6 CFR § 158.903 - Employee input program.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t6/s158.903"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "6 CFR § 158.903 - Employee input program."
title_number: 6
title_name: "Domestic Security"
section_number: "158.903"
section_name: "Employee input program."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY"
part_number: "158"
part_name: "CYBERSECURITY TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CTMS)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Subpart H also issued under 5 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 43; 5 CFR parts 410 and 430."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 47893, Aug. 26, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "158"
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# 158.903 Employee input program.

(a) *Program.* The Department establishes and administers a program for DHS-CS employees to express employment-related concerns and recommendations for enhancing CTMS administration and DHS-CS management. Under such a program, a DHS-CS employee may request review of certain talent management actions related to the employee's employment in the DHS-CS or related to the processes, systems, and programs established under this part, or both. The Cybersecurity Talent Management Board may use information from this program for the periodic evaluation of CTMS described in § 158.302.

(b)* Policy.* CTMS policy implementing this section addresses:

(1) Talent management actions covered by the employee input program;

(2) The process for DHS-CS employees to express input; and

(3) The interaction of the employee input program with relevant processes for redress with third parties of employment-related actions, including those described in § 158.901.