Sec. 402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report to the public that includes disaggregated demographic data and other information regarding the diversity of the workforce of the Department. The report under subsection (a)— shall include disaggregated demographic data— for applicants to the Foreign Service; for applicants to the civil service; by segment of the workforce of the Department and grade or rank; by Foreign Service and civil service; for those who have separated from the Department’s workforce; for those members of the workforce who have received a promotion in the last 24 months; that addresses Department compliance with diversity and inclusion metrics; for those members of the workforce serving on selection boards; on the employment of veterans within the workforce, including— the number hired through direct hires, internships, and fellowship programs; the number promoted to the Senior Executive Service or in the Senior Foreign Service; and attrition rates by grade, in the civil service and foreign service, and in the senior positions described in clause (ii); and for mentorship and retention programs; shall include any disaggregated demographic data relating to participants in professional development programs of the Department, and the rate of placement into senior positions for participants in such programs; shall include any disaggregated demographic data relating to the membership of any external advisory committee or board to which individuals in senior positions in the Department appoint members; shall be organized in terms of real numbers and percentages at all levels; and should be made available in a searchable database format.

The Secretary may submit a recommendation to the Office of Management and Budget and to the appropriate congressional committees regarding whether the Department should collect more detailed data on demographic categories in addition to the race and ethnicity categories specified in the Office of Management and Budget statistical policy directive entitled Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (81 Fed. Reg. 67398). The report under subsection

(a)shall describe the efforts of the Department— to propagate fairness, impartiality, and inclusion in the work environment domestically and abroad; to ensure that harassment, intolerance, and discrimination are not tolerated; to refrain from engaging in unlawful discrimination in any phase of the employment process, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assignments, promotion, retention, and training; to prevent illegal retaliation against employees for participating in a protected equal employment opportunity activity; to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; to recruit a diverse workforce by— recruiting women, minorities, veterans, and undergraduate and graduate students; recruiting at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, women’s colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority minority populations; sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban and rural communities; placing job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and job sites oriented toward women and people of color; providing opportunities through the Foreign Service Internship Program and other hiring initiatives; recruiting mid-level and senior-level professionals through programs designed to increase minority and veteran representation in international affairs; and offering the Foreign Service written and oral assessment examinations in several locations throughout the United States to reduce the burden of applicants having to travel at their own expense to take either or both of such examinations; and provide opportunities through— the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program; the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program; and the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program. Not later than one year after the publication of the report under subsection

(a)and annually thereafter for the next five years, the Secretary shall provide a report to the public and which shall be made available online, which may be included in another annual report required under another provision of law, that includes— disaggregated demographic data relating to the workforce and information on the status of diversity and inclusion efforts of the Department; an analysis of applicant flow data; disaggregated demographic data relating to participants in professional development programs of the Department and the rate of placement into senior positions for participants in such programs; and data related to the employment of minority and service-disabled veterans.

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Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data

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