Sec. 505. Department of Veterans Affairs personnel transparency
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Subject to paragraph
(2)and not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make publicly available on an Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs the following information, which shall, subject to subparagraph (D), be displayed by departmental component or, in the case of information relating to Veterans Health Administration positions, by medical facility: The number of personnel encumbering positions. The number of accessions and separation actions processed during the quarter preceding the date of the publication of the information. The number of vacancies, by occupation. The percentage of new hires for the Department who were hired within the time-to-hire target of the Office of Personnel Management, disaggregated by administration. The Secretary may withhold from publication under paragraph
(1)information relating to law enforcement, information security, or such positions in the Department that the Secretary determines to be sensitive. The Secretary shall update the information on the website required under paragraph
(1)on a quarterly basis. Any Department of Veterans Affairs position that is filled with a contractor may not be treated as a Department position for purposes of the information required to be published under paragraph (1). On a semi-annual basis, the Inspector General of the Department shall review the administration of the website required under paragraph
(1)and make recommendations relating to the improvement of such administration. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress an annual report on the steps the Department is taking to achieve full staffing capacity. Each such report shall include the amount of additional funds necessary to enable the Department to reach full staffing capacity.