tion for renegotiating the collective bargaining agreement be- 

 tween the Smithsonian Institution and American Federation 

 of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2463. Negotiations 

 are scheduled to begin in early 1995. 



Provided over 150 training sessions to managers and employees 

 on retirement, performance management, leave administration, 

 performance based and conduct based actions, worker's compensa- 

 tion, Trust benefits, and supervisory training. 



Issued "The Hiring Guide" reference manual to managers, 

 supervisors, and administrative officers in all Smithsonian bu- 

 reaus and offices. The reference book was designed to be a user 

 friendly guide to hiring new employees. It is the first of its 

 kind in the Federal Government. 



Implemented locality pay system for all Smithsonian Fed- 

 eral and Trust employees, including Senior-Level and equiva- 

 lent employees. 



Revised the New Employee Orientation program. Revi- 

 sions included staff training in presentation skills, a video, an 

 orientation handbook, and new orientation script. 



Completed an 18-month proiect to conduct a systematic 

 and comprehensive review of the Official Personnel Folders 

 (OPFs) of all current Smithsonian Federal employees. Approx- 

 imately 4,500 records of active Federal employees were re- 

 viewed, purged, and corrected, as necessary 



Continued to emphasize family-friendly issues such as flexi- 

 time, flexiplace and telecommuting arrangements. Assisted 

 Smithsonian bureaus and offices in developing compressed work 

 schedule plans by providing model plans and on-site briefings. 



Continued to administer the Smithsonian s Leave Sharing 

 Program. During the year, 108 participants received 9,500 

 hours of donated leave from Smithsonian staff. 



Continued an active program of outreach to Smithsonian em- 

 ployee groups such as the Latino Working Committee, the 

 Smithsonian African American Association, the Smithsonian Ad- 

 vocates for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, The SI Women's 

 Committee, and the SI Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee. 



Developed and implemented a comprehensive long-term 

 training curriculum for Personnel Management Specialists 

 and Personnel Assistants. Training includes career counseling, 

 team building, and on-the-|ob technical training. 



computer, and continued modernizing the automated systems 

 of The Smithsonian Associates. 



Office of Planning, Management, and 

 Budget 



L. Carole Wharton, Director 



The Office of Planning, Management, and Budget was cre- 

 ated in November 1993 from a merger of the Office of Plan- 

 ning and Budget with the Office of Financial and 

 Management Analysis. As part of its effort to simplify pro- 

 cesses and documents, the office streamlined the Institution's 

 budget submission to the U.S. Office of Management and 

 Budget, resulting in substantial savings in production time 

 and costs. The office also has taken the lead in developing rec- 

 ommendations for implementing the Government Perfor- 

 mance Results Act. 



Office of Plant Services 



Patrick Miller, Director 



The Office of Plant Services oversees maintenance and opera- 

 tion of Smithsonian buildings and grounds and provides trans- 

 portation, mail, audiovisual, and other related services. This 

 year, the office began providing exhibit construction and 

 minor space renovation assistance on a fee-for-service basis. 

 The office also established a Customer Service Task Force to 

 investigate ways to improve customer service. The office's di- 

 rector, Michael League, retired after 21 years with the 

 Smithsonian and was replaced by Patrick Miller, formerly of 

 the University of New Hampshire. 



Office of Information Resource 

 Management 



Office of Printing and Photographic 

 Services 



Vincent Marcalus, Director 



James Wallace, Director 



This year, the Office of Information Resource Management 

 implemented the Smithsonian Institution Research Informa- 

 tion System, expanded the Smithsonian Institution data com- 

 munications network (SINET) to provide at least one 

 connection to every bureau and office, completed the transfer 

 of collections information systems to the office's mainframe 



The Office of Printing and Photographic Services (OPPS) con- 

 tinued to expand its program of making digitized Smithson- 

 ian photographs available through computer networks. More 

 than one-half million image files were delivered through the 

 Internet, America Online, CompuServe, and GEnie networks. 

 In recognition of growing demands for ditigal delivery, the of- 



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