GUIDELINES FOR BENCHMARK REPORTS

GUIDELINES FOR BENCHMARK REPORTS By far the greatest benefit that can come from these benchmarks is how they are used by organizations internally. As each organization collects data, and implements policies to improve those numbers year over year, many should see tangible results fairly quickly. But we also anticipate a significant benefit in aggregating the data to find out how the state and various subdivisions, and also various corporate, non-profit and governmental sectors, are doing. As a reminder, we plan to issue reports analyzing sector results regularly, while guaranteeing the confidentiality of the data from individual organizations. To facilitate the gathering of the data and encourage the reporting of comparable information by different organizations, we propose sticking closely to the definitions and categories contained in reports required by the Federal government, especially in Standard Form 100 and Title 41, Chapter 60 of the Labor Department. We know that some of the benchmarks do not apply to, or raise questions for, some organizations. Basically we are looking for a good-faith, common-sense effort to provide as full a picture as possible. For instance, an organization headquartered out of state should still report on its board of directors, but should report on its state-level management, workforce and other data. Membership ...