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"The Fed CDP will help Federal agencies meet their succession planning
goals and contribute to the Government's efforts to create a high-quality
Senior Executive Service leadership corps that draws upon the strength
of America's diversity."
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Nearly 60 percent of the current career Senior Executive Service (SES)
corps will be eligible to retire within the next 5 years. It is also predicted
that 20 percent of these employees will leave within the next 3 years.
Though prospective, these figures represent the loss of a sizable portion
of the Government's senior leadership cadre, and unless we all work together
to develop a high-quality and diverse candidate pool, we are in danger
of facing a critical leadership gap that can adversely impact agency operations.
The SES Federal Candidate Development Program (Fed CDP) is a partnership
between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and participating agencies.
The Fed CDP offers a 14-month immersion program that involves participants
in educational forums and gives them unrivaled field experiences, including
residential executive training and working sessions with White House and
Cabinet officials. This program is state-of-the-art in every respect,
with a unique Governmentwide orientation that makes it ideally suited
for developing leaders in those professions and disciplines that cross
agency boundaries: information technology, budget, financial management,
human capital management, procurement, and program management.
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