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4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(41 U.S.C. 403(12)).
(8) 
NONDEVELOPMENTAL
ITEM.—The 
term
‘‘nondevelopmental item’’ has the meaning given that
term in section 4(13) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(13)).
(9) INFORMATION
ARCHITECTURE.—The term
‘‘information architecture’’, with respect to an execu-
tive agency, means a framework or plan for evolving
or maintaining existing information technology, ac-
quiring new information technology, and integrating
the agency’s information technology to achieve the
agency’s strategic goals and information resources
management goals.
(10) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.—The term
‘‘national security systems’’ are those telecommuni-
cations and information systems operated by the
United States Government, the function, operation, or
use of which: (A) involve intelligence activities; (B)
involve cryptologic activities related to national secu-
rity; (C) involves the command and control of mili-
tary forces; (D) involves equipment that is an inte-
gral part of a weapon or weapons system; or (E) is
critical to the direct fulfillment of military or intel-
ligence missions, but does not include systems to be
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used for routine administrative and business applica-
tions (including payroll, finance, logistics, and per-
sonnel management applications).
(11) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
SEC. 4005. APPLICATIONS OF EXCLUSIONS.
IN GENERAL.—The exclusions for national security
systems provided in section 4004 of the division apply only
in title XLI of this division unless otherwise provided in
that title.
TITLE 
XLI—RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ACQUISITIONS OF INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGY
Subtitle A—General Authority
SEC. 4101. AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.
The heads of the executive agencies may conduct acqui-
sitions of information technology pursuant to their respec-
tive authorities.
SEC. 4102. REPEAL OF CENTRAL AUTHORITY OF THE AD-
MINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.
Section 111 of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759) is repealed.
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Subtitle B—Director of the Office of
Management and Budget
SEC. 4121. RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTOR.
(a) In fulfilling the responsibility to administer the
functions assigned under chapter 35 of title 44, United
States Code, the Director shall comply with this subtitle
with respect to the specific matters covered by this subtitle.
(b) This subtitle shall sunset on September 30, 2001,
after which the Director may continue to comply with this
subtitle.
SEC. 4122. CAPITAL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT CONTROL.
(a) With respect to the responsibilities under section
3504(h) of title 44, United States Code, the Director shall—
(1) promote and be responsible for improving the
acquisition, use and disposal of information tech-
nology by the Federal Government to improve the
productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal
programs, including through dissemination of public
information and the reduction of information collec-
tion burdens on the public;
(2) develop, as part of the budget process, a proc-
ess for analyzing, tracking and evaluating the risk
and results of all major agency capital investments or
information systems over the life of the system:
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(A) The process should identify opportuni-
ties for interagency cooperation, ensure the suc-
cess of high risk and high return investments,
but not duplicate or supplant existing agency in-
vestment development and control processes.
(B) The process should include development
of explicit criteria for analyzing the projected
and actual cost, benefit and risk of information
systems investments. As part of the process three
categories of information systems investments
should be identified:
(i) HIGH RISK.—Those projects that,
by virtue of their size, complexity, use of in-
novative technology or other factors have an
especially high risk of failure.
(ii) HIGH
RETURN.—Those projects
that, by virtue of their total potential bene-
fits in proportion to their costs, have par-
ticularly unique value to the public.
(iii) CROSSCUTTING.—Those projects of
individual agencies with shared benefit to
or impact on other Federal agencies and
State or local governments that require en-
forcement of operational standards or elimi-
nation of redundancies.
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(C) Each annual budget submission shall
include a report to Congress on the net program
performance benefits achieved by major informa-
tion systems investments and how these benefits
support the accomplishment of agency goals.
(D) This process shall be performed with the
assistance of and advice from the Chief Informa-
tion Officers Council and appropriate inter-
agency functional groups.
(E) The process shall ensure that agency in-
formation resources management plans are inte-
grated into agency’s program plans and budgets
for acquisition and use of information technology
to improve agency performance and the accom-
plishment of agency missions.
(3) in consultation with the Director of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, oversee
the development and implementation of information
technology standards by the Secretary of Commerce
under section 4 of Public Law 100–235;
(4) designate (as the Director considers appro-
priate) one or more heads of executive agencies as an
executive agent to contract for Governmentwide acqui-
sition of information technology;