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(1) $15,000 may be used for official reception
and representation expenses of the Supervisory Board
of the Commission;
(2) $10,000 may be used for official reception
and representation expenses of the Secretary of the
Commission; and
(3) $45,000 may be used for official reception
and representation expenses of the Administrator of
the Commission.
(c) REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.—Funds available to the
Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed 38 passenger motor vehicles (including
large heavy-duty vehicles to be used to transport Commis-
sion personnel across the isthmus of Panama) at a cost per
vehicle of not more than $19,500. A vehicle may be pur-
chased with such funds only as necessary to replace another
passenger motor vehicle of the Commission.
DIVISION 
D—INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY 
MANAGEMENT
REFORM
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Management Reform Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 4002. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) Federal information systems are critical to
the lives of every American.
(2) The efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal
Government is dependent upon the effective use of in-
formation.
(3) The Federal Government annually spends
billions of dollars operating obsolete information sys-
tems.
(4) The use of obsolete information systems se-
verely limits the quality of the services that the Fed-
eral Government provides, the efficiency of Federal
Government operations, and the capabilities of the
Federal Government to account for how taxpayer dol-
lars are spent.
(5) The failure to modernize Federal Government
information systems and the operations they support,
despite efforts to do so, has resulted in the waste of
billions of dollars that cannot be recovered.
(6) Despite improvements achieved through im-
plementation of the Chief Financial Officers Act of
1990, most Federal agencies cannot track the expendi-
tures of Federal dollars and, thus, expose the tax-
payers to billions of dollars in waste, fraud, abuse,
and mismanagement.
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(7) Poor planning and program management
and an overburdened acquisition process have resulted
in the American taxpayers not getting their money’s
worth from the expenditure of $200,000,000,000 on
information systems during the decade preceding the
enactment of this Act.
(8) The Federal Government’s investment control
processes focus too late in the system lifecycle, lack
sound capital planning, and pay inadequate atten-
tion to business process improvement, performance
measurement, project milestones, or benchmarks
against comparable organizations.
(9) Many Federal agencies lack adequate person-
nel with the basic skills necessary to effectively and ef-
ficiently use information technology and other infor-
mation resources in support of agency programs and
missions.
(10) Federal regulations governing information
technology acquisitions are outdated, focus on paper-
work and process rather than results, and prevent the
Federal Government from taking timely advantage of
the rapid advances taking place in the competitive
and fast changing global information technology in-
dustry.
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(11) Buying, leasing, or developing information
systems should be a top priority for Federal agency
management because the high potential for the sys-
tems to substantially improve Federal Government
operations, including the delivery of services to the
public.
(12) Structural changes in the Federal Govern-
ment, including elimination of the Brooks Act (sec-
tion 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949), are necessary in order to im-
prove Federal information management and to facili-
tate Federal Government acquisition of the state-of-
the-art information technology that is critical for im-
proving the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal
Government operations.
SEC. 4003. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this division are as follows:
(1) To create incentives for the Federal Govern-
ment to strategically use information technology in
order to achieve efficient and effective operations of
the Federal Government, and to provide cost effective
and efficient delivery of Federal Government services
to the taxpayers.
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(2) To provide for the cost effective and timely
acquisition, management, and use of effective infor-
mation technology solutions.
(3) To transform the process-oriented procure-
ment system of the Federal Government, as it relates
to the acquisition of information technology, into a
results-oriented procurement system.
(4) To increase the responsibility and authority
of officials of the Office of Management and Budget
and other Federal Government agencies, and the ac-
countability of such officials to Congress and the pub-
lic, in the use of information technology and other in-
formation resources in support of agency missions.
(5) To ensure that Federal Government agencies
are responsible and accountable for achieving service
delivery levels and project management performance
comparable to the best in the private sector.
(6) To promote the development and operation of
multiple-agency and Governmentwide, inter-operable,
shared information resources to support the perform-
ance of Federal Government missions.
(7) To reduce fraud, waste, abuse, and errors re-
sulting from a lack of, or poor implementation of,
Federal Government information systems.
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(8) To increase the capability of the Federal
Government to restructure and improve processes be-
fore applying information technology.
(9) To increase the emphasis placed by Federal
agency managers on completing effective capital plan-
ning and process improvement before applying infor-
mation technology to the execution of plans and the
performance of agency missions.
