The Little Hoover Commission has begun an examination of the state management workforce.   Through numerous programmatic reviews, the Commission has recognized that high-quality managers are essential to improving outcomes for taxpayers and clients of government services.  Recent reports suggest that 60 percent of the State’s management workforce is eligible to retire today, fueled by the “baby boomer” generation reaching minimum state retirement age.

In previous studies focused on California's civil service system, the Commission found the State's personnel system "complex and dysfunctional."  It called for reforms to improve the ability of public agencies to recruit, train and manage a workforce needed to transform good policy into good programs.  The pending departure of a significant number of senior managers presents an opportunity to assess and improve the resources and tools needed to develop a high-performing  managerial workforce.

If you would like more information regarding this study, please contact the project manager, Toby Ewing.  If you would like to be notified electronically of meetings and events associated with this study and be notified when the report is complete, please send a request to little.hoover@lhc.ca.gov.