What is your human resource department's number one priority for 2012?

Why the focus in that area?

What is the business looking to accomplish?

What steps are they taking to make that happen?

Feel free to share as much or as litte as you feel comfortable.  

Exampe: We are looking to find new ways to cut our cost of employee health insurance. Finding lower insurance rates. We are researching various types of insurance options and will hold an open bidding to all insurance broker and carriers.