(10) To coordinate, integrate, and, to the extent
practicable, establish uniform Federal information re-
sources management policies and practices in order to
improve the productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness
of Federal Government programs and the delivery of
services to the public.
(11) To strengthen the partnership between the
Federal Government and State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments for achieving Federal Government missions,
goals, and objectives.
(12) To provide for the development of a well-
trained core of professional Federal Government in-
formation resources managers.
(13) To improve the ability of agencies to share
expertise and best practices and coordinate the devel-
opment of common application systems and infra-
structure.
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SEC. 4004. DEFINITIONS.
In this division:
(1) INFORMATION RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘in-
formation resources’’ means information and related
resources such as personnel, equipment, funds, and
information technology, but does not include informa-
tion resources which support national security sys-
tems.
(2) INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.—
The term ‘‘information resources management’’ means
the process of managing information resources to ac-
complish agency missions and to improve agency per-
formance, including through the reduction of informa-
tion collection burdens on the public.
(3) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘informa-
tion system’’ means a discrete set of information re-
sources organized for the collection, processing, main-
tenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of
information.
(4) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘in-
formation technology’’, with respect to an executive
agency—
(A) means any equipment or interconnected
system or subsystem of equipment, that is used
in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipula-
tion, management, movement, control, display,
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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;
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(5) encourage the executive agencies to develop
and use the best practices in the acquisition of infor-
mation technology by—
(A) identifying and collecting information
regarding the best practices, including informa-
tion on the development and implementation of
the best practices by the executive agencies; and
(B) providing the executive agencies with
information on the best practices and with ad-
vice and assistance regarding use of the best
practices.
(6) assess, on a continuing basis, the experiences
of executive agencies, State and local governments,
international organizations, and the private sector in
managing information technology;
(7) compare the performances of the executive
agencies in using information technology and dis-
seminate the comparisons to the executive agencies;
(8) monitor the development and implementation
of training in the management of information tech-
nology for executive agency management personnel
and staff;
(9) keep Congress fully informed on the extent to
which the executive agencies are improving program
performance and the accomplishment of agency mis-
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sions through the use of the best practices in informa-
tion technology;
(10) coordinate the development and review by
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of
policy associated with Federal procurement and ac-
quisition of information technology with the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy; and
(11) seek and give due weight to the advice given
by the Chief Information Officers Council or inter-
agency functional groups regarding the performance
of any responsibility of the Director under this sub-
section.
(b) The heads of executive agencies shall apply the Of-
fice of Management and Budget’s guidelines promulgated
pursuant to this section to national security systems only
to the maximum extent practicable.
SEC. 4123. PERFORMANCE-BASED AND RESULTS-BASED
MANAGEMENT.
(a) The Director shall encourage performance and re-
sults based management in fulfilling the responsibilities as-
signed under section 3504(h), of title 44, United States
Code.
(1) EVALUATION OF AGENCY PROGRAMS AND IN-
VESTMENTS.—
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(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall evaluate
the information resources management practices
of the executive agencies with respect to the per-
formance and results of the information tech-
nology investments of executive agencies.
(B) CONSIDERATION OF ADVICE AND REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—In performing the evaluation,
the Director shall consider any advice and rec-
ommendations provided by the Chief Information
Officers Council or any interagency functional
group.
(2) GUIDANCE.—The Director shall issue clear
and concise guidance to ensure that—
(A) an agency and its major subcomponents
institutes effective and efficient capital planning
processes to select, control and evaluate the re-
sults of all its major information systems invest-
ments;
(B) an agency determines, prior to making
investments in new information systems—
(i) whether the function to be sup-
ported should be performed in the private
sector rather than by an agency of the Fed-
eral Government and, if so, whether the
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component of the agency performing that
function should be converted from a govern-
mental organization to a private sector or-
ganization; or
(ii) whether the function should be per-
formed by the executive agency and, if so,
whether the function should be performed by
private sector source under a contract en-
tered into by head of the executive agency or
executive agency personnel;
(C) the agency analyzes its missions and,
based on the analysis, revises its mission-related
processes and administrative processes, as appro-
priate, before making significant investments in
information technology to be used in support of
agency missions;
(D) the agency’s information resources
management plan is current and adequate and,
to the maximum extent practicable, specifically
identifies how information technology to be ac-
quired is expected to improve agency operations
and otherwise benefit the agency;
(E) agency information security is ade-
quate;
(F) the agency—
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(i) provides adequately for the integra-
tion of the agency’s information resources
management plans, strategic plans prepared
pursuant to section 306 of title 5, United
States code, and performance plans pre-
pared pursuant to section 1115 of title 31,
United States Code; and
(ii) budgets for the acquisition and use
of information technology; and
(G) efficient and effective interagency and
Governmentwide information technology invest-
ments are undertaken to improve the accomplish-
ment of common agency missions.
