee that will negotiate the 2013 Farm Bill. "Appointing conferees might be a sign that, after repeatedly delaying and undermining the Agriculture Committee's work, Republican Leaders are finally getting serious about the farm bill. Conferees are committed to working together and getting a farm bill done but bringing divisive resolutions to a vote and appointing conferees outside the Agriculture Committee has made our jobs a lot harder. "The Democratic conferees represent our caucus and bring a great deal of expertise to the process. I am hopeful that if Republican Leadership can be reasonable and leave the conference committee alone to do its work that we will be able to finish a five-year, comprehensive farm bill this year." The following Democratic Members will serve on the Farm Bill conference: Leader's Representative: Congresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio, Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus House Committee on Agriculture: Ranking Member Collin Peterson of Minnesota Congressman Mike McIntyre of North Carolina Congressman Jim Costa of California Congressman Tim Walz of Minnesota Congressman Kurt Schrader of Oregon Congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts Congresswoman Suzan DelBene of Washington Congresswoman Gloria Negrete McLeod of California Congressman Filemon Vela of Texas House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ranking Member Eliot Engel of New York House Ways and Means Committee: Ranking Member Sandy Levin of Michigan ###

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