‘‘(A) means an individual serving in a pol-
icy and supporting position; and 
‘‘(B) includes an individual serving in such 
a position temporarily in an acting capacity in 
accordance with— 
‘‘(i) sections 3345 through 3349d (com-
monly referred to as the ‘Federal Vacancies 
Reform Act of 1998’); 
‘‘(ii) any other statutory provision de-
scribed in section 3347(a)(1); or 
‘‘(iii) a Presidential appointment de-
scribed in section 3347(a)(2). 
‘‘(5) POLICY AND SUPPORTING POSITION.—The 
term ‘policy and supporting position’ means— 
‘‘(A) a position that requires appointment 
by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) a position that requires or permits ap-
pointment by the President or Vice President, 
without the advice and consent of the Senate; 
‘‘(C) a position occupied by a limited term 
appointee, limited emergency appointee, or non-
career appointee in the Senior Executive Service, 
as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), 
respectively, of section 3132(a); 
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‘‘(D) a position of a confidential or policy- 
determining character under schedule C of sub-
part C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor regulation; 
‘‘(E) a position in the Senior Foreign Serv-
ice; 
‘‘(F) any career position at an agency that, 
but for this section and section 2(b)(3) of the 
PLUM Act, would be included in the publication 
entitled ‘United States Government Policy and 
Supporting Positions’, commonly referred to as 
the ‘Plum Book’; and 
‘‘(G) any other position classified at or 
above level GS–14 of the General Schedule (or 
equivalent) that is excepted from the competitive 
service by law because of the confidential or pol-
icy-determining nature of the position duties. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF WEBSITE.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the PLUM Act, the Di-
rector shall establish, and thereafter maintain, a public 
website containing the following information for the Presi-
dent then in office and for each subsequent President: 
‘‘(1) Each policy and supporting position in the 
Federal Government, including any such position 
that is vacant. 
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‘‘(2) The name of each individual who— 
‘‘(A) is serving in a position described in 
paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(B) previously served in a position de-
scribed in such paragraph under the applicable 
President. 
‘‘(3) Information on any Government-wide or 
agency-wide limitation on the total number of posi-
tions in the Senior Executive Service under section 
3133 or 3132, and for the total number of positions 
in Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and total number of in-
dividuals occupying such positions. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—With respect to any policy and sup-
porting position listed on the covered website, the Director 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) the agency, and agency component, (includ-
ing the agency and bureau code used by the Office of 
Management and Budget) in which the position is lo-
cated; 
‘‘(2) the name of the position; 
‘‘(3) the name of the individual occupying such 
position (if any); 
‘‘(4) the geographic location of the position, in-
cluding the city, State or province, and country; 
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‘‘(5) the pay system under which the position is 
paid; 
‘‘(6) the level, grade, or rate of pay; 
‘‘(7) the term or duration of the appointment (if 
any); 
‘‘(8) the expiration date, in the case of a time- 
limited appointment; 
‘‘(9) a unique identifier for each appointee to en-
able tracking such appointee across positions; 
‘‘(10) whether the position is vacant, and in the 
case of a vacancy, for positions for which appoint-
ment is required to be made by the President by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, the name 
of the acting official, and, for other positions, the 
name of the official performing the duties of the va-
cant position. 
‘‘(d) CURRENT DATA.—For each agency, the Director 
shall indicate the date that the agency last updated the 
data. 
‘‘(e) FORMAT.—The Director shall make the data on 
the covered website available to the public at no cost over 
the internet in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, and 
machine-readable format so that the data qualifies as an 
open Government data asset, as defined in section 3502 of 
title 44. 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION
REQUIRED.—Each agency 
shall provide to the Director any information that the 
Director determines necessary to establish and main-
tain the covered website, including the information 
uploaded pursuant to paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCIES.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of the PLUM 
Act, the Director shall issue instructions to agencies 
with specific requirements for the provision or 
uploading of information required under paragraph 
(1), including— 
‘‘(A) specific data standards that an agency 
shall follow to ensure that the information is 
complete, accurate, and reliable; 
‘‘(B) data quality assurance methods; and 
‘‘(C) the timeframe during which an agency 
shall provide or upload the information, includ-
ing the timeframe described under paragraph 
(4). 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Director 
shall identify on the covered website any agency that 
has failed to provide— 
‘‘(A) the information required by the Direc-
tor; 
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‘‘(B) complete, accurate, and reliable infor-
mation; or 
‘‘(C) the information during the timeframe 
specified by the Director. 
