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Union Calendar No. 489
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2458
[Report No. 107–787, Part I] 
To enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services 
and processes by establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within 
the Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad 
framework of measures that require using Internet-based information 
technology to enhance citizen access to Government information and 
services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2001
Mr. TURNER, (for himself, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. SANDLIN, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 
New York, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
CRAMER, Mr. TANNER, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Mr. FORD, Mr. MOORE, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. ROSS, Mr. DAVIS 
of Florida, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. WU, Ms. 
HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. HILL, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. PRICE of North Caro-
lina, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. 
THURMAN, and Mr. GREEN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
NOVEMBER 14, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. MATHESON, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. MALONEY of New 
York, and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia 
NOVEMBER 14, 2002
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
for a period ending not later than Novermber 14, 2002 for consideration 
of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
NOVEMBER 14, 2002
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 11, 2001] 
A BILL 
To enhance the management and promotion of electronic 
Government services and processes by establishing a Fed-
eral Chief Information Officer within the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, and by establishing a broad frame-
work of measures that require using Internet-based infor-
mation technology to enhance citizen access to Govern-
ment information and services, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘E-
Government Act of 2002’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
TITLE I—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ELECTRONIC 
GOVERNMENT SERVICES 
Sec. 101. Management and promotion of electronic government services. 
Sec. 102. Conforming amendments. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF 
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Federal agency responsibilities.
Sec. 203. Compatibility of executive agency methods for use and acceptance of 
electronic signatures. 
Sec. 204. Federal Internet portal. 
Sec. 205. Federal courts. 
Sec. 206. Regulatory agencies. 
Sec. 207. Accessibility, usability, and preservation of government information. 
Sec. 208. Privacy provisions. 
Sec. 209. Federal information technology workforce development. 
Sec. 210. Share-in-savings initiatives. 
Sec. 211. Authorization for acquisition of information technology by State and 
local governments through Federal supply schedules. 
Sec. 212. Integrated reporting study and pilot projects. 
Sec. 213. Community technology centers. 
Sec. 214. Enhancing crisis management through advanced information tech-
nology. 
Sec. 215. Disparities in access to the Internet. 
TITLE III—INFORMATION SECURITY 
Sec. 301. Information security. 
Sec. 302. Management of information technology. 
Sec. 303. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 
Sec. 304. Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board. 
Sec. 305. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 306. Construction. 
TITLE IV—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EFFECTIVE 
DATES 
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 402. Effective dates. 
TITLE V—CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND 
STATISTICAL EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
Sec. 503. Coordination and oversight of policies. 
Sec. 504. Effect on other laws. 
Subtitle A—Confidential Information Protection 
Sec. 511. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 512. Limitations on use and disclosure of data and information. 
Sec. 513. Fines and penalties. 
Subtitle B—Statistical Efficiency 
Sec. 521. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 522. Designation of statistical agencies. 
Sec. 523. Responsibilities of designated statistical agencies. 
Sec. 524. Sharing of business data among designated statistical agencies. 
Sec. 525. Limitations on use of business data provided by designated statistical 
agencies. 
Sec. 526. Conforming amendments.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The use of computers and the Internet is rap-
idly transforming societal interactions and the rela-
tionships among citizens, private businesses, and the 
Government. 
(2) The Federal Government has had uneven suc-
cess in applying advances in information technology 
to enhance governmental functions and services, 
achieve more efficient performance, increase access to 
Government information, and increase citizen par-
ticipation in Government. 
(3) Most Internet-based services of the Federal 
Government are developed and presented separately, 
according to the jurisdictional boundaries of an indi-
vidual department or agency, rather than being inte-
grated cooperatively according to function or topic. 
(4) Internet-based Government services involving 
interagency cooperation are especially difficult to de-
velop and promote, in part because of a lack of suffi-
cient funding mechanisms to support such inter-
agency cooperation. 
(5) Electronic Government has its impact 
through improved Government performance and out-
comes within and across agencies.
