Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/1447

 120 STAT. 1416

PUBLIC LAW 109–295—OCT. 4, 2006

‘‘§ 10106. Quarterly report on vacancy rate in employee positions ‘‘(a) INITIAL REPORT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Administrator shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the vacancies in employee positions of the Agency. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report under this subsection shall include— ‘‘(A) vacancies of each category of employee position; ‘‘(B) the number of applicants for each vacancy for which public notice has been given; ‘‘(C) the length of time that each vacancy has been pending; ‘‘(D) hiring-cycle time for each vacancy that has been filled; and ‘‘(E) a plan for reducing the hiring-cycle time and reducing the current and anticipated vacancies with highlyqualified personnel. ‘‘(b) QUARTERLY UPDATES.—Not later than 3 months after submission of the initial report, and every 3 months thereafter until 5 years after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an update of the report under subsection (a), including an assessment by the Administrator of the progress of the Agency in filling vacant employee positions of the Agency.’’. (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for part III title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 99 the following: ‘‘101 Federal Emergency Management Agency Personnel ..................................10101’’. SEC. 622. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ROTATION PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 843 the following: 6 USC 414.

‘‘SEC. 844. HOMELAND SECURITY ROTATION PROGRAM.

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish the Homeland Security Rotation Program (in this section referred to as the ‘Rotation Program’) for employees of the Department. The Rotation Program shall use applicable best practices, including those from the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. ‘‘(2) GOALS.—The Rotation Program established by the Secretary shall— ‘‘(A) be established in accordance with the Human Capital Strategic Plan of the Department; ‘‘(B) provide middle and senior level employees in the Department the opportunity to broaden their knowledge through exposure to other components of the Department; ‘‘(C) expand the knowledge base of the Department by providing for rotational assignments of employees to other components; ‘‘(D) build professional relationships and contacts among the employees in the Department;

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