Managing to Green at the Department of Labor

For the past eight years, the prized position in the traffic light scoring

system that supports the Presidents Management Agenda

(PMA) has been owned by the color green. Since President George

W.Bush launched his PMA in 2001, this straightforward red/yellow/

green scoring system has sent a clear message for all to see regarding

the governments progress in meeting the presidents management goals.

The 2001 baseline scorecard, a checkerboard of yellow and red, revealed

a federal management c