An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 111-410 to add "job security clearance and suitability requirements" to the issues that are to be considered in the cybersecurity workforce assessment.

1. Inserts “job security clearance and suitability requirements,” after “job classification,”

   InsertsPage 21, line 21Printed page

   In H.R. 4061 · Reported in House

   (3) an examination of the effectiveness of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, the Centers of Academic Excellence in Research, and the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service programs in promoting higher education and research in cybersecurity and information assurance and in producing a growing number of professionals with the necessary cybersecurity and information assurance expertise;

   (4) an analysis of any barriers to the Federal Government recruiting and hiring cybersecurity talent, including barriers relating to compensation, the hiring process, job classification, [inserted: job security clearance ]and [inserted: suitability requirements, and ]hiring flexibilities; and

   (5) recommendations for Federal policies to ensure an adequate, well-trained Federal cybersecurity workforce.

   Original wording

   Page 21, line 21, insert “job security clearance and suitability requirements,” after “job classification,”.

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