Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§10106 Quarterly Report on Vacancy Rate in Employee Positions

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart I — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 101 — FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PERSONNEL › § 10106

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must create and send a report to the appropriate committees of Congress within 3 months after this law is enacted. The report must show vacancies by job type, the number of applicants for each publicly posted opening, how long each vacancy has been open, the hiring time for each job that was filled, and a plan to shorten hiring time and to fill current and expected openings with highly-qualified personnel. Starting 3 months after that first report, and every 3 months after that until 5 years from enactment, the Administrator must send updates to those committees. Each update must include the Administrator’s assessment of the Agency’s progress in filling vacant positions.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §10106

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(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 highly-qualified 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.

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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 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110