Sec. 231. Department of Veterans Affairs personnel transparency
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Section 505 of the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–182 ; 38 U.S.C. 301 note) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking information, and all that follows through facility: and inserting information: ; in subparagraph (B)— by inserting
(i)before The number ; and by adding at the end the following new clause: Information made available under this subparagraph shall be updated not less frequently than once each quarter to account for delays in data processing and shall reflect the most recently available data. ; in subparagraph (C), by striking vacancies, by occupation. and inserting positions currently undergoing a recruitment action, disaggregated by occupation and by stage of recruitment, including Manager Request Initiation Stage, recruitment stage, onboarding stage, and waiting to start stage, or successor stages if modified. ; in subparagraph (E)(iii), by striking potential hires or ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: The number of positions vacated during the quarter for which the Department has not initiated a recruitment action, including the date the position was vacated, disaggregated by occupation. ; by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (6); by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following new paragraph (5): The display of information made publicly available on an internet website of the Department pursuant to paragraph (1), shall be disaggregated— by departmental component; in the case of information relating to Veterans Health Administration positions, by medical facility; and in the case of information relating to Veterans Benefits Administration positions, by regional office. ; and in paragraph (6), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking shall and all that follows and inserting the following: “shall— review the administration of the website required under paragraph (1); develop recommendations relating to the improvement of such administration; and submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing— the findings of the Inspector General with respect to the most recent review conducted under subparagraph (A); and the recommendations most recently developed under subparagraph (B). ; and by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: Each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report that includes the following: A description of the steps the Department is taking to achieve full staffing capacity. A description of the actions the Department is taking to improve the onboard timeline for facilities of the Department, including— in the case of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, for facilities for which the duration of the onboarding process exceeds the metrics laid out in the Time to Hire Model of the Veterans Health Administration, or successor model; and in the case of Veterans Benefits Administration, for regional offices that exceed the time-to-hire target of the Office of Personnel Management. The amount of additional funds necessary to enable the Department to reach full staffing capacity. Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Secretary may have in order to achieve full staffing capacity at the Department. . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to the first update under section 505(a)(3) of such Act beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and each update thereafter.
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