(6) Electronic Government is a critical element 
in the management of Government, to be implemented
as part of a management framework that also ad-
dresses finance, procurement, human capital, and 
other challenges to improve the performance of Gov-
ernment. 
(7) To take full advantage of the improved Gov-
ernment performance that can be achieved through the 
use of Internet-based technology requires strong lead-
ership, better organization, improved interagency col-
laboration, and more focused oversight of agency com-
pliance with statutes related to information resource 
management. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are the fol-
lowing: 
(1) To provide effective leadership of Federal 
Government efforts to develop and promote electronic 
Government services and processes by establishing an 
Administrator of a new Office of Electronic Govern-
ment within the Office of Management and Budget. 
(2) To promote use of the Internet and other in-
formation technologies to provide increased opportu-
nities for citizen participation in Government. 
(3) To promote interagency collaboration in pro-
viding electronic Government services, where this col-
laboration would improve the service to citizens by 
integrating related functions, and in the use of inter-
nal electronic Government processes, where this col-
laboration would improve the efficiency and effective-
ness of the processes. 
(4) To improve the ability of the Government to 
achieve agency missions and program performance 
goals. 
(5) To promote the use of the Internet and 
emerging technologies within and across Government 
agencies to provide citizen-centric Government infor-
mation and services. 
(6) To reduce costs and burdens for businesses 
and other Government entities. 
(7) To promote better informed decisionmaking 
by policy makers. 
(8) To promote access to high quality Govern-
ment information and services across multiple chan-
nels. 
(9) To make the Federal Government more trans-
parent and accountable. 
(10) To transform agency operations by uti-
lizing, where appropriate, best practices from public 
and private sector organizations.
(11) To provide enhanced access to Government 
information and services in a manner consistent with 
laws regarding protection of personal privacy, na-
tional security, records retention, access for persons 
with disabilities, and other relevant laws. 
TITLE I—OFFICE OF MANAGE-
MENT 
AND 
BUDGET 
ELEC-
TRONIC GOVERNMENT SERV-
ICES 
SEC. 101. MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF ELECTRONIC 
GOVERNMENT SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after chapter 35 the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 36—MANAGEMENT AND PRO-
MOTION 
OF 
ELECTRONIC 
GOVERN-
MENT SERVICES
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘3601. Definitions. 
‘‘3602. Office of Electronic Government. 
‘‘3603. Chief Information Officers Council. 
‘‘3604. E-Government Fund. 
‘‘3605. Program to encourage innovative solutions to enhance electronic Govern-
ment services and processes. 
‘‘3606. E-Government report.
‘‘§ 3601. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter, the definitions under section 3502 
shall apply, and the term—
‘‘(1) ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of 
the Office of Electronic Government established under 
section 3602; 
‘‘(2) ‘Council’ means the Chief Information Offi-
cers Council established under section 3603; 
‘‘(3) ‘electronic Government’ means the use by 
the Government of web-based Internet applications 
and other information technologies, combined with 
processes that implement these technologies, to—
‘‘(A) enhance the access to and delivery of 
Government information and services to the pub-
lic, other agencies, and other Government enti-
ties; or 
‘‘(B) bring about improvements in Govern-
ment operations that may include effectiveness, 
efficiency, service quality, or transformation; 
‘‘(4) ‘enterprise architecture’—
‘‘(A) means—
‘‘(i) a strategic information asset base, 
which defines the mission; 
‘‘(ii) the information necessary to per-
form the mission; 
‘‘(iii) the technologies necessary to per-
form the mission; and
‘‘(iv) the transitional processes for im-
plementing new technologies in response to 
changing mission needs; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a baseline architecture; 
‘‘(ii) a target architecture; and 
‘‘(iii) a sequencing plan; 
‘‘(5) ‘Fund’ means the E-Government Fund es-
tablished under section 3604; 
‘‘(6) ‘interoperability’ means the ability of dif-
ferent operating and software systems, applications, 
and services to communicate and exchange data in an 
accurate, effective, and consistent manner; 
‘‘(7) ‘integrated service delivery’ means the pro-
vision of Internet-based Federal Government informa-
tion or services integrated according to function or 
topic rather than separated according to the bound-
aries of agency jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(8) ‘tribal government’ means the governing 
body of any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other orga-
nized group or community, including any Alaska Na-
tive village or regional or village corporation as de-
fined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), which 
is recognized as eligible for the special programs and
services provided by the United States to Indians be-
cause of their status as Indians. 
