Sec. 518. Cybersecurity recruitment and retention
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The Secretary shall establish at least three positions within the Bureau of Global Talent Management solely dedicated to the recruitment and retention of Department personnel with backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data science, application development, artificial intelligence, critical and emerging technology, and technology and digital policy. The goals of these positions will be— to fulfill the critical need of the Department to recruit employees for cybersecurity, digital, and technology positions; to fulfill the critical need of the Department to retain employees for cybersecurity, digital, and technology positions; to actively recruit relevant candidates from academic institutions, the private sector, and related industries; to work with the Office of Personnel Management and the United States Digital Service to develop and implement best strategies for recruiting and retaining technology talent; and to inform and train supervisors at the Department on the use of the authorities listed in subsection (2)(a).
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan to execute the objectives outlined in paragraphs
(1)and (2). There is authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, which shall include— a list of the hiring authorities currently available to the Department to recruit and retain personnel with backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data science, application development, artificial intelligence, critical and emerging technology, and technology and digital policy; a list of which hiring authorities outlined in subsection (b)(1) have been used in the previous five years; the number of employees in qualified positions hired, aggregated by position and grade level or pay band; the placement of employees in qualified positions, aggregated by bureau and offices within the Department; the rate of attrition of individuals who begin the hiring process and do not complete the process and a description of the reasons for such attrition; the number of individuals who are interviewed by subject matter experts and the number who are not; and recommendations for— improving the attrition rate identified in subsection (b)(5) by 5 percent each year; additional hiring authorities needed to acquire needed technology talent; hiring personnel to hold public trust positions until they can obtain the necessary security clearance; and informing and training supervisors within the Department on the use of the authorities listed in subsection (a)(2)(a).