---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 10106"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "10106"
heading: "Quarterly report on vacancy rate in employee positions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/10106"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart I — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 101 — Federal Emergency Management Agency Personnel"
---

# §10106. Quarterly report on vacancy rate in employee positions

- (a) **Initial Report.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this chapter, the [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall develop and submit to the [appropriate committees of Congress](/usc/5/9801.md?p=6) a report on the vacancies in [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) [positions](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1).
  - (2) **Contents.—** The report under this subsection shall include—
    - (A) vacancies of each category of [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3);
    - (B) the number of applicants for each vacancy for which public notice has been given;
    - (C) the length of time that each vacancy has been pending;
    - (D) hiring-cycle time for each vacancy that has been filled; and
    - (E) a plan for reducing the hiring-cycle time and reducing the current and anticipated vacancies with highly-qualified personnel.
- (b) **Quarterly Updates.—** Not later than 3 months after submission of the initial report, and every 3 months thereafter until 5 years after the date of enactment of this chapter, the [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall submit to the [appropriate committees of Congress](/usc/5/9801.md?p=6) an update of the report under [subsection (a)](#a), including an assessment by the [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) of the progress of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) in filling vacant [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) [positions](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 621(a), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1416.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109–295, which was approved Oct. 4, 2006.