Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act

Summary

Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish within OPM the Senior Executive Service Resource Office to make recommendations to the Director with respect to regulations, and to provide guidance to agencies, concerning the structure, management, and diverse composition of the Senior Executive Service (SES). Makes it the Office's mission to: (1) improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of the SES through policy formulation and oversight; (2) advance the professionalism of the SES; and (3) ensure that, in seeking to achieve an SES reflective of the nation's diversity, recruitment is from qualified individuals from appropriate sources. Requires the Office to make statistics concerning career reserved positions accessible to the public through a website. Requires each agency to establish one or more SES evaluation panels, with respect to any SES position for which a vacancy announcement is posted, to: (1) review the qualifications of each candidate for a position which is to be filled by a career appointee; and (2) certify to the executive resources board the names of the best qualified candidates.

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Timeline

1. 4 October 2007

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12780)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 October 2007

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12779)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 4 October 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 19 October 2007

   Referred

   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.

   Source: Committee

5. 3 April 2008

   Committee

   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held jointly with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia. Hearings printed.

   Source: Committee

6. 25 June 2008

   Reported

   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

7. 1 October 2008

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1108.

   Source: Calendars

8. 1 October 2008

   Reported

   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-517.

   Source: Committee

9. 1 October 2008

   Reported

   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-517.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Reported to Senate · 1 October 2008 · Official file
• Introduced in Senate · 4 October 2007 · Official file

Documents

6 official files

• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 1 October 2008

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 1 October 2008

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 1 October 2008

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 October 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 October 2007

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 4 October 2007

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Sponsors

• Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] · D · Sponsor
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