22 U.S.C. § 2736: Exit interviews for workforce

to understand the reasons of individuals in such workforce for remaining in a position in the Department; and to receive feedback on workplace policies, professional development opportunities, and other issues affecting the decision of individuals in the workforce to remain in the Department. The Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human Resources or its equivalent shall provide an opportunity for an exit interview to each individual in the workforce of the Department who separates from service with the Department to better understand the reasons of such individual for leaving such service. The Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human Resources or its equivalent shall analyze demographic data and other information obtained through interviews under subsections (a) and (b) to determine to what extent, if any, the diversity of those participating in such interviews impacts the results. track demographic data relating to participants in professional development programs and the rate of placement into senior positions for participants in such programs; to identify ways to improve outreach and recruitment for such programs, consistent with merit system principles; and to understand the extent to which participation in any professional development program offered or sponsored by the Department differs among the demographic categories of the workforce; and actively encourage participation from a range of demographic categories, especially from categories with consistently low participation, in such professional development programs. The term ‘applicant flow data’ means data that tracks the rate of applications for job positions among demographic categories. The term ‘demographic data’ means facts or statistics relating to the demographic categories specified in the Office of Management and Budget statistical policy directive entitled ‘Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’ (81 Fed. Reg. 67398). The term ‘diversity’ means those classes of persons protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). individuals serving in a position in the civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5 , United States Code); individuals who are members of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3902 ) [sic, 22 U.S.C. 3903 ]); all individuals serving under a personal services contract; all individuals serving under a Foreign Service Limited appointment under section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 [ 22 U.S.C. 3949 ]; or individuals other than Locally Employed Staff working in the Department of State under any other authority.”