Department of Homeland Security, shall assess the 
readiness and capacity of the Department to meet its 
cybersecurity mission. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The assessment required under 
paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Information where cybersecurity posi-
tions are located within the Department of 
Homeland Security, specified in accordance with 
the 
cybersecurity 
occupation 
classifications 
issued under subsection (a). 
(B) Information on which cybersecurity po-
sitions are— 
(i) performed by— 
(I) permanent full time depart-
mental employees, together with demo-
graphic information about such em-
ployees’ race, ethnicity, gender, dis-
ability status, and veterans status; 
(II) 
individuals 
employed 
by 
independent contractors; and 
(III) individuals employed by 
other Federal agencies, including the 
National Security Agency; and 
(ii) vacant. 
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(C) The number of individuals hired by the 
Department pursuant to the authority granted to 
the Secretary of Homeland Security in 2009 to 
permit the Secretary to fill 1,000 cybersecurity 
positions across the Department over a three 
year period, and information on what challenges, 
if any, were encountered with respect to the im-
plementation of such authority. 
(D) Information on vacancies within the 
Department’s cybersecurity supervisory work-
force, from first line supervisory positions 
through senior departmental cybersecurity posi-
tions. 
(E) Information on the percentage of indi-
viduals within each cybersecurity occupation 
classification who received essential training to 
perform their jobs, and in cases in which such 
training is not received, information on what 
challenges, if any, were encountered with respect 
to the provision of such training. 
(F) Information on recruiting costs in-
curred with respect to efforts to fill cybersecurity 
positions across the Department in a manner 
that allows for tracking of overall recruiting and 
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identifying areas for better coordination and 
leveraging of resources within the Department. 
(c) WORKFORCE STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall develop a comprehensive 
workforce strategy that enhances the readiness, capac-
ity, training, and recruitment and retention of the 
cybersecurity workforce of the Department of Home-
land Security. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The comprehensive workforce 
strategy developed under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude— 
(A) a multiphased recruitment plan, in-
cluding relating to experienced professionals, 
members of disadvantaged or underserved com-
munities, the unemployed, and veterans; 
(B) a 5-year implementation plan; and 
(C) a 10-year projection of Federal work-
force needs. 
(d) INFORMATION SECURITY TRAINING.—Not later 
than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish and 
maintain a process to verify on an ongoing basis that indi-
viduals employed by independent contractors who serve in 
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cybersecurity positions at the Department of Homeland Se-
curity receive initial and recurrent information security 
training comprised of general security awareness training 
necessary to perform their job functions, and role-based se-
curity training that is commensurate with assigned respon-
sibilities. The Secretary shall maintain documentation to 
ensure that training provided to an individual under this 
subsection meets or exceeds requirements for such individ-
ual’s job function. 
(e) UPDATES.—Together with the submission to Con-
gress of annual budget requests, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall provide updates regarding the cybersecurity 
workforce assessment required under subsection (b), infor-
mation on the progress of carrying out the comprehensive 
workforce strategy developed under subsection (c), and in-
formation on the status of the implementation of the infor-
mation security training required under subsection (d). 
(f) GAO STUDY.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall provide the Comptroller General of the United 
States with information on the cybersecurity workforce as-
sessment required under subsection (a) and progress on car-
rying out the comprehensive workforce strategy developed 
under subsection (c). The Comptroller General shall submit 
to the Secretary, the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Home-
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land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
study on such assessment and strategy. 
SEC. 3. CYBERSECURITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 
the feasibility of establishing a Cybersecurity Fellowship 
Program to offer a tuition payment plan for undergraduate 
and doctoral candidates who agree to work for the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for an agreed-upon period of 
time. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘cybersecurity mission’’ means 
activities that encompass the full range of threat reduction, 
vulnerability reduction, deterrence, incident response, resil-
iency, and recovery activities to foster the security and sta-
bility of cyberspace. 
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