(3) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—The Director shall en-
sure that selected information resources management
activities of the executive agencies are periodically re-
viewed in order to ascertain the efficiency and effec-
tiveness of information technology in improving agen-
cy performance and the accomplishment of agency
missions.
(4) ENFORCEMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may take
any authorized action that the Director considers
appropriate, including an action involving the
budgetary process or appropriations manage-
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ment process, to enforce accountability under
this title in an executive agency.
(B) SPECIFIC ACTIONS.—Actions taken by
the Director in the case of an executive agency
may include—
(i) recommending a reduction or an
increase in the amount proposed by the
head of the executive agency to be included
for information resources in the budget sub-
mitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code;
(ii) reducing or otherwise adjusting
apportionments and reapportionments of
appropriations for information resources;
(iii) using other authorized adminis-
trative controls over appropriations to re-
strict the availability of funds for informa-
tion resources; and
(iv) designating for the executive agen-
cy an executive agent to contract with pri-
vate sector sources for the performance of
information resources management or the
acquisition of information technology.
(b) The heads of executive agencies shall apply the Of-
fice of Management and Budget guidelines promulgated
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pursuant to this section to national security systems only
to the maximum extent practicable. This subsection does not
apply to subparagraphs (4)(A) or (4)(B) (i), (ii), or (iii).
SEC. 4124. INTEGRATION WITH INFORMATION RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
In undertaking activities and issuing guidance in ac-
cordance with this subtitle, the Director shall promote the
integration of information technology management with the
broader information resource management processes in the
agencies.
Subtitle C—Executive Agencies
SEC. 4131. RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) In fulfilling the responsibilities assigned under
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, the head of each
executive agency 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 head of each executive agency may continue
to comply with this subtitle.
(c) Guidance issued by the Director in accordance with
subtitle B of this title shall sunset on September 30, 2001,
unless the Director determines it should continue in effect
pursuant to section 4121(b) of this division, and notifies
the Congress and the agencies of that intent by March 31,
2001.
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SEC. 4132. CAPITAL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT CONTROL.
(a) In fulfilling the responsibilities assigned under sec-
tion 3506(h) of title 44, United States Code, the head of
each executive agency shall design and apply in the execu-
tive agency a process for maximizing the value and assess-
ing and managing the risks of the information technology
acquisitions of the agency.
(b) The process shall—
(1) provide for the selection, control, and evalua-
tion of the results of information technology invest-
ments of the agency;
(2) be integrated with budget, financial, and
program management decisions of the agency;
(3) include minimum criteria for considering an
information systems investment—to include a quan-
titative assessment of projected net, risk-adjusted re-
turn on investment—as well as explicit criteria, both
quantitative and qualitative, for comparing and
prioritizing alternative information systems invest-
ment projects;
(4) identify information systems investments
with share benefit to or impact on other Federal agen-
cies and State or local governments that require en-
forcement of operational standards or elimination of
redundancies;
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(5) provide for clearly identifying in advance of
the proposed investment of quantifiable measurements
for determining the net benefits and risks; and
(6) provide senior management with timely in-
formation regarding the progress of information sys-
tems initiatives against measurable, independently-
verifiable milestones, including cost, ability to meet
specified requirements, timeliness, and quality.
(c) This section applies to national security systems
except for subsection (b).
