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02 Boards & Committees
06 Legal Update
05 What’s New
08 Cornerstone
10 University Spotlight
As we begin a new fiscal year, it is
important to take some time to reflect
on the past year activities and
evaluate our progress in achieving
some of our short-term and long-term
goals. This agency review and
evaluation will be accomplished on a
f o r m a l b a s i s t h r o u g h t h e
development of our Annual Report,
but for now I would like to take the
opportunity to briefly reflect on some
agency highlights of the past fiscal year and how they will impact our
future growth and development.
First though, I want to express our gratitude to the entire statewide
university system, specifically our many university/agency contact
points and constituency groups, for their continued support and
collaboration in our overall modernization efforts. Our joint endeavors
in this respect have been recognized by many, as exemplified through
the recent distinguished 'Best PracticeAward' presented to our agency
by the College and University Professional Association of Human
Resources Midwest Region for our E-Test system. Thanks go out to
every person, constituency group, agency and university for your
commitment of time, resources, and energy in the development and
delivery of our many new and updated business processes. It is truly
appreciated.
This past year has been a year of new beginnings for us with the
release of the E-Test system, the development of a credential
assessment model to replace many of our old exams, the introduction
of a new electronic tool (C-JASI) to facilitate the collection of essential
position information for spec/exam development, the expansion of the
Pilot Program to many locations through their IT positions, and a
significant attempt to build more positive professional business
relationships with our many campus/agency administrative and human
resource offices.
The development and implementation of the E-Test system has
completely transfigured our classification plan management and exam
delivery process, significantly improving our efficiency and
effectiveness and saving time/resources at the various
campus/agency employment locations. We will aggressively continue
with the transition to this system and the benefits for all of us will grow
substantially, most specifically in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.
As somewhat of a derivative of the E-Test implementation, the
Computerized-Job Analysis Survey Instrument was developed and
released to collect vital job information from identified employees
throughout the university system in order to conduct our job analysis
and upgrade our many classification specifications/examinations.
This instrument will reduce the time and resources previously required
in collecting and analyzing job information, leading to a more robust
and timely delivery of revised/new specifications and exam
instruments. This will simply lead to a more definite savings in time and
resources at the campus/agency level and will enable our office to
significantly enhance the delivery of the many elements contained in
our classification plan management process.
We have also seen the extended use of the new IT classifications
contained in the Pilot program. Several universities and agencies
have embraced the new employment and broad-banding concepts
contained in this Program. These new concepts and procedures
provide for more local definition and control of positions, specifically
preserving the integrity of the Employer's ever-changing technical
environment. To just name a few, our Office has been working with
Northern Illinois University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and
Northeastern Illinois University in transitioning current IT positions and
creating programs consistent with these new concepts and IT
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FY2006: SUCSS Business Review
Lewis T. (Tom) Morelock, Executive Director
Volume 4   Issue 3   2006