The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) voted to approve a new organizational structure for the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) at its meeting held by telephone conference call on February 27.
The new structure and leadership design approved by the committee was the result of a comprehensive process conducted by Dudley Hamilton Associates, a New Jersey-based global management consulting firm.
In the light of the ongoing review of the agency’s vision, mission, and strategic direction, the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) is moving forward with its planned restructuring.
As a first step toward reducing and realigning its operating budget for 2013-2014, the OGA has presented its eligible staff—including those serving the Presbyterian Historical Society—with details of a voluntary separation package. Employees over the age of 60 and with 10 years of service will have a 45-day window to accept the package, beginning today.
Elder Cynthia Bolbach, moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Rev. Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the General Assembly, and Elder Linda Valentine, executive director of the General Assembly Mission Council, issued the a statement today in the wake of the October 31, 2010, attack on the Sayyidat Al-Najat Church (Our Lady of Salvation Church) in Baghdad.