‘‘§ 3602. Office of Electronic Government 
‘‘(a) There is established in the Office of Management 
and Budget an Office of Electronic Government.
‘‘(b) There shall be at the head of the Office an Admin-
istrator who shall be appointed by the President. 
‘‘(c) The Administrator shall assist the Director in car-
rying out—
‘‘(1) all functions under this chapter; 
‘‘(2) all of the functions assigned to the Director 
under title II of the E-Government Act of 2002; and 
‘‘(3) other electronic government initiatives, con-
sistent with other statutes. 
‘‘(d) The Administrator shall assist the Director and 
the Deputy Director for Management and work with the 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs in setting strategic direction for implementing elec-
tronic Government, under relevant statutes, including—
‘‘(1) chapter 35; 
‘‘(2) subtitle III of title 40, United States Code; 
‘‘(3) section 552a of title 5 (commonly referred 
to as the ‘Privacy Act’); 
‘‘(4) the Government Paperwork Elimination Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3504 note); and
‘‘(5) the Federal Information Security Manage-
ment Act of 2002. 
‘‘(e) The Administrator shall work with the Adminis-
trator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
and with other offices within the Office of Management and 
Budget to oversee implementation of electronic Government 
under this chapter, chapter 35, the E-Government Act of 
2002, and other relevant statutes, in a manner consistent 
with law, relating to—
‘‘(1) capital planning and investment control for 
information technology; 
‘‘(2) the development of enterprise architectures; 
‘‘(3) information security; 
‘‘(4) privacy; 
‘‘(5) access to, dissemination of, and preservation 
of Government information; 
‘‘(6) accessibility of information technology for 
persons with disabilities; and 
‘‘(7) other areas of electronic Government. 
‘‘(f) Subject to requirements of this chapter, the Ad-
ministrator shall assist the Director by performing elec-
tronic Government functions as follows: 
‘‘(1) Advise the Director on the resources re-
quired to develop and effectively administer electronic 
Government initiatives.
‘‘(2) Recommend to the Director changes relating 
to Governmentwide strategies and priorities for elec-
tronic Government. 
‘‘(3) Provide overall leadership and direction to 
the executive branch on electronic Government. 
‘‘(4) Promote innovative uses of information 
technology by agencies, particularly initiatives in-
volving multiagency collaboration, through support of 
pilot projects, research, experimentation, and the use 
of innovative technologies. 
‘‘(5) Oversee the distribution of funds from, and 
ensure appropriate administration and coordination 
of, the E-Government Fund established under section 
3604. 
‘‘(6) Coordinate with the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services regarding programs undertaken by the 
General Services Administration to promote electronic 
government and the efficient use of information tech-
nologies by agencies. 
‘‘(7) Lead the activities of the Chief Information 
Officers Council established under section 3603 on be-
half of the Deputy Director for Management, who 
shall chair the council. 
‘‘(8) Assist the Director in establishing policies 
which shall set the framework for information tech-
nology standards for the Federal Government under 
section 11331 of title 40, to be developed by the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology and 
promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce, taking 
into account, if appropriate, recommendations of the 
Chief Information Officers Council, experts, and in-
terested parties from the private and nonprofit sectors 
and State, local, and tribal governments, and maxi-
mizing the use of commercial standards as appro-
priate, including the following: 
‘‘(A) 
Standards 
and 
guidelines 
for 
interconnectivity and interoperability as de-
scribed under section 3504. 
‘‘(B) Consistent with the process under sec-
tion 207(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002, 
standards and guidelines for categorizing Fed-
eral Government electronic information to enable 
efficient use of technologies, such as through the 
use of extensible markup language. 
