§414 Homeland Security Rotation Program

Summary

The Secretary must set up a Homeland Security Rotation Program for Department employees within 180 days after October 4, 2006. The program must follow the Department’s Human Capital Strategic Plan and use best practices, including those from the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. It must give middle and senior level employees chances to work in other parts of the Department to broaden their skills, build professional contacts, energize the workforce, and help with recruitment, retention, succession planning, and fixing critical human capital gaps. The program must add to, but not replace, rotation programs already in place on October 4, 2006. The Chief Human Capital Officer must run the program. They must oversee it, create a supporting framework, set who is eligible, pick participants from applicants, and offer incentives like promotions and employment preferences. The officer must make sure participants get training, development for future leadership, and more interaction across components, and must coordinate with existing rotation efforts. All pay, benefits, rights, and seniority for participants must be kept. Within 180 days after the program is established, the Secretary must report to the appropriate Congressional committees on the program’s status, description, number of participants, and how it aids succession and leadership development.