Fall Forum	Fall Forum	Reminder Work Life Survey POC’s due November 10th Please provide OPM’s Work-Life staff a POC by November 10^th, responses should be sent to worklifesurvey@opm.gov. More information about the survey can be found at https://www.chcoc.gov/content/governmentwide-assessment-federal-work-life-programs	Hiring Excellence: OPM to send relevant hiring data to agencies
5 CFR 250 Agency Comments Due November 14th*	Privacy Toolkit Comments Requested by 12/9/2016 The FPC’s Privacy Talent Sub-committee and OPM welcome your thoughts. The sub-committee will host a focus group within the next few months to obtain feedback on the toolkit. In the meantime, please contact Brian Watford at OPM, brian.watford@opm.gov, or Kathy Harman-Strokes, kharman-stokes@cftc.gov, with questions.	Fiscal Year 2016 Telework Call for Data Due December 12th Agency responses must be entered electronically by Monday, December 12, 2016. For more information, visit https://www.chcoc.gov/content/fiscal-year-2016-telework-call-data. Contact teleworkquestion@opm.gov for further information.	Hiring Excellence: Agency Submission Based on a review of relevant hiring data, policies, and practices, each agency identifies and submits at least three proven practices on which it will prioritize for Hiring Excellence actions as well as the names and contact information of the individuals of their Hiring Excellence team.
12/30: FY18 & 19 Biennial Allocations intents (to maintain, increase or decrease) and requests are due All agencies must complete and submit the Biennial Allocations Request template indicating their intent to maintain, increase or decrease their established executive resources allocations (i.e., SES, SL, and ST positions), and/or request changes in their executive resources allocations, such as a re-designation of positions (e.g., from General to Career Reserved), or a conversion of existing allocations, (e.g., from SES to SL), for FY 2018 and FY 2019.	Presidential Rank Awards - Suspense: Fri. 1/6/17 For more information visit https://www.chcoc.gov/content/nominations-fiscal-year-2017-presidential-rank-awards, please send any questions to PRAProgram@opm.gov	1/6 Proposal to Cancel Occupational Series Comments Due Comments or questions on this proposal and suggestions for additional series cancellations should be sent to fedclass@opm.gov	1/9 Hiring Excellence Community of Interest Kickoff Meeting This kickoff will replace our regular January Council meeting. If you would like to sync the CHCOC.gov calendar with your personal calendar (i.e. Apple, Outlook, etc.), please follow this link webcal://www.chcoc.gov/calendar/chcoc-events
OPM Informational Call (on recent transition guidance) from The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) invites you to join an informational conference call regarding three recently released memos/guidance that are of interest to you and your workforce:	CHCOC call on 58th Presidential Inauguration Guidance In preparation for the 58th Presidential Inauguration activities and application of OPM guidance (visit https://www.chcoc.gov/content/federal-holidays-and-human-resources-flexibilities-employees-located-washington-dc-area) during the week of Inauguration, OPM would like to invite you or your agency designee to a Q & A call with:	Teleconference on the Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze Please join us for an informational call tomorrow, January 25, at noon to discuss the Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze. Agenda Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. . Welcome and Opening Remarks . Overview of Presidential Memorandum on Hiring Freeze . Other OMB and OPM guidance . Internal agency guidance to workforce	Burden Reduction Efforts (Deadline April 17th) Over the years, hundreds of requirements have been placed on agencies which may be outdated or no longer cost-beneficial. As mentioned at our recent Council meeting, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is looking for ways to reduce requirements on agencies to free up agency capacity for higher value activities. OMB is launching a two-phase burden reduction process:
05/02: FY18 & 19 Biennial Allocations written justifications and documentation for changes are due Agencies requesting changes to their executive resources allocations for FY 2018 and FY 2019 must also submit detailed written justifications and documentation to OPM, consistent with the guidance. For more information visit https://www.chcoc.gov/content/biennial-review-executive-resources-allocations-fiscal-years-2018-and-2019	MSAC Request for Working Group Members- Suspense Wednesday, May 31st If you are interested in helping with one of these Working Groups, please email Tim Heath at Timothy.Heath@opm.gov by May 31st. Evaluation System Standards Scheduled to start the first week of June and finish in early November Human Capital Review Guidance Scheduled to start late September and finish in February 2018	7/18 CHCO Council/MAESC/USSM Event: Aligning Federal HR Service Solutions Please join us for a joint federal HR Service Solutions event with the CHCO Council, Human Resources Line of Business (HR LOB), and Unified Shared Services Management (USSM) on Tuesday, July 18^th, from 1-3pm. During the next 3 months, the CHCOC will partner with HR LOB and USSM to host 3 collaborative meetings to define the HR community’s priorities for FY18. The priorities will be finalized at the CHCOC Fall Forum in October.	CHCO Council Fall Forum
CHCO Council Fall Forum	Symposium for the Future of Federal Work OPM’s Strategic Workforce Planning Center invites you to attend this fast-paced, interactive 1-day event. Leveraging contemporary design methods, we will unpack workforce challenges, ideate solutions, highlight priorities and opportunities, and define an action plan that drives research, policy and pilot initiatives. The goal is to put in motion a focused, integrated and sustainable strat-egy that equips us to meet the enterprise HR challenges of the future. Objectives: