Office of Shared Solutions and Performance Improvement

The Office of Shared Solutions and Performance Improvement (OSSPI) improves mission delivery and implementation of the Administration’s priorities by bringing the government together to drive innovation, foster collaboration, and shape effective policy. Working through its three functional areas of Executive Council management, Shared Services, and the President’s Management Agenda, OSSPI’s vision is to be a trusted partner delivering on the Administration priorities by unifying the government as one Federal enterprise.

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Areas of Focus

Shared Services

The Shared Services team works with stakeholders from across the Government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Government-wide mission support services. These support services include financial management, grants management, travel and expense, real property management, contract writing, human capital, cybersecurity services, regulations management, and electronic records management. The team coordinates governance, provides shared services program management, and develops processes to support OMB shared-services policy implementation. This work leads to improved performance, customer experience, and operational costs related to mission-support services. Learn more at ussm.gsa.gov/.

The President’s Management Agenda

Each administration’s President’s Management Agenda (PMA) lays out a long-term vision to modernize the federal government. The PMA focuses on key areas that will improve the ability of agencies to deliver mission outcomes, provide excellent service, and effectively steward taxpayer dollars. Our team is a central driving force for accomplishing many of these cross-agency priorities. We use cross-sector and cross-government collaboration, performance data, and implementation expertise to help inform the strategies and policy changes that will accomplish the modernization outlined in the PMA. Learn about the PMA at performance.gov and Twitter or LinkedIn.

Executive Councils

The Federal Executive Councils coordinate engagement and policy development across the CXO ecosystem. Their interagency initiatives spur innovation, elevate and spread best practices, and bridge the gap between policy making and implementation to improve outcomes. OSSPI provides support to the 12 Executive Councils below.

• Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers Council (CAIOC) - Established by the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence dated 30 October 2024, the CAIOC aims to coordinate the development and use of AI in agencies’ programs and operations, other than the use of AI in national security systems.
• Chief Acquisition Officers Council (CAOC) - The CAOC provides a senior level forum for monitoring and improving the federal acquisition system. The Council promotes effective business practices that ensure the timely delivery of best value products and services to agencies, achieves public policy objectives, and furthers integrity, fairness, competition, and openness in the federal acquisition system. 
• Chief Data Officers Council (CDOC) - The CDOC works to improve government mission achievement and increase the benefits to the nation through improvement in the management, use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data in government decision-making and operations. The CDO Council shares responsibilities with other interagency councils that conduct and impact data-related activities.
• Chief Financial Officers Council (CFOC) - The CFOC is made up of the financial leadership of the 24 CFO Act agencies, Treasury, and OMB. It monitors the state of Financial Management across government; provides inputs on policy, standards, and legislation; leads and champions key initiatives; shares best practices; collaborates with key stakeholders; and ensures cross-agency collaboration and information flow.
• Chief Information Officers Council (CIOC) - The CIOC is the principal interagency forum for improving agency practices related to the design, acquisition, development, modernization, use, sharing, and performance of Federal information resources.
• Council on Federal Financial Assistance (COFFA) - The COFFA provides strategic direction, policy recommendations, and priority-setting advice to OMB on all matters related to federal financial assistance. The council is a partnership among all federal financial assistance making agencies to provide a single voice on federal financial assistance policy, management, and technology activities. 
• Evaluation Officer Council (EOC) - The EOC serves as a forum for Evaluation Officers to exchange information, consult with and advise OMB on issues that affect evaluation functions, coordinate and collaborate on areas of common interest, and serve in a leadership role for the broader Federal evaluation community.
• Federal Privacy Council (FPC) - The FPC is the principal interagency forum to improve the privacy practices of agencies and entities acting on their behalf, with the aim of strengthening protections of people’s personal information and privacy rights across the Federal Government.
• Interagency Council on Statistical Policy (ICSP)- The ICSP supports implementation of the statistical system’s vision to operate as a  seamless system, working together to provide strategic vision and robust implementation to support evidence-based decision-making. The Council was established in 1989 and is chaired by the Chief Statistician of the United States.
• Made in America Council (MIAC) - The Made in America Council collaborates with the Made in America Office to implement Federal procurement and financial management policies, striving to realize the President’s vision: a future built by all Americans, for all Americans. The Council champions minority entrepreneurs and small businesses across every region of our country.
• Performance Improvement Council (PIC) - Established in 2010, the PIC advances and expands the practice of performance management and improvement by sharing leading practices, spreading breakthroughs and successes across government, and solving complex challenges through collaboration.
• Program Management Policy Council (PMPC) - The PMPC oversees implementation of major provisions of the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (PMIAA) aimed at strengthening the program management practices of agencies.

Empowering Agencies to Improve Performance

We use a number of tools to help agencies reach their goals.

• Strategy: Expertise in management initiatives informs cross-functional and cross-government solutions.
• Performance Data: Governmentwide performance data informs agencies’ decisions, best practices, and benchmarking.
• Hands-on-Help: Analysis, stakeholder engagement, playbooks, and toolkits provide leading practices to agencies.

Building Leaders

• The White House Leadership Development program develops the next generation of senior leaders by engaging a diverse annual cohort of GS-15 career employees and placing them in rotations supporting critical, cross-government priorities.
• The CXO Fellowship program, provided enriching professional development opportunities for the next generation of Federal leaders in the fields of acquisition, finance, human capital, and information technology. The program provided an opportunity for GS9-GS13 career employees to grow professionally through a unique set of educational seminars and events through September 30, 2024.