Who are we

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Who are we?

• The Oregon Progress Boards Quest for Relevance
• Presentation to the
• Oregon Progress Board
• By Rita Conrad, Acting Executive Director
• September 20, 2005

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Oregon Progress Board

• How it got started
• What was relevant then
• What it has accomplished
• What is relevant now
• Current challenges
• Looking ahead

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1989

• Oregon was in a deep recession.
• New governor asked business leaders for a plan to
  turn the economy around.
• Oregon Progress Board was created to facilitate
  plan development and monitor progress.

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Statute

• An independent Oregon Progress Board is needed
  to
• Encourage the discussion and understanding of
  critical global and national trends that will
  affect Oregon in the coming decades
• Submit to Oregonians a strategy that describes
  and explains a vision for Oregon's economic,
  social and environmental progress for 20 years
  into the future
• Submit to the Legislative Assembly goals for
  Oregon's progress, including measurable
  indicators of the achievement of those goals
• Assist state agencies and their partners in
  developing performance measures that provide
  linkages to the measurable indicators of
  achievement .

ORS 285A.150
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The Boards planning process resulted in Oregon
Shines with Oregon Benchmarks.
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OS Strategy for changing course
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Oregon Partners

• State government
• Local governments
• Business
• Not-for-profits
• Foundations
• Citizens

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State government partners

• Governors Office
• Department of Administrative Services
• Budget and Management (BAM)
• Legislative Leadership
• Ways and Means
• Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO)
• State Agencies

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Oregon partners make it happen.
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Alignment requires buy-in.
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Strategic Vision Was buy-in adequate?
Oregon Partners 15,000 ft view
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Policy work - resource alignment
Oregon Partners 15,000 ft view
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Performance Management - needs buy-in at all
levels
Oregon Partners 15,000 ft view
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Board accomplishments
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Board Products Services

• Oregon Shines
• 1989 focused on economy
• 1997 update focused on economy, community and
  environment
• Oregon Benchmarks
• 90 quality of life vital signs
• Measure progress towards Oregon Shines goals
• Inquiries from every state and around the world
• Performance Measurement
• Guidelines for agency budget instructions
• Mandatory agency trainings

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Awards

• Corporation for Enterprise Development
• Financial World Magazine
• Ford Foundation
• Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
  University
• Partners for Livable Communities
• National Governors' Association

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Legislation Using Oregon Benchmarks

• Workforce Quality Council (1991 House Bill 3133)
• Education Act for the 21st Century (1991 House
  Bill 3565)
• Key Industries (1991 Senate Bill 997 1995
  Senate Bill 309 sunset 1999)
• State Agency Performance Measurement and Budget
  Policy (ORS 291.100)
• The Oregon Commission on Children and Families
  (1993 House Bill 2004)
• Reorganized Services to Children and Families
  (1999 Senate Bill 555)

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Planning and Management

• Local Governments and Foundations
• Human Investment Partnership (1991)
• Budget Development Policies (1992, 1994, 1996)
• Clarifying Oregons Fiscal Choices (1994)
• Social Support Investment Work Group (1997)
• State Agency Performance Management (1993, 2001)

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New Programs and Organizations

• Oregon Option (1994)
• Community Partnership Team (1991)
• Community-based Strategic Planning
• Livable Communities (1994)
• Statewide Performance Measure Association (2005)

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What is relevant now?
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OS strategy is still relevant.
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Who would argue with thesegoals for Oregon?

• Quality jobs for all Oregonians
• Engaged, caring and safe communities
• Healthy, sustainable surroundings

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3 Oregon Shines Goals7 Benchmark Categories

• Quality jobs for all Oregonians
• Economy (17)
• Education (12)
• Engaged, caring and safe communities
• Civic engagement (9)
• Social support (22)
• Public safety (7)
• Healthy, sustainable surroundings
• Community development (7)
• Environment (16)

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There are 90 of them.

• ECONOMY Rural employment, trade, new business,
  job growth, professional services, economic
  diversification, research development, venture
  capital, cost of doing business, regulatory
  burden, income, wages, income disparity, working
  poor, unemployment, exports, foreign language
• EDUCATION ready to learn, 3rd 8th grade
  reading and math, CIM, dropouts, HS and college
  completion, adult literacy, computer/Internet
  usage, labor force skills training
• CIVIC ENGAGEMENT volunteering, voting, feeling
  of community, understanding taxes, taxes per
  income, public management quality, SP bond
  rating, arts, libraries
• SOCIAL SUPPORT teen pregnancy, prenatal care,
  infant mortality, immunizations, HIV, smoking,
  premature death, perceived health status, child
  care slots and affordability, teen substance
  abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, alcohol and drug
  use while pregnant, poverty, health insurance,
  homelessness, child support, hunger, seniors
  living independently, working disabled, disabled
  living in poverty
• PUBLIC SAFETY overall crime, juvenile arrests,
  students carrying weapons, adult and juvenile
  recidivism, emergency preparedness
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT traffic congestion,
  drinking water, commuting, vehicle miles
  traveled, road and bridge condition, home
  ownership, affordable housing
• ENVIRONMENT air quality, CO2 emissions, wetlands
  gain/loss, stream water quality, in-stream flow
  rights, agricultural lands, forest lands, timber
  harvest, municipal waste disposal, hazard
  substance cleanup, freshwater/marine/terrestrial
  species health, natural habitat, invasive
  species, state park acreage

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Benchmark Alignment in State Government
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Trends
Where are we headed?
Oregon Shines (30,000 ft)
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Past Progress Board involvement
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Oregon Partners (15,000 ft)
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Progress Board challenges

• Pressure for operations over policy
• Greater focus on performance management
• Lesser focus on trend analysis, strategic
  visioning and resource alignment
• Reducing push-back, achieving buy-in
• Dwindling resources
• From a staff of 4 FTE in the past
• To a staff of 1.75 FTE now

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Trends
Oregon Shines (30,000 ft)
Where are we headed?
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
Current Progress Board involvement with state
government focus
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Oregon Partners (15,000 ft)
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Oregon Shines
Trends
Where are we headed?
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Policy analysis and resource alignment Are the
right ships headed in the right direction?
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Oregon Partners
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Oregon Shines
Trends
Where are we headed?
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Performance managementAre the ships running
well?
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Oregon Partners
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Potential Board Roles, 2007-09

• Facilitator
• Help state government partners concur on higher
  goals/functions
• Help Oregonians articulate an updated strategic
  vision (OSIII)
• Honest broker of information
• Custom packets to Governors Office, BAM LFO
  showing how agencies are contributing to shared
  goals/functions
• Benchmark performance reports
• County Data Books
• Consultant to partners outside of state
  government
• Local governments
• Non-governmental organizations

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Proposed roadmap for 2005-07

• Front burner
• Performance infrastructure
• Benchmark publications and reports
• Custom packets for legislators, policy advisors
  and analysts
• On the radar screen Visioning
• Map existing visioning efforts
• Identify partners, build coalitions
• Portion of each Board meeting
• Greater board member involvement
• Active committees, task forces
• Fewer board meetings

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Proposed Committee Structure
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Proposed Meeting Schedule

• Quarterly Board meetings
• 2005 - complete as planned (one more meeting in
  November)
• 2006 quarterly (March, June, September,
  December)
• First Tuesday
• Monthly committee meetings?
• First meeting set goals and work plan

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Committee Volunteers
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• Rita Conrad
• Acting Executive Director
• 503-378-3202 direct
• Rita.R.Conrad_at_state.or.us
• www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB