; (2) estimating the date by which the pilot program will be fully implemented; (3) outlining how the Department will use the Lateral Entry Program to fill needed skill sets in key areas such as cyberspace, emerging technologies, economic statecraft, multilateral diplomacy, and data and other sciences. . 6205. Mid-Career Mentoring Program (a) Authorization The Secretary, in collaboration with the Director of the Foreign Service Institute, is authorized to establish a Mid-Career Mentoring Program (referred to in this section as the Program ) to assist in the retention of, and to decrease mid-career attrition of, employees, including those who have demonstrated potential for advancement and may be at risk of leaving the Department. (b) Selection (1) Nominations The head of each bureau shall semiannually nominate participants for the Program from a pool of applicants in the positions described in paragraph (2)(B), including from posts both domestically and abroad. (2) Submission of slate of nominees to Secretary The Director of the Foreign Service Institute, in consultation with the Director General of the Foreign Service, shall semiannually— (A) vet the nominees most recently nominated pursuant to paragraph (1); and (B) submit to the Secretary a slate of applicants to participate in the Program, who shall consist of at least— (i) 10 Foreign Service Officers and specialists classified at the FS-03 or FS-04 level of the Foreign Service Salary Schedule; (ii) 10 Civil Service employees classified at GS-12 or GS-13 of the General Schedule