H.R. 3064: Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011
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H.R. 3064: Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-09-23 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-09-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy . Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011
Plain summary
Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011 - Requires the head of each executive agency to develop and submit to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) a strategic workforce plan as part of an agency performance plan, including: (1) hiring projections, (2) strategic human capital planning to address critical skills deficiencies, (3) recruitment strategies to attract highly qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds, (4) streamlining of the hiring process, and (5) a specific analysis of the contractor workforce. Requires agency heads to: (1) identify highly qualified applicant pools with diverse backgrounds before posting announcements of vacant positions and post such announcements for a reasonable period of time, (2) implement processes to simplify and streamline the job application and notification process, (3) fill a vacancy not later than an average of 80 days after identifying such vacancy, and (4) measure and collect information on indicators of hiring effectiveness. Requires all announcements of vacant positions for competitive positions to be written in plain writing in accordance with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · 6 cosponsors
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Tom Cole (R-OK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3064.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3064 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112