USPTO Performance and Accountability Report - U.S. Patent and ...

2015_Strategic_Human_Capital_Plan.pdf, which is
aligned with the USPTO 2010-2015 Strategic Plan,
provides guidance, structure, and specific human
capital goals and objectives.
Moving forward and in line with the D&ISP, OEEOD
intends to support the agency’s hiring initiatives by
helping to recruit a diverse pool of well-qualified applicants.
OEEOD will support hiring by identifying
sources of diverse and well-qualified applicants, coordinating
with the affinity groups to support recruitment
efforts, and assisting with the on-boarding
process.
OEEOD is also working with OHR to develop an
executive development program to increase the
diversity of the agency’s SES, which is currently not
reflective of the agency’s overall diversity. The development
program will incorporate best practices for
identifying and nurturing a diverse pool of future
executives.
OEEOD continues its responsibility for ensuring that
the agency remains a fair workplace with equal
opportunity for all. OEEOD is working to maximize
available technology to become a leader in user and
results oriented investigations so that issues are
handled in an efficient, collaborative, and accessible
manner.
Create IT Enterprise Architecture and tools
that Support Mission-Critical Business and
Programmatic Requirements
In FY 2013, the USPTO will continue to take steps to
improve its ability to be more responsive, better
manage, and deliver quality products at enhanced
service levels. This will be accomplished by reducing
the complexity of systems, establishing and enforcing
more standards, and practicing continual process
improvement.
The challenge facing the OCIO will be in continuing
efforts to:
●● Work on strengthening our IT Infrastructure and
moving to a “cloud” computing environment;
●● Complete the expansion of IT infrastructure to
include faster network connections to/from USPTO
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campus and additional collaboration tools in
support of a nationwide workforce;
●● Plan, implement, and maintain IT systems that
support and improve business processes in the
Patent and Trademark organizations;
●● Work to develop and fully implement an IT Human
Capital Strategic Plan, in alignment with the
USPTO 2010-2015 Strategic Plan;
●● Improve the security, availability, and quality of IT
systems and services while reducing their
complexity and cost; support business area
needs to accommodate the hiring and equipping
of new employees; provide internal on-line
tools (regarding consistency and quality of
searching and examination); provide electronic
file management and workflow; develop interactive
on-line electronic filing capabilities and
upgrade e-tools to the public; help move the
USPTO to full electronic records and eliminate the
need to collect and store paper records; and
continue to improve overall data quality;
●● Work with the OCFO to plan, implement, and
support the Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)
system that will integrate with the business IT systems
for the Patent and Trademark organizations; and
●● Continue to add datasets to the U. S. government’s
www.data.gov and www.google.com website,
providing the public with no-cost access to bulk
text and image data collections of current and
retrospective patent and trademark data.
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