Sec. 3. Transparency for special Government employees
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In this section: The term advisory committee — has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of title 5, United States Code; and does not include— the United States DOGE Service, or any successor organization; the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, or any successor organization; or any DOGE Team (as described in Executive Order 14158 (90 Fed. Reg. 8441), relating to establishing and implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency ), or any successor organization.
The term appropriate congressional parties means— the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; the majority leader of the Senate; the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the minority leader of the Senate; and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The term covered special Government employee means any individual— who is a special Government employee under section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code, or any other provision of Federal law; and who is not serving on an advisory committee; whose responsibilities are substantially comparable to the types of duties that are classified at the GS–11 level or above; and who is not appointed to a position in the civil service that may only be filled by a full-time student enrolled in an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ).
The term Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. The term Executive agency — has the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and includes the Executive Office of the President. The term national defense information has the meaning given the term classified information in section 798(b) of title 18, United States Code. The term SGE Database means the database established under subsection (b)(1). Not later than 210 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, shall establish a searchable, sortable database for the public release of, with respect to each covered special Government employee— the name of the covered special Government employee; the title of the position of the covered special Government employee; the rate of basic pay, if any, of the covered special Government employee; the employing Executive agency of the covered special Government employee; the employing organizational component of the employing Executive agency of the covered special Government employee; the appointment date of the covered special Government employee; and if applicable, the termination date of the covered special Government employee.
The SGE Database shall be accessible to the public through the official website of the Office of Personnel Management without charge and without a requirement that users register for access. The Director shall ensure that the SGE Database— allows access through an application programming interface; and is fully compliant with— section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794d ); and the most recent Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (or successor guidelines). The head of each Executive agency shall— notify the Director of each appointment, designation, conversion, termination, or other personnel action involving or affecting a covered special Government employee not later than 30 days after the date of such personnel action; and from time to time, review information contained in the SGE Database that pertains to that Executive agency to ensure that the information is current, complete, and accurate.
The Director shall conduct such periodic audits as may be necessary to ensure that Executive agencies have established adequate procedures for submitting current, complete, and accurate information relating to covered special Government employees for inclusion in the SGE Database. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional parties that— describes the efforts undertaken to comply with paragraph (1); and assesses the degree to which information in the SGE Database is current, complete, and accurate.
Notwithstanding section 13109 of title 5, United States Code, each Executive agency shall make publicly available any financial disclosure report filed by a covered special Government employee with the Executive agency after the date of enactment of this Act, using the procedures established under section 13107 of title 5, United States Code, except that this subsection shall not apply to any financial disclosure report— that is filed by an individual described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)of section 13107(a) of title 5, United States Code; that is filed by a special Government employee who is not a covered special Government employee; or that contains national defense information.
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Transparency for special Government employees
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