HR-5000 would to eliminate degree requirements for federal cybersecurity positions unless required by law where the duties are to be performed. Image: iStock.com/dkfielding
By: FEDweek StaffThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled voting on a series of management policy bills including:
* HR-1118, to change what is considered “competitive procedures” with respect to contracts awarded by the GSA Multiple Award Schedule program, to allow for orders and contracts that result in “best value” as opposed to “lowest overall cost alternative.”
* HR-2985, to reauthorize the Technology Modernization Fund, require TMF awards to be reimbursed at the level needed to ensure the fund is operational, and create a new requirement that agencies reimburse administrative fees. The bill also requires each agency to create an inventory of its legacy IT systems to be used by Congress to evaluate agency and government-wide priority items for legacy IT modernization and to assess how well the TMF does in funding these projects.
* HR-4123, to require cross-functional training for the acquisition workforce and increase the simplified acquisition threshold, the minimum purchase threshold, additional acquisition thresholds, and allow for advanced payment of cloud computing for agencies.
* HR-5000, to eliminate degree requirements for federal cybersecurity positions unless required by law where the duties are to be performed; to allow agencies to consider education in determining a candidate’s satisfaction of any other minimum qualification only if it “directly reflects the competencies necessary to satisfy that qualification and perform the duties of the position”; and to require the OPM to annually publish data on education qualification standards for federal cybersecurity jobs and on the educational backgrounds of new hires.
* HR-5348, under which if an agency has identified funds it does not intend to spend by the end of the fiscal year, 49 percent could be carried over to the next fiscal year, 49 percent would be returned to the Treasury, and 2 percent would be used for retention bonuses to reward employees who helped identify such funds.
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