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and for agency Deputy Chief Financial Officers

appointed under sections 901 and 903, respectively.

(8) Provide advice to agency heads with respect to the selection of agency Chief Financial Officers and Deputy Chief Financial Officers.

(9) Provide advice to agencies regarding the

qualifications, recruitment, performance, and

retention of other financial management personnel.

(10) Assess the overall adequacy of the professional qualifications and capabilities of financial management staffs throughout the

Government and make recommendations on

ways to correct problems which impair the capacity of those staffs.

(11) Settle differences that arise among

agencies regarding the implementation of financial management policies.

(12) Chair the Chief Financial Officers Council established by section 302 of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990.

(13) Communicate with the financial officers

of State and local governments, and foster the

exchange with those officers of information

concerning financial management standards,

techniques, and processes.

(14) Issue such other policies and directives

as may be necessary to carry out this section,

and perform any other function prescribed by

the Director.

(b) Subject to the direction and approval of

the Director, the Deputy Director for Management shall establish general management policies for executive agencies and perform the following general management functions:

(1) Coordinate and supervise the general

management functions of the Office of Management and Budget.

(2) Perform all functions of the Director, including all functions delegated by the President to the Director, relating to—

(A) managerial systems, including the systematic measurement of performance;

(B) procurement policy;

(C) grant, cooperative agreement, and assistance management;

(D) information and statistical policy;

(E) property management;

(F) human resources management;

(G) regulatory affairs; and

(H) other management functions, including organizational studies, long-range planning, program evaluation, productivity improvement, and experimentation and demonstration programs.

(3) Provide complete, reliable, and timely information to the President, the Congress, and

the public regarding the management activities of the executive branch.

(4) Facilitate actions by the Congress and

the executive branch to improve the management of Federal Government operations and

to remove impediments to effective administration.

(5) Provide leadership in management innovation, through—

(A) experimentation, testing, and demonstration programs; and

(B) the adoption of modern management

concepts and technologies.

(6) Work with State and local governments

to improve and strengthen intergovernmental

relations, and provide assistance to such governments with respect to intergovernmental

programs and cooperative arrangements.

(7) Review and, where appropriate, recommend to the Director changes to the budget

and legislative proposals of agencies to ensure

that they respond to program evaluations by,

and are in accordance with general management plans of, the Office of Management and

Budget.

(8) Provide advice to agencies on the qualification, recruitment, performance, and retention of managerial personnel.

(9) Perform any other functions prescribed

by the Director.

(Added Pub. L. 101–576, title II, §202(b), Nov. 15,

1990, 104 Stat. 2839; amended Pub. L. 103–272,

§4(f)(1)(B), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1361.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 302 of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990

[Pub. L. 101–576], referred to in subsec. (a)(12), is set out

as a note under section 901 of this title.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 503 was renumbered section 505 of this

title.

AMENDMENTS

1994—Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 103–272 substituted ‘‘Perform’’ for ‘‘perform’’.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 504 of this title.

§ 504. Office of Federal Financial Management

(a) There is established in the Office of Management and Budget an office to be known as

the ‘‘Office of Federal Financial Management’’.

The Office of Federal Financial Management,

under the direction and control of the Deputy

Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, shall carry out the financial management functions listed in section

503(a) of this title.

(b) There shall be at the head of the Office of

Federal Financial Management a Controller,

who shall be appointed by the President, by and

with the advice and consent of the Senate. The

Controller shall be appointed from among individuals who possess—

(1) demonstrated ability and practical experience in accounting, financial management,

and financial systems; and

(2) extensive practical experience in financial management in large governmental or

business entities.

(c) The Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management shall be the deputy and

principal advisor to the Deputy Director for

Management in the performance by the Deputy

Director for Management of functions described

in section 503(a).

