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As part of the Department of Commerce’s military recruitment strategy, major military installations
throughout the United States were identified and cross-linked to Commerce regional and field office
locations. Most Army base’s military hospitals have been designated as Community-Based Warrior in
Transition Units (CBWTU). These units have a primary mission to provide high-quality health care and
administrative processing for reserve component soldiers while allowing them to live and perform duties
close to their homes and families. Additionally, the CBWTU provides medical case management to
Army soldiers who are injured or ill as the result of their military service in the Global War on
Terrorism. Commerce headquarters and bureaus plan to partner with various military installations as
part of the veterans’ recruitment efforts.

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Strengthen U.S. Economic and National Security — Enforce compliance with trade laws,
provide cybersecurity tools to thwart cybercrime, share accurate weather information, and
deploy a first-responder broadband network that will protect lives and property.

Fulfill Constitutional Requirements and Support Economic Activity — Provide
demographic and housing data from the Census to assist Federal, State, local, and tribal
governments make better decisions about how they spend their money.

Deliver Customer-centric Excellence — Provide timely human resources (HR), information
technology (IT), and acquisition services. Increase the cost-effectiveness of services and
improve human capital management. Focus on strategies to improve service, efficiency,
and engage employees by better aligning their time and efforts to the Department’s
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Targeted Mission-Critical Occupations:

For FY 2020, the Department of Commerce’s goal is to increase veterans’ representation in the mission-
critical occupations (MCO) of 0201 (Human Resources Specialist) and 1102 (Contract Specialist).
Table 3 illustrates the Department’s trend of veterans’ representation within the 0201 and 1102
occupational series.

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The Department will leverage the following strategies to advance the goal of increasing veterans’
representation in the targeted MCOs of 0201 (Human Resources Specialist) and 1102 (Contract
Specialist):

O Collaborate with hiring managers who have an open Job Opportunity Announcement for
targeted MCOs to encourage consideration of veterans who are eligible for non-competitive
appointments.

QO Participate in the Operation Warfighter Program, sponsored by the Department of Defense’s
Severely Injured Center, to offer developmental work assignments to disabled service members
who are on medical hold pending separation.

1 Review resumes from the Department of Labor’s Workforce Recruitment Program database,
which contains over 7,000 resumes of undergraduate and college students who are disabled
veterans.

O Participate in job fairs sponsored by the United Service Organizations (USO) and the
Department of the Army’s Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Employment Readiness Program Office.

O Conduct continuous mining from Department’s automated hiring system.

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This Plan contains information and strategies to assist supervisors, hiring managers, and Human
Resources Specialists on recruiting and employing veterans. Senior leadership’s commitment is
critical in developing human capital initiatives that facilitate reaching the established goals of the
“Department of Commerce Veterans’ Recruitment and Employment Operational Plan FY 2020.”
Through proper allocation of resources and incorporation of human capital management in hiring
managers’ performance plans, senior leadership can sustain the efforts. The following are the key
stakeholders with their corresponding roles and responsibilities:

The Secretary of Commerce and Other Senior Officials:
O Serve on the interagency Council on Veterans’ Employment (established by Executive Order

13518, the “Veterans Employment Initiative’).

O Communicate to senior leadership the Department’s commitment to veterans’ hiring during
executive management team meetings and other appropriate venues.

Chief Human Capital Officer and Director for Human Resources Management:
O Ensures that veterans’ employment initiatives are linked to the Department’s strategic and human
capital planning.

O Communicates the Department’s vision and commitment to executive staff, committees, and
internal councils.

Veterans’ Employment Program Manager:
O Collaborates with hiring managers who have open Job Opportunity Announcements to find
qualified veteran candidates for employment consideration

QO Conducts continuous mining and sourcing of veterans’ resumes from the Department’s
automated hiring system.

O Provides resume building and career counseling to veteran applicants, and advocates for the
employment of veterans throughout Commerce.

O Coordinates and leads veterans’ recruitment activities involving the Department’s bureaus and
hiring managers.

O Provides guidance and expertise to hiring managers to enable the use of noncompetitive
veterans’ appointment authorities.

Coordinates regular training sessions for all hiring managers and HR practitioners.

O Partners with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor, and the Department of
Defense on programs that provide developmental training opportunities to veterans.

O Collaborates with servicing HR offices’ staffing directors and staffing specialists to identify
qualified veteran applicants for job opportunities.



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Commerce’s leadership upholds its commitment to hiring, developing, and promoting its veteran
workforce. In support of veterans’ hiring, the Secretary of Commerce, Deputy Secretary of Commerce,
and senior leadership conduct periodic analyses of veterans’ hiring data, and regularly monitor
Department efforts in promoting Commerce as an Employer of Choice to the military community and
Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs). The “Department of Commerce Veterans’ Recruitment and
Employment Operational Plan FY 2020” includes overarching goals targeted to increasing Commerce’s
new hires of veterans:

1. Veterans new hires
2. Veterans who are 30 percent or more disabled
3. Veterans’ overall representation/retention

The Department has historically been committed to increasing the employment of non-disabled and
disabled veterans through various strategic initiatives, which has resulted in veteran new hires as
illustrated in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Veterans’ New Hires Trend Analyses (by Veterans’ Preference Category)

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soldiers. Public law is the foundation of the Transition
Assistance Program initiative, along with DOD and
Army policy.