SEC. 4133. PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS-BASED MANAGE-
MENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In fulfilling the responsibilities
under section 3506(h) of title 44, United States Code, the
head of an executive agency shall—
(1) establish goals for improving the efficiency
and effectiveness of agency operations and, as appro-
priate, the delivery of services to the public through
the effective use of information technology;
(2) prepare an annual report, to be included in
the budget submission for the executive agency, on the
progress in achieving the goals;
(3) ensure that—
(A) the agency determines—
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(i) whether the function should be per-
formed in the private sector rather than by
an agency of the Federal Government and,
if so, whether the component of the agency
performing that function should be con-
verted from a governmental organization to
a private sector organization; or
(ii) whether the function should be per-
formed by the executive agency and, if so,
whether the function should be performed by
a private sector source under a contract en-
tered into by head of the executive agency or
executive agency personnel;
(B) the agency—
(i) provides adequately for the integra-
tion of the agency’s information resources
management plans, strategic plans prepared
pursuant to section 306 of title 5, United
States Code, and performance plans pre-
pared pursuant to section 1115 of title 31,
United States Code; and
(ii) budgets for the acquisition and use
of information technology;
(4) ensure that performance measurements are
prescribed for information technology used by or to be
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acquired for the executive agency and that the per-
formance measurements measure how well the infor-
mation technology supports agency programs;
(5) where comparable processes and organiza-
tions in the public or private sectors exist, quan-
titatively benchmark agency process performance
against such processes in terms of cost, speed, produc-
tivity, and quality of outputs and outcomes;
(6) analyze its missions and, based on the analy-
sis, revises its mission-related processes and adminis-
trative processes as appropriate before making signifi-
cant investments in information technology to be used
in support of agency missions;
(7) ensure that the agency’s information re-
sources management plan is current and adequate
and, to the maximum extent practicable, specifically
identifies how information technology to be acquired
is expected to improve agency operations and other-
wise expected to benefit the agency;
(8) ensure that efficient and effective interagency
and Governmentwide information technology invest-
ments are undertaken to improve the accomplishment
of common agency missions; and
(9) ensure that an agency’s information security
is adequate.
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(b) APPLICATION.—This section applies to national se-
curity systems except for subparagraph (3)(A).
SEC. 4134. SPECIFIC AUTHORITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the head of an ex-
ecutive agency under section 4101 and the authorities re-
ferred to in such section includes but is not limited to the
following authorities:
(1) To acquire information technology as author-
ized by law.
(2) To enter into a contract that provides for
multi-agency acquisitions of information technology
subject to the approval and guidance of the Director.
(3) If the Director, based on advice from the
Chief Information Officers Council or interagency
functional groups, finds that it would be advan-
tageous for the Federal Government to do so, to enter
into a multi-agency contract for procurement of com-
mercial items that requires each agency covered by the
contract, when procuring such items, either to procure
the items under that contract or to justify an alter-
native procurement of the items.
(4) To establish and support one or more inde-
pendent technical review committees, composed of di-
verse agency personnel (including users) and outside
experts selected by the head of the executive agency, to
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advise the head of the executive agency about informa-
tion systems programs.
(b) FTS 2000 PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this or any other law, the General Services Ad-
ministration shall continue to manage the FTS 2000 pro-
gram, and to coordinate the follow-on to that program, on
behalf and with the advice of the Federal agencies.
SEC. 4135. AGENCY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
(a) DESIGNATION
OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI-
CERS.—Section 3506(a) of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘senior official’’ wherever it ap-
pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Information Offi-
cer’’; and by striking out ‘‘official’’ wherever it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Officer’’.
(b) IN GENERAL.—The chief information officer of an
executive agency shall be responsible for—
(1) providing advice and other assistance to the
head of the executive agency and other senior manage-
ment personnel of the executive agency to ensure that
information technology is acquired and information
resources are managed for the agency in a manner
that implements the policies and procedures of this
division and the priorities established by the agency
head;
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(2) developing, maintaining and facilitating the
implementation of a sound and integrated informa-
tion architecture for an agency; and
(3) promoting the effective and efficient design
and operation of all major information resources
management processes including work process im-
provements for an agency.
(c) DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS.—Duties and quali-
fications of chief information officers in agencies listed in
section 901(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code:
(1) Information resources management duties
shall be a primary duty of the chief information offi-
cer.
(2) The chief information officer shall monitor
the performance of information technology programs
of the executive agency, evaluate the performance on
the basis of the applicable performance measurements,
and advise the head of the executive agency regarding
whether to continue or terminate programs and/or
projects.
(3) The chief information officer shall, as part of
the strategic planning process required under Govern-
ment Performance and Results Act, annually—
(A) perform an assessment of the agency’s
knowledge and skill requirements in information
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ness process analysis, software and information sys-
tems development, design and management of infor-
mation technology architectures, data and tele-
communications management at government or busi-
ness entities.
(d) EXECUTIVE LEVEL IV.—Section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘Agency chief information officers designated
under section 4135(c) of the Information Technology Man-
agement Reform Act of 1995.’’.
(e) APPLICATION.—This section applies to national se-
curity systems.