‘‘(4) MONTHLY UPDATES.— 
‘‘(A) Not later than 90 days after the date 
the covered website is established, and not less 
than once during each 30 day period thereafter, 
the head of each agency shall upload to the cov-
ered website updated information (if any) on— 
‘‘(i) the policy and supporting posi-
tions in the agency; 
‘‘(ii) the appointees occupying such po-
sitions in the agency; and 
‘‘(iii) the former appointees who served 
in the agency under the President then in 
office. 
‘‘(B) Information provided under subpara-
graph (A) shall supplement, not supplant, pre-
viously provided data under such subparagraph. 
‘‘(5) OPM HELP DESK.—The Director shall es-
tablish a central help desk, to be operated by not more 
than one full-time employee, to assist any agency 
with implementing this section. 
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‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—The Director may des-
ignate one or more Federal agencies to participate in 
the development, establishment, operation, and sup-
port of the covered website. With respect to any such 
designation, the Director may specify the scope of the 
responsibilities of the Federal agency so designated. 
‘‘(7) DATA STANDARDS AND TIMING.—The Direc-
tor shall make available on the covered website infor-
mation regarding on data collection standards, qual-
ity assurance methods, and time frames for reporting 
data to the Director. 
‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Director may pre-
scribe regulations necessary for the administration of 
this section. 
‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Each agency 
shall comply with the instructions and guidance 
issued by the Director to carry out this Act, and, 
upon request of the Director, shall provide appro-
priate assistance to the Director to ensure the success-
ful operation of the covered website in the manner 
and within the timeframe specified by the Director 
under subsection (f)(2). 
‘‘(2) ENSURING COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, AND 
RELIABILITY.—With respect to any submission of in-
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formation described in paragraph (1), the head of an 
agency shall include an explanation of how the agen-
cy ensured the information is complete, accurate, and 
reliable, and a certification that such information is 
complete, accurate, and reliable. 
‘‘(h) INFORMATION VERIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
semiannually, the Director, in coordination with the 
White House Office of Presidential Personnel, shall 
confirm that the information on the covered website 
is complete, accurate, reliable, and up-to-date. On the 
date of any such confirmation, the Director shall pub-
lish on the covered website a certification that such 
confirmation has been made. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Director may— 
‘‘(A) request additional information from 
an agency; and 
‘‘(B) use any additional information pro-
vided to the Director or the White House Office 
of Presidential Personnel for the purposes of 
verification. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Director shall es-
tablish a process under which members of the public 
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may provide feedback regarding the accuracy of the 
information on the covered website. 
‘‘(i) DATA ARCHIVING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
a transitional inauguration day (as defined in sec-
tion 3349a), the Director, in consultation with the 
Archivist of the United States, shall archive the data 
that was compiled on the covered website for the pre-
ceding presidential administration. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall 
make the data described in paragraph (1) publicly 
available over the internet— 
‘‘(A) on, or through a link on, the covered 
website; 
‘‘(B) at no cost; and 
‘‘(C) in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, 
and machine-readable format. 
‘‘(j) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than one 
year after the covered website is established and not 
less than annually thereafter, the Director, in coordi-
nation with the White House Office of Presidential 
Personnel, shall publish a report on the covered 
website that contains summary level information on 
the demographics of any appointee. Such report shall 
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provide such information in a structured data format 
that is searchable, sortable, and downloadable, makes 
use of common identifiers wherever possible, and con-
tains current and historical data regarding such in-
formation. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report published 
under paragraph (1) shall include self-identified 
data on race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, gender, 
disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, and 
whether the appointee is over the age of 40 with 
respect to each type of appointee. Such a report 
shall allow for users of the covered website to 
view the type of appointee by agency or compo-
nent, along with these self-identified data, alone 
and in combination, to the greatest level detail 
possible without allowing the identification of in-
dividual appointees. 
‘‘(B) OPTION TO NOT SPECIFY.—When col-
lecting each category of data described in sub-
paragraph (A), each appointee shall be allowed 
an option to not specify with respect to any such 
category. 
‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall 
consult with the Committee on Oversight and Re-
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form of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate regarding reports 
published under this subsection and the informa-
tion in such reports to determine whether the in-
tent of this section is being fulfilled and if addi-
tional information or other changes are needed 
for such reports. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSION
OF
CAREER
POSITIONS.—For 
purposes of applying the term ‘appointee’ in this sub-
section, such term does not include any individual 
appointed to a position described in subsection 
(a)(5)(F).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘3330f. Government policy and supporting position data.’’. 
(b) OTHER MATTERS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for— 
(A) developing the website under section 
3330f(b) of title 5, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a)(1); and 
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