Sec. 131. Chief human capital officer
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Section 704 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 344 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by inserting , including with respect to leadership development and employee engagement, after policies ; by striking and in line and inserting , in line ; and by inserting and informed by best practices within the Federal Government and the private sector, after priorities, ; in paragraph (2), by striking develop performance measures to provide a basis for monitoring and evaluating and inserting evaluate, on an ongoing basis, ; in paragraph (3), by inserting that, to the extent practicable, are informed by employee feedback after policies ; in paragraph (4), by inserting including internship, leadership development, and employee engagement programs, before in coordination ; in paragraph (5), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: that is informed by an assessment, carried out by the Chief Human Capital Officer, of the learning and developmental needs of employees in supervisory and non-supervisory roles across the Department and appropriate workforce planning initiatives ; by redesignating paragraphs
(9)and
(10)as paragraphs
(12)and (13), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(8)the following new paragraphs: maintain a catalogue of available internship and employee development opportunities, including the Homeland Security Rotation Program pursuant to section 844, departmental leadership development programs, interagency development programs, and other rotational programs; ensure that employee discipline and adverse action programs comply with the requirements of all pertinent laws, rules, regulations, and Federal guidance, and ensure due process for employees; analyze each Department or Government-wide Federal workforce satisfaction or morale survey within 90 days of the publication of any such survey and submit to the Secretary such analysis and, as appropriate, any recommendations to improve workforce satisfaction or morale within the Department; ; in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by striking and after the semicolon at the end; in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: oversee the consolidation, integration, and modernization of the Department’s human capital information technology infrastructure, including systems to manage employee and contractor training records and employee performance records. ; by redesignating subsections
(d)and
(e)as subsections
(f)and (g), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(c)the following new subsections: The Chief Human Capital Officer may designate an employee of the Department to serve as a Chief Learning and Engagement Officer to assist the Chief Human Capital Officer in carrying out this section. In carrying out the responsibilities identified in subsections (b)(4) and (b)(9), the Chief Human Capital Officer shall, in coordination with all the components of the Department— regularly review the catalogue of internships to ensure each program’s purpose, structure, and eligibility requirements align with Department and component workforce strategies and to eliminate unnecessary or duplicative programs; maintain data on the number of participants, including attrition and graduation rates, for each internship program by fiscal year; identify opportunities and mechanisms to convert or hire internship participants that satisfactorily complete program requirements to permanent positions; track the conversion or hiring rates of internship participants to permanent positions within the Department or components by program; and share lessons learned and opportunities for improving the management and administration of internship programs within the Department and components. In this section, the term internship means any program that provides temporary employment or work experience to participants, including current students and recent graduates. ; and in subsection (f), as so redesignated— by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4)as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following new paragraphs: information on employee development opportunities catalogued pursuant to paragraph
(9)of subsection
(b)and any available data on participation rates, attrition rates, and impacts on retention and employee satisfaction; information on the progress of Department-wide strategic workforce planning efforts as determined under paragraph
(2)of subsection (b); information on the activities of the employee engagement steering committee established pursuant to section 715, including the number of meeting, types of materials developed and distributed, and recommendations made to the Secretary; information on the implementation status of any cybersecurity-focused personnel systems used to recruit, retain, and manage mission critical cybersecurity talent authorized pursuant to the Secretary’s authority under section 2208; .
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