HORIZON is a web-based support system developed and used by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget (OPB), the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA), State Personnel Administration (SPA), the State Property Officer (SPO), the State Property Commission (SPC), the Office of Customer Service (OCS) and state policy collaborative to facilitate the streamlined collection and reporting of enterprise critical state and agency strategic planning information. The system is accessible to all state agencies and enables enterprise strategic planning and management through data sharing.
Agencies will enter the required strategic planning information and once it is submitted, it may be accessed by all HORIZON users. OPB, GTA, SPA, SPC and OCS each have a role in reviewing agency strategic plans and running reports at the agency, policy area, and enterprise level.
Updated agency strategic planning information is due by September 1, 2011.
The following is the hierarchy of the data entered in HORIZON:
WARNING: If the user decides to delete an agency strategic goal, ALL DATA related to that goal will be deleted including all strategies and projects.
REPORTS – All reports can be exported into Microsoft Excel.
Reporting System Errors or Suggestions – click this link Generate a Support Ticket or the link located in the Help section of the HORIZON Menu.
AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN
By law, each state agency is required to have a strategic plan. The agency strategic plan covers a minimum of three years and should align to the state strategic plan. Agencies are allowed to choose a strategic planning model that works best for the agency (e.g., Balanced Scorecard). The agency strategic plan should explain what the agency is focusing on to improve services, customer experience, and accomplish the agency mission and program purposes. As part of the agency budget request, the agency should highlight the specific proposed strategies and projects in the strategic plan that the agency would like to move forward during the next fiscal year.
Regardless of the methodology or model the agency uses, agencies enter in HORIZON a standard set of common strategic plan elements that OPB and the other enterprise planning agencies will use for purposes of statewide planning.