SEC. 4136. ACCOUNTABILITY.
(a) SYSTEM OF CONTROLS.—The head of each execu-
tive agency, in consultation with the chief information offi-
cer and the chief financial officer of that agency (or, in the
case of an agency without a chief financial officer, any com-
parable official), shall establish policies and procedures
that—
(1) ensure that the accounting, financial, and
asset management systems and other information sys-
tems of the agency are designed, developed, main-
tained, and used effectively to provide financial or
program performance data for financial statements of
the agency;
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(2) ensure that financial and related program
performance data are provided on a reliable, consist-
ent, and timely basis to agency financial manage-
ment systems; and
(3) ensure that financial statements support—
(A) assessment and revision of mission-re-
lated processes and administrative processes of
the agency; and
(B) performance measurement in the case of
information system investments made by the
agency.
(b) INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
The information resources management plan required
under section 3506(b)(2) of title 44, United States Code
shall—
(1) be consistent with the strategic plan prepared
by the head of the agency pursuant to section 306 of
title 5, United States Code, where applicable, and the
agency head’s mission analysis, and ensure that the
agency information systems conform to those plans.
The plan shall provide for applying information tech-
nology and other information resources in support of
the performance of the missions of the agency and
shall include the following:
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(A) A statement of goals for improving the
contribution of information resources to program
productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
(B) Methods for measuring progress toward
achieving the goals.
(C) Assignment of clear roles, responsibil-
ities, and accountability for achieving the goals.
(D) A description of—
(i) the major existing and planned in-
formation technology components (such as
information systems and telecommunication
networks) of the agency and the relationship
among the information technology compo-
nents; and
(ii) the information architecture for
the agency.
(E) A summary, for each ongoing or com-
pleted major information systems investment
from the previous year, of the project’s status
and any changes in name, direction or scope,
quantifiable results achieved and current mainte-
nance expenditures.
(c) AGENCY INFORMATION.—The head of an executive
agency shall periodically evaluate and, as necessary, im-
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prove the accuracy, security, completeness, and reliability
of information maintained by or for the agency.
(d) APPLICATION.—This section applies to national se-
curity systems except for subsection (b).
SEC. 4137. SIGNIFICANT FAILURES.
The agency shall include in the plan required under
section 3506(b)(2) of title 44, United States Code, a jus-
tification for the continuation of any major information
technology acquisition program, or phase or increment of
such program, that has significantly deviated from the es-
tablished cost, performance, or schedule baseline.
SEC. 4138. INTERAGENCY SUPPORT.
The heads of multiple executive agencies are authorized
to utilize funds appropriated for use in oversight, acquisi-
tion and procurement of information technology to support
the activities of the Chief Information Officers Council es-
tablished pursuant to section 4141 and to such independent
review committees and interagency groups established pur-
suant to section 4151 in such manner and amounts as pre-
scribed by the Director.
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Subtitle D—Chief Information
Officers Council
SEC. 4141. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI-
CERS COUNCIL.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Chief In-
formation Officers Council, consisting of—
(1) the Deputy Director for Management of the
Office of Management and Budget, who shall act as
chairperson of the council;
(2) the Administrator of the Office of Informa-
tion and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget;
(3) the Administrator of General Services;
(4) the Administrator of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy of the Office of Management and
Budget;
(5) the Controller of the Office of Federal Finan-
cial Management of the Office of Management and
Budget; and
(6) each of the Chief Information Officers from
those agencies listed in section 901(b)(1) of title 31,
United States Code, along with a Chief Information
Officer representing other Executive agencies.
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(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Chief Information Officers
Council shall meet periodically to advise and coordinate the
activities of the agencies of its members by—
(1) obtaining advice on information resources,
information resources management, including the re-
duction of information collection burdens on the pub-
lic, and information technology from State, local, and
tribal governments and from the private sector;
(2) making recommendations to the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget regarding Fed-
eral policies and practices on information resources
management, including the reduction of information
collection burdens on the public, to increase the effi-
ciency and effectiveness of Federal programs;
(3) providing for the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget to establish temporary spe-
cial advisory groups to the Chief Information Officers
Council, composed of senior officials from industry,
academia and the Federal Government, to review
Governmentwide information technology programs,
information technology acquisitions, and issues of in-
formation technology policy; and
(4) reviewing agency programs and processes, to
identify opportunities for consolidation of activities
or cooperation.