I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1261 
To establish an Office of the Federal Chief Technology Officer in the executive 
office of the President, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2011 
Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for himself, Mr. MORAN, and Mrs. MALONEY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To establish an Office of the Federal Chief Technology Offi-
cer in the executive office of the President, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chief Technology Offi-
cer Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND STAFF.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in 
the Executive Office of the President an Office 
of the Federal Chief Technology Officer (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Office’’). 
(B) HEAD OF THE OFFICE.— 
(i) FEDERAL CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OF-
FICER.—The President shall appoint a 
Federal Chief Technology Officer (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Federal CTO’’) 
who shall be the head of the Office. 
(ii) COMPENSATION.—Section 5313 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Federal Chief Technology Officer.’’. 
(2) STAFF
OF
THE
OFFICE.—The President 
may appoint additional staff members to the Office. 
(b) DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.—The functions of the 
Federal CTO are the following: 
(1) Undertake fact-gathering, analysis, and as-
sessment of the Federal Government’s information 
technology infrastructures, information technology 
strategy, and use of information technology, and 
provide advice on such matters to the President, 
heads of Federal departments and agencies, and 
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government chief information officers and chief tech-
nology officers. 
(2) Work to ensure the security and privacy of 
the Federal information technology infrastructure 
and networks, coordinating closely with other Fed-
eral departments and agencies having responsibilities 
regarding security and privacy of the infrastructure 
and networks. 
(3) Lead an interagency effort, working with 
the chief technology and chief information officers of 
each of the Federal departments and agencies, to de-
velop and implement a planning process to ensure 
that they use best-in-class technologies, share best 
practices, and improve the use of technology in sup-
port of Federal Government requirements. 
(4) Provide, within the Executive Office of the 
President, advice on the engineering, technical and 
implementation aspects of information technology 
and information technology infrastructure issues 
that require attention at the highest levels of govern-
ment. 
(5) Evaluate the scale, quality, and effective-
ness of the Federal effort in the use of information 
technology, and advise on appropriate actions. 
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