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U.S. Code › Title 6 › Chapter 1 › Subchapter II › Part C › § 146
6 U.S. Code § 146 - Cybersecurity workforce assessment and strategy
(2) ContentsThe assessment required under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—
not later than 1 year after December 18, 2014, develop a comprehensive workforce strategy to enhance the readiness, capacity, training, recruitment, and retention of the cybersecurity workforce of the Department; and
(2) ContentsThe comprehensive workforce strategy developed under paragraph (1) shall include a description of—
(c) UpdatesThe Secretary submit [1] to the appropriate congressional committees annual updates on—
(Pub. L. 113–246, § 3, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2880.)
Pub. L. 113–277, § 4, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3008, provided that:
This section may be cited as the ‘Homeland Security Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act’.
“(2)Cybersecurity work category; data element code; specialty area.—
The terms ‘Cybersecurity Work Category’, ‘Data Element Code’, and ‘Specialty Area’ have the meanings given such terms in the Office of Personnel Management’s Guide to Data Standards.
“(3)Department.—
The term ‘Department’ means the Department of Homeland Security.
“(4)Director.—
“(c) National Cybersecurity Workforce Measurement Initiative.—
identify all cybersecurity workforce positions within the Department;
determine the primary Cybersecurity Work Category and Specialty Area of such positions; and
assign the corresponding Data Element Code, as set forth in the Office of Personnel Management’s Guide to Data Standards which is aligned with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework report, in accordance with paragraph (2).
“(2) Employment codes.—
“(A)Procedures.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2014], the Secretary shall establish procedures—
to identify open positions that include cybersecurity functions (as defined in the OPM Guide to Data Standards); and
“(B)Code assignments.—Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall assign the appropriate employment code to—
each employee within the Department who carries out cybersecurity functions; and
each open position within the Department that have been identified as having cybersecurity functions.
“(3)Progress report.—
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a progress report on the implementation of this subsection to the appropriate congressional committees.
“(d) Identification of Cybersecurity Specialty Areas of Critical Need.—
“(1)In general.—Beginning not later than 1 year after the date on which the employment codes are assigned to employees pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(B), and annually through 2021, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall—
identify Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas of critical need in the Department’s cybersecurity workforce; and
“(B) submit a report to the Director that—
describes the Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas identified under subparagraph (A); and
“(2)Guidance.—The Director shall provide the Secretary with timely guidance for identifying Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas of critical need, including—
current Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas with acute skill shortages; and
Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas with emerging skill shortages.
“(3)Cybersecurity critical needs report.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall—
identify Specialty Areas of critical need for cybersecurity workforce across the Department; and
submit a progress report on the implementation of this subsection to the appropriate congressional committees.
“(e)Government Accountability Office Status Reports.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall—
analyze and monitor the implementation of subsections (c) and (d); and
not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the status of such implementation.”
Pub. L. 113–246, § 2, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2880, provided that:
“In this Act [enacting this section and provisions set out as a note under section 101 of this title]—
the term ‘Cybersecurity Category’ means a position’s or incumbent’s primary work function involving cybersecurity, which is further defined by Specialty Area;
the term ‘Department’ means the Department of Homeland Security;
the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Homeland Security; and
the term ‘Specialty Area’ means any of the common types of cybersecurity work as recognized by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework report.”