Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act

This bill aims to amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of educational requirements or qualifications in evaluating candidates for certain cybersecurity positions in the competitive service.

Key Points

• The Office of Personnel Management can prescribe a minimum educational requirement for employment in covered positions only if it is required by law to perform the duties of the position in the relevant State or locality.
• Agencies may consider education in determining a candidate’s satisfaction of any other minimum qualification only if the candidate’s education directly reflects the competencies necessary to satisfy that qualification and perform the duties of the position.
• The Office of Personnel Management is required to publish changes made to minimum qualifications standards concerning education for covered positions, as well as aggregate data indicating the level of educational attainment of all accessions to covered positions, on its website annually.

Details

The term ‘covered position’ includes any position in the competitive service classified under the GS–2210 information technology management series, or any successor series, and any other position in the competitive service designated as ‘cybersecurity’ under the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NIST Special Publication 800–181), or a successor framework.

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