Sec. 1114. Report on cyber excepted service
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until September 30, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a detailed report on cyber excepted service positions during the most recent one-year period. Each report submitted under subsection
(a)shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: A discussion of the process used in accepting applications, assessing candidates, process for and effect of adhering to provisions of law establishing preferences for hiring preference eligible veterans, and selecting applicants for vacancies to be filled by an individual for a cyber excepted service position. A description of the following: How the Secretary plans to recruit and retain employees in cyber excepted service positions. Cyber excepted service performance metrics. Any actions taken during the reporting period to improve cyber excepted service implementation. A discussion of how the planning and actions taken described in paragraph
(2)are integrated into the strategic workforce planning of the Department. The metrics on actions occurring during the reporting period, including the following: The number of employees in cyber excepted service positions hired, disaggregated by occupation, grade, and level or pay band. The placement of employees in cyber excepted service positions, disaggregated by military department, Defense agency, or other component within the Department. The total number of veterans hired. The number of separations of employees in cyber excepted service positions, disaggregated by occupation, grade, and level or pay band. The number of retirements of employees in cyber excepted service positions, disaggregated by occupation, grade, and level or pay band. The number and amounts of recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives paid to employees in cyber excepted service positions, disaggregated by occupation, grade, and level or pay band. The number of employees who declined transition to qualified cyber excepted service positions. An assessment of the training provided to supervisors of employees in cyber excepted service positions at the Department on the use of the new authorities. An assessment of the implementation of section 1599f(a)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, including— how each military department, Defense agency, or other component within the Department is incorporating or intends to incorporate cyber excepted service personnel in their cyber mission workforce; and how the cyber excepted service has allowed each military department, Defense agency, or other component within the Department to establish, recruit for, and retain personnel to fill cyber mission workforce needs. An assessment of the effect of section 1599f of title 10, United States Code, on the ability of the Department to recruit, retain, and develop cyber professionals in the Department. An assessment of barriers to participation in cyber excepted service positions, including challenges to transition between general and excepted service, differences between compensation, incentives, and benefits, access to career broadening experiences, or any other barriers as determined by the Secretary. Proposed modifications to the cyber excepted service. Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. In this section: The term cyber excepted service consists of those positions established under section 1599f(a)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code. The term cyber excepted service position means a position in the cyber excepted service.