Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/3471

 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3453

(2) The plan shall be known as the ‘‘strategic human capital plan’’. (b) CONTENTS.—The strategic human capital plan required by subsection (a) shall include— (1) an assessment of— (A) the critical skills and competencies that will be needed in the future civilian employee workforce of the Department of Defense to support national security requirements and effectively manage the Department over the next decade; (B) the skills and competencies of the existing civilian employee workforce of the Department and projected trends in that workforce based on expected losses due to retirement and other attrition; and (C) gaps in the existing or projected civilian employee workforce of the Department that should be addressed to ensure that the Department has continued access to the critical skills and competencies described in subparagraph (A); and (2) a plan of action for developing and reshaping the civilian employee workforce of the Department to address the gaps in critical skills and competencies identified under paragraph (1)(C), including— (A) specific recruiting and retention goals, including the program objectives of the Department to be achieved through such goals; and (B) specific strategies for development, training, deploying, compensating, and motivating the civilian employee workforce of the Department, including the program objectives of the Department to be achieved through such strategies. (c) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Not later than March 1 of each year from 2007 through 2010, the Secretary shall update the strategic human capital plan required by subsection (a), as previously updated under this subsection. (d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than March 1 of each year from 2007 through 2010, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— (1) the update of the strategic human capital plan prepared in such year under subsection (c); and (2) the assessment of the Secretary, using results-oriented performance measures, of the progress of the Department of Defense in implementing the strategic human capital plan. (e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the Secretary submits under subsection (a) the strategic human capital plan required by that subsection, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the plan.

Deadline.

Deadline. Reports.

SEC. 1123. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON FEATURES OF SUCCESSFUL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCES.

(a) INDEPENDENT STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall commission an independent study to identify the features of successful personnel management systems of the highly technical and scientific workforces of the Department of Defense laboratories and similar scientific facilities and institutions.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

07:21 Oct 30, 2006

Jkt 039194

PO 00003

Frm 00921

Fmt 6580

Sfmt 6581

E:\PUBLAW\PUBL003.119

APPS06

PsN: PUBL003