(Added Pub. L. 101–576, title II, §203(a), Nov. 15,

1990, 104 Stat. 2841.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 504 was renumbered section 506 of this

title.
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§ 505. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, established under section 3503 of title 44, is

an office in the Office of Management and Budget.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 886, §503;

renumbered §505, Pub. L. 101–576, title II, §202(a),

Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2839.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Revised

Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)

503 .......... (no source).

The section is included to provide in subchapter I of

chapter 5 of the revised title a complete list of the organizational units established by law that are in the

Office of Management and Budget or are subject to the

direction and supervision of the Director of the Office

of Management and Budget.

AMENDMENTS

1990—Pub. L. 101–576 renumbered section 503 of this

title as this section.

§ 506. Office of Federal Procurement Policy

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy, established under section 5(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 404(a)), is

an office in the Office of Management and Budget.

(Added Pub. L. 97–452, §1(1)(A), Jan. 12, 1983, 96

Stat. 2467, §504; renumbered §506, Pub. L. 101–576,

title II, §202(a), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2839.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Revised

Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)

504 .......... (no source).

The section is included to provide in subchapter I of

chapter 5 of title 31 a complete list of the organizational units established by law that are in the Office of

Management and Budget or are subject to the direction

and supervision of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

AMENDMENTS

1990—Pub. L. 101–576 renumbered section 504 of this

title as this section.

SUBCHAPTER II—ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 521. Employees

The Director of the Office of Management and

Budget shall appoint and fix the pay of employees of the Office under regulations prescribed by

the President.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 886.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Revised

Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)

521 .......... 31:17(a)(related to

employees).

June 10, 1921, ch. 18,

§208(a)(related to employees), 42 Stat. 22; Reorg. Plan

No. 1 of 1939, eff. July 1,

1939, §1, 53 Stat. 1423; Reorg.

Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July

1, 1970, §102(a), 84 Stat. 2085.

The words ‘‘attorneys and other’’ are omitted as

being included in ‘‘employees’’.

CROSS REFERENCES

Appointments generally, see sections 3101 et seq., and

3301 et seq., of Title 5, Government Organization and

Employees.

Classification and pay rates generally, see sections

5101 et seq., and 5331 et seq., of Title 5.

§ 522. Necessary expenditures

The Director of the Office of Management and

Budget may make necessary expenditures for

the Office under regulations prescribed by the

President.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 886.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Revised

Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)

522 .......... 31:17(a)(related to

expenses).

June 10, 1921, ch. 18,

§208(a)(related to expenses),

42 Stat. 22; Reorg. Plan No.

1 of 1939, eff. July 1, 1939, §1,

53 Stat. 1423; Reorg. Plan

No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1,

1970, §102(a), 84 Stat. 2085.

The words ‘‘for rent in the District of Columbia,

printing, binding, telegrams, telephone service, law

books, books of reference, periodicals, stationery, furniture, office equipment, other supplies, and’’ are omitted as covered by titles 5, 40, and 44, and as being included in ‘‘necessary expenditures’’. The words ‘‘within

the appropriations made therefor’’ are omitted as unnecessary.

CHAPTER 7—GENERAL ACCOUNTING

OFFICE

SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL

ORGANIZATION

Sec.

701. Definitions.

702. General Accounting Office.

703. Comptroller General and Deputy Comptroller

General.

704. Relationship to other laws.

SUBCHAPTER II—GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS

711. General authority.

712. Investigating the use of public money.

713. Audit of Internal Revenue Service and Bureau

of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

714. Audit of Financial Institutions Examination

Council, Federal Reserve Board, Federal reserve banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Comptroller of the

Currency.

715. Audit of accounts and operations of the District of Columbia government.

716. Availability of information and inspection of

records.

717. Evaluating programs and activities of the

United States Government.

718. Availability of draft reports.

719. Comptroller General reports.

720. Agency reports.

SUBCHAPTER III—PERSONNEL

731. General.

732. Personnel management system.

733. Senior Executive Service.

734. Assignments and details to Congress.

735. Relationship to other laws.

736. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER IV—PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD

751. Organization.

752. Chairman and General Counsel.

753. Duties and powers.