Hiring the right people into the right positions is critical to successfully meeting the DepartmentÂs mission to protect the homeland. The backlog of open positions is growing as DHS continues to work with manual processes when hiring personnel. An Enterprise eRecruitment solution has been a critical need since the stand-up of the Department and the project was unavoidably delayed for 200 days by procurement protests that the Department won. The backlog of hiring actions has become mission effective and any additional delay will have a negative impact on the accomplishment of the DepartmentÂs mission.
The hiring/recruitment information collected will enable DHS to implement best practices for creating and using prescreening questions on an enterprise level to reduce manual processes, providing an easy-to-use interface for all system users, reduce hiring costs, and create a single portal for applicants. The information will be used to: plan recruitment efforts based on workforce analytics regarding turnover rates and expected budget/FTE allocations; proactively recruit for anticipated vacancies to reduce the time-to-hire; automate employee referrals, applications, pre-screening, resume management, candidate tracking, and candidate rating and ranking; provide applicant workflow, communications, interview management, reference/background checking, and "on-boarding" services; provide regulatory and analytical reports for both recruiters and hiring managers.
This collection is designed to further allow DHS to comply with regulatory mandates such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Management Directive 715 which require agency heads to be responsible for developing systems for the evaluation of program effectiveness and barrier identification and elimination; ensuring that the agency has adequate data systems for effective analysis of applicant flow, on-board workforce and personnel transactions data; providing current guidance for the development of program plans to all component and field installations; establishing agency-wide objects and developing and submitting program plans; and preparing accomplishments reports and plan updates for timely submission to EEOC.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
PL 107-296.pdf
Supporting Statement eRecruitment 05062009.doc
DHS Enterprise e-Recruitment System