H.R. 2043 would require the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to maintain a website for United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, a directory of certain government positions and government policies often referred to as the Plum Book. Federal agencies would be required to provide that information for their own employees to OPM monthly. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $7 million for OPM and federal agencies to carry out those activities. The volume is now published every four years, alternately by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The Government Publishing Office currently maintains the online version of the Plum Book. The bill also would discontinue the print version of the Plum Book in 2024. Finally, H.R. 2043 would direct OPM to annually report on the demographic information of position holders and would direct the Government Accountability Office to report on the implementation of the bill.
