The Securing the Integrity of Ethics in Government Act requires the U.S. Agency for Global Media to verify that job applicants and current employees claiming to hold foreign academic degrees actually earned those credentials before hiring or retaining them in positions above GS-11 level. The Agency must obtain written evaluations from accredited credential evaluation services that confirm the degree is authentic, identify the issuing institution, and compare it to equivalent U.S. degrees, with existing employees having 180 days to provide documentation or face disciplinary action. The bill also requires the Agency to track overtime payments more carefully and creates a Special Investigator position to examine the Agency's hiring and vetting processes within one year and recommend whether an independent Inspector General office should be established. The law takes effect on January 1, 2025, with no specific funding amount allocated in the legislation itself.
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