US Congress Senate Bill 1628 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Introduced on September 23 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5948-5950)
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011 - Requires the head of each executive agency to develop and submit to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) a strategic workforce plan as part of an agency performance plan, including: (1) hiring projections, (2) strategic human capital planning to address critical skills deficiencies, (3) recruitment strategies to attract highly qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds, (4) streamlining of the hiring process, and (5) a specific analysis of the contractor workforce. Requires agency heads to: (1) identify highly qualified applicant pools with diverse backgrounds before posting announcements of vacant positions and post such announcements for a reasonable period of time, (2) implement processes to simplify and streamline the job application and notification process, (3) fill a vacancy not later than an average of 80 days after identifying such vacancy, and (4) measure and collect information on indicators of hiring effectiveness. Requires all announcements of vacant positions for competitive positions to be written in plain writing in accordance with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.

Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011

Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5948-5950)
2011-09-23	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5947)

HB3064 (Same As) 2011-10-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1628/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1628/BILLS-112s1628is.pdf