; and (ii) the extent to which appeals by such individuals are upheld under such provisions as compared to before the date of the enactment of this Act; (B) the components or offices of the Department which experience the greatest number of proposed adverse actions against individuals in senior executive positions and components and offices which experience the least relative to the size of the components or offices’ total number of senior executive positions; (C) the tenure of individuals in senior executive positions who are the subject of disciplinary action; (D) whether the individuals in senior executive positions who are the subject of disciplinary action have previously been disciplined; and (E) the number of instances of disciplinary action taken by the Secretary against individuals in senior executive positions at the Department as compared to governmentwide discipline against individuals in Senior Executive Service positions (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code) as a percentage of the total number of individuals in senior executive positions at the Department and Senior Executive Service positions (as so defined). (5) With respect to hiring— (A) the degree to which the skills of newly hired individuals in senior executive positions at the Department are appropriate with respect to the needs of the Department; (B) the types of senior executive positions at the Department most commonly filled under the authorities in the provisions described in subsection (a)(1); (C) the number of senior executive positions at the Department filled by hires outside of the Department compared to hires from within the Department; (D) the length of time to fill a senior executive position at the Department and for a new hire to begin working in a new senior executive position