Operation Warfighter (OWF) is a Department of Defense
(DOD) internship program that provides opportunities for
Recovering Service Members (RSMs) to participate in
DOD paid internships with Federal agencies during their
rehabilitation process. These Federal internships allow
RSMs to obtain, develop, and practice newly assessed and
identified work skills in a non-military work environment.
More than 6,000 RSMs have been placed in Federal
internships through the OWF. Service members who are
released from active duty may be non-competitively
converted to a permanent position if the agency elects to do
so based on performance.

The Hiring Heroes program helps wounded veterans find
meaningful civilian jobs by providing resume building and
interviewing workshops. The program hosts a series of
career fairs at the Army and Navy medical treatment
facilities for severely wounded troops. The Department
will participate in numerous career fairs at different military
locations across the country.

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KEY COMPONEN’

The Department of Commerce has identified the following key components in its efforts to hire and
retain veterans:

O Leadership Commitment

O Skill Development and Employment
O Marketing Veterans’ Employment
O Information Gateway

Section VI of this report contains the following tables, individually addressing three components and
providing specific strategies and action items to enable the Department’s success in increasing veterans’
hiring retention:

i Leadership Commitment Page 8

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i Skill Development and Employment Pages 9-10
I Marketing Veterans’ Employment Pages 11-12)
| Information Gateway Page 13 |



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

VETERANS’ RECRUITMENT AND
EMPLOYMENT
OPERATIONAL PLAN
FISCAL YEAR 2020

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Director for Human Resources Osan nagement, and
Chief Human Capital Officer



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KEY COMPONENT: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT (Continued)

Department of Commerce Leadership Development Programs:

The Department promotes internal advancement opportunities for disabled veterans through the
Department’s leadership development programs. The programs serve as a pipeline to provide managers
with a pool of high-caliber employees from which to fill mission-critical occupations and additional
positions. The Department’s leadership programs provide employees with programs that identify and
develop emerging leaders in engaging learning experiences. Additionally, these programs fully support
the Department of Commerce’s “Human Capital Strategic Plan and Succession Plan.”

e The Aspiring Leaders Development Program (ALDP) — The ALDP program for GS-9 through
12 uses an integrated approach to provide a series of developmental experiences that include
three non-consecutive weeks of core training including instructor-led formal training, seminars,
online courses, developmental work assignments, mentoring from senior managers, book
reading and discussion, management interviews, shadowing assignments, writing assignments,
three book forums, a 45-day developmental assignment, and team action learning projects and
presentations

e The Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) — The ELDP enhances leadership
competencies for GS-13 through GS-14 or equivalent candidates with an initial personal
assessment, formal training and seminars, a 120-day developmental assignment at a
Commerce organization, an action learning team project, and access to individual mentors and
coaches.

e The Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program (SES CDP) — The SES
CDP provides GS-14 through GS-15 or equivalent candidates a wide variety of
competency-based leadership development experiences. The program curriculum
enhances leadership competencies through an initial personal assessment, formal training and
seminars, a 120-day developmental assignment away from the home office, an action
learning team project, and access to individual SES mentors.

Commerce will ensure all employees throughout the Department are made aware of all leadership
development opportunities and reasonable accommodations are provided for disabled veterans to
ensure they are fully able to participate.

Commerce also offers employees an opportunity to earn a certificate in Project Management through
the Project Management Certificate Program. Through this program, participants will develop the
following skill set:

+ Estimate project costs and schedules using simple techniques

° Plan, estimate, and organize project efforts

¢ Identify customer requirements using proven techniques

° Manage projects with tight deadlines and limited budgets

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The “Department of Commerce Veterans’ Recruitment and Employment Operational Plan FY 2020”
adapted the framework of the Federal Government-wide Veteran Employment Performance Model for
FY 2014-2017. The framework is built upon four key concepts:

1. Leadership Commitment — Ensure Federal leaders advocate the value and importance of hiring
veterans in the Federal Government.

2. Skills Development and Employment — Assist veterans to better align and translate their
competencies and skills with Federal employment opportunities.

3. Employment — Improve the opportunity for veterans to successfully find Federal employment

4. Marketing — Ensure Federal hiring officials view veteran skills and dedication as essential to
meet mission objectives, and veterans view the Federal Government as an employer of choice.

5. Information Gateway — Ensure veterans, transitioning service members and their families,
current veteran employees, HR professionals, and hiring managers receive accurate and
consistent information regarding the Federal employment of veterans.

Supporting Infrastructure:

Strategies and policies in these four areas are essential for building and sustaining the “Department of
Commerce Veterans’ Recruitment and Employment Operational Plan Fiscal Year 2020”:

O Planning — Linking the “Department of Commerce Veterans’ Recruitment and Employment
Operational Plan FY 2020” to the “Department of Commerce Diversity and Inclusion Strategic
Plan, FY 2017-2021.” The plans are
reviewed regularly and adjusted as needed to
ensure continued alignment with overall
Federal Government-wide initiatives.

