Title 5Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§10106 Quarterly report on vacancy rate in employee positions

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must create and send a report to Congressional committees about vacant jobs at the Agency not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this chapter. The report must show vacancies by job type, how many people applied for each publicly posted job, how long each vacancy has been open, how long it took to fill jobs that were filled, and a plan to shorten hiring time and fill current and future vacancies with highly qualified people. Not later than 3 months after the first report, and every 3 months after that until 5 years after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Administrator must send updates to those Congressional committees assessing the Agency’s progress in filling its vacancies.

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Title 5, §10106

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(a)(1)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)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 highly-qualified personnel.
(b)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.

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The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109–295, which was approved Oct. 4, 2006.

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5 U.S.C. § 10106

Title 5Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73