Aldebol asks whether OMB headcount budgeting affects exam scheduling
Aldebol asks how OMB's headcount budgeting influences promotional exam decisions; Porter says it does not, because exams are a forward-looking, preemptive measure ready six to nine months after administration.
Given what we know about how OMB plays a significant role in budgeting headcount for agencies and how their process impacts the timeline for new hires, how does their process for budgeting headcount
influence your decision surrounding promotional exams?
It does not because the exam schedule is a preemptive measure.
So if we're given exams during fiscal year 27, those exams won't be ready for use until six to nine months after they're administered.
So we don't allow that to weigh in on the titles that we add to the schedule.
It's a forward look.
Yeah, I'm going to pause.
Councilmember Felice has joined us on Zoom.
Do you have any questions, Councilmember?
Oh, he logged off.
Never mind.
I recognized him too late.
Okay, so I can keep on going.