(ii) 
SUBSEQUENT
UPDATES.—Not 
later than October 1 of each fiscal year be-
ginning after the date on which the dash-
board is initially updated under clause (i), 
the Director shall update the dashboard 
described in subparagraph (A) with data 
for positions in the competitive service for 
which an examining agency examined ap-
plicants during the preceding fiscal year. 
(2) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each year, the Direc-
tor, in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and 
(C), shall make publicly available and submit to 
Congress an overall progress report that in-
cludes summary data of the use of examinations 
(as defined in subsection (c)(1)(A) of section 
3304 of title 5, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a) of this section) for the com-
petitive service, including technical assessments. 
(B) CATEGORIES; BASELINE
DATA.—In 
carrying out subparagraph (A), the Director 
shall— 
(i) break the data down by applicant 
demographic indicator, including veteran 
status, race, gender, disability, and any 
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other measure the Director determines ap-
propriate; and 
(ii) use the data available as of Octo-
ber 1, 2020, as a baseline. 
(C) LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out sub-
paragraph (A), the Director may only make 
publicly available and submit to Congress data 
relating to examinations for which— 
(i) 
the 
related 
announcement 
is 
closed; 
(ii) certificates have been audited; and 
(iii) all hiring processes are com-
pleted. 
(d) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
that— 
(1) assesses the implementation of this section 
and the amendments made by this section; 
(2) assesses the impact and modifications to the 
hiring process for the competitive service made by 
this section and the amendments made by this sec-
tion; and 
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(3) makes recommendations for the improve-
ment of the hiring process for the competitive serv-
ice. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO COMPETITIVE SERVICE ACT OF 
2015. 
(a) PLATFORMS
FOR SHARING CERTIFICATES
OF 
ELIGIBLES.—Section 3318(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘240-day’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1-year’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) PLATFORM FOR SHARING RE´SUME´S OF IN-
DIVIDUALS ON CERTIFICATES OF ELIGIBLES.—The 
Director of the Office shall establish and operate a 
platform on which an appointing authority can 
share, with other appointing authorities and the 
Chief Human Capital Officers Council established 
under section 1303 of the Chief Human Capital Of-
ficers Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 1401 note; Public Law 
107–296), the re´sume´s of individuals who are on a 
certificate of eligibles requested by the appointing 
authority.’’. 
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(b) MAXIMIZING SHARING OF APPLICANT INFORMA-
TION.—Section 2 of the Competitive Service Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–137; 130 Stat. 310) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) MAXIMIZING SHARING OF APPLICANT INFORMA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the terms ‘agency’, ‘Director’, and 
‘Office’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 3304(c)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘competitive service’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMIZING
SHARING.—The 
Director 
shall maximize the sharing of information among 
agencies regarding qualified applicants for positions 
in the competitive service, including by— 
‘‘(A) providing for the delegation to other 
agencies of the authority of the Office to host 
multi-agency hiring actions to increase the re-
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