A bill to establish Federal agency technology and artificial intelligence talent teams to improve competitive service hiring practices, and for other purposes.
Sponsored By: Senator Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
Introduced
Summary
A centralized hiring framework for federal technology and AI talent. This bill would let agencies create dedicated "agency technology and AI talent teams" and direct the Office of Personnel Management to run a Federal technology and AI talent team to coordinate pooled hiring, create assessments, and share candidate certificates.
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- Federal agencies could set up one or more agency talent teams with recruiters, assessment experts, and nontechnical roles to support AI governance and hiring.
- The Office of Personnel Management would lead a cross-government technology and AI talent team to run pooled hiring efforts, provide training, and build an online platform for sharing and customizing technical assessments.
- Hiring managers and HR teams would get help writing job announcements, improving examinations, and sharing high-quality certificates of eligibles to speed hiring.
- Subject matter experts would develop and administer technical assessments such as coding tests, structured interviews, and work exercises to rank or qualify applicants.
- The bill phases out sole reliance on automated self-assessments five years after enactment unless OPM posts a waiver.
- Agencies are encouraged to use existing platforms, like USA Hire, when practicable.
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Federal AI and tech hiring teams
This bill would let each federal agency set up one or more technology and artificial intelligence talent teams. The teams could include recruiters, assessment experts, shared certificate coordinators, subject matter experts, and non-technical staff. The teams would help improve exams, write competitive-service job announcements, share high-quality certificates of eligibles, and help facilitate hiring. The Director of OPM could create a government-wide technology and AI talent team to run pooled hiring, provide training, build hiring platforms, and lead cross-government candidate outreach. If practicable, agencies would be directed to use existing hiring platforms, including USA Hire, for technical assessments.
New tech tests and self-assessment limits
This bill would let agencies use subject matter experts with HR staff to make and give job-specific technical assessments for tech and AI competitive-service positions. Assessments could be structured interviews, coding tests, work exercises, industry exams, or timed tasks, and agencies could share and adapt assessments if they meet federal rules. The Director of OPM would run an online platform to share and let users rate assessments, but OPM would not be required to independently validate posted content. Starting five years after enactment, an examination could not rely only or mainly on an automated self-assessment, unless a Chief Human Capital Officer grants a waiver. A CHCO that issues a waiver would have to send a written report to the OPM Director within 30 days explaining the data and reasons, and OPM must post the waiver on a public website within 30 days before the waiver takes effect.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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