O Communication — Implementing a Supporting
communications strategy that: (1) ensures all infrastructure
senior leaders, hiring managers, Principal
Human Resources Managers, HR
practitioners, and employees understand the
Department’s goal of increasing veterans’
employment opportunities; and (2) provides regular progress reports on the accomplishment of
action strategies.

O Collaboration — Fostering an environment of learning, innovation, and collaboration between
servicing HR offices, veterans’ employment bureau coordinators, and special emphasis
program managers.

O Accountability — Measuring progress towards achieving established goals. The results are used
to fine-tune future operational plans.

Planning Communication

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+ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — Focuses on the condition of the oceans
and atmosphere, providing environmental information products and stewardship
services, as well as performing scientific research on ecosystems, climate, weather, water,
commerce, and transportation.

° National Technical Information Service — Serves as the largest central resource for
government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.

° National Telecommunications and Information Administration — Serves as the
President's principal advisor on telecommunications and information policy issues; in
this role, the NTIA frequently works with other executive branch agencies to develop
and present the Administration’s position on these issues.

° Patent and Trademark Office — Fostering innovation, competitiveness, and economic
growth, domestically and abroad, by delivering high quality and timely examination of
patent and trademark applications, guiding domestic and international intellectual
property policy, and delivering intellectual property information and education
worldwide, with a highly-skilled, diverse workforce.

Mission:

Create conditions for economic growth and opportunity.
Vision:

For almost a century, Commerce has partnered with American businesses to maintain a healthy and
prosperous United States. In so doing, it has established an exemplary record of innovation in
manufacturing, transportation, communications, measurement, and materials. Consequently,
Commerce’s vision is to ensure that the U.S. remains a leader in the global economic arena while
simultaneously being a model employer of veterans, which includes disabled veterans.

Strategic Goals:

- Accelerate American Leadership — Promote the growth of commercial space activities,
investing in foundational research, and protecting intellectual property (IP) to ensure
creators can be rewarded for their inventions.

¢ Enhance Job Creation — Increase aquaculture production, reduce and streamline
regulations, strengthen domestic commerce and the U.S. industrial base, increase U.S.

exports, and increase inward investment in the United States to enhance and maximize job
creation.



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E OVERVIEW

The Department of Commerce, originally established by Congress as the United States Department of
Commerce and Labor (February 14, 1903), is one of the oldest executive-level departments in the
Federal Government. Officials in Washington soon realized there was a need for a Federal agency
exclusively devoted to promoting American business; therefore, on March 4, 1913, Commerce was
renamed the Department of Commerce as the bureaus and agencies specializing in labor were
transferred to the new Department of Labor (DOL). As the Federal government grew and evolved,
other bureaus were transferred to and from Commerce, giving it a rich history and unique role in the
Cabinet. Commerce is a dynamic organization with a diverse mission that impacts national and
international business, the economy, telecommunications, research, trade, and weather forecasting.
Commerce's workforce currently has approximately 46,000 dedicated employees serving in the
following 11 bureau-level offices, which report directly to the Office of the Secretary:

+ Bureau of Economic Analysis — Provides timely, relevant, and accurate economic data to
promote a better understanding of the U.S. economy.

¢ Bureau of the Census — Serves as the leading source of quality population data.

¢ Bureau of Industry and Security — Protects the national, economic, cyber, and homeland
security of the United States.

+ Economic Development Administration — Works in partnership with state and local
governments, regional economic development districts, public and private nonprofit
organizations, and Native American tribes to help afflicted communities in addressing
problems associated with economic distress, such as recovering from the economic impact
of natural disasters, and the closure of military installations and other Federal facilities.

+ International Trade Administration — To create prosperity by strengthening the international
competitiveness of U.S. industry, promoting trade and investment, and ensuring fair trade
and compliance with trade laws and agreements.

¢ Minority Business Development Agency — Fosters the growth and competitiveness of
minority-owned firms in the United States. The efforts of the agency cross public,
private, state and local governmental, business, and institutional interests. The
programs significantly contribute to job creation, economic revitalization, community
sustainability as well as regional, national, and global competitiveness.

* National Institute of Standards and Technology — Promotes U.S. innovation and
industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and
technology to enhance economic security and improve Americans’ quality of life.



COMMERCE VETERANS’ RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPERATIONAL PLAN FY 2020

Table of Contents

Section Page
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II. Mission, Vision, and Strategic and Management Integration Goals... 4

III. Veterans’ Workforce Goals and Demographics ..

IV. Roles and Responsibilities

V. Operational Framework and Infrastructure ........sssscssssescssscsesensessecnssensesesessesnsenneenee 8
VI. Key Components in Veterans’ Hiring and Retention .............ssssssssssseesesererereseees 9
VII. Veterans’ Representation in Mission-Critical Occupations .........ssseeereerseeereeeee 16
VIII. Commerce Partnerships with Other Federal Agencies ..........ssssssscssessesessenrensensenes 19

IX. Commerce Regional and Field Offices Matched to Local Military Installations .. 20



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