‘‘(C) Standards and guidelines for Federal 
Government computer system efficiency and se-
curity. 
‘‘(9) Sponsor ongoing dialogue that—
‘‘(A) shall be conducted among Federal, 
State, local, and tribal government leaders on
electronic Government in the executive, legisla-
tive, and judicial branches, as well as leaders in 
the private and nonprofit sectors, to encourage 
collaboration and enhance understanding of best 
practices and innovative approaches in acquir-
ing, using, and managing information resources; 
‘‘(B) is intended to improve the perform-
ance of governments in collaborating on the use 
of information technology to improve the delivery 
of Government information and services; and 
‘‘(C) may include— 
‘‘(i) development of innovative mod-
els—
‘‘(I) for electronic Government 
management and Government informa-
tion technology contracts; and 
‘‘(II) that may be developed 
through focused discussions or using 
separately sponsored research; 
‘‘(ii) identification of opportunities for 
public-private collaboration in using Inter-
net-based technology to increase the effi-
ciency of Government-to-business trans-
actions;
‘‘(iii) identification of mechanisms for 
providing incentives to program managers 
and other Government employees to develop 
and implement innovative uses of informa-
tion technologies; and
‘‘(iv) identification of opportunities for 
public, private, and intergovernmental col-
laboration in addressing the disparities in 
access to the Internet and information tech-
nology. 
‘‘(10) Sponsor activities to engage the general 
public in the development and implementation of 
policies and programs, particularly activities aimed 
at fulfilling the goal of using the most effective cit-
izen-centered strategies and those activities which en-
gage multiple agencies providing similar or related 
information and services. 
‘‘(11) Oversee the work of the General Services 
Administration and other agencies in developing the 
integrated Internet-based system under section 204 of 
the E-Government Act of 2002. 
‘‘(12) Coordinate with the Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy to ensure effective imple-
mentation of electronic procurement initiatives.
‘‘(13) Assist Federal agencies, including the Gen-
eral Services Administration, the Department of Jus-
tice, and the United States Access Board in—
‘‘(A) implementing accessibility standards 
under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d); and 
‘‘(B) ensuring compliance with those stand-
ards through the budget review process and other 
means. 
‘‘(14) Oversee the development of enterprise ar-
chitectures within and across agencies. 
‘‘(15) Assist the Director and the Deputy Direc-
tor for Management in overseeing agency efforts to en-
sure that electronic Government activities incorporate 
adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective security com-
patible with business processes. 
‘‘(16) Administer the Office of Electronic Gov-
ernment established under this section. 
‘‘(17) Assist the Director in preparing the E-
Government report established under section 3606. 
‘‘(g) The Director shall ensure that the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, including the Office of Electronic 
Government, the Office of Information and Regulatory Af-
fairs, and other relevant offices, have adequate staff and re-
sources to properly fulfill all functions under the E-Govern-
ment Act of 2002. 
‘‘§ 3603. Chief Information Officers Council 
‘‘(a) There is established in the executive branch a 
Chief Information Officers Council. 
‘‘(b) The members of the Council shall be as follows: 
‘‘(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 Elec-
tronic Government. 
‘‘(3) The Administrator of the Office of Informa-
tion and Regulatory Affairs. 
‘‘(4) The chief information officer of each agency 
described under section 901(b) of title 31. 
‘‘(5) The chief information officer of the Central 
Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(6) The chief information officer of the Depart-
ment of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and 
the Department of the Air Force, if chief information 
officers have been designated for such departments 
under section 3506(a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(7) Any other officer or employee of the United 
States designated by the chairperson.
‘‘(c)(1) The Administrator of the Office of Electronic 
Government shall lead the activities of the Council on behalf 
of the Deputy Director for Management. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Vice Chairman of the Council shall be se-
lected by the Council from among its members. 
‘‘(B) The Vice Chairman shall serve a 1-year term, and 
may serve multiple terms. 
‘‘(3) The Administrator of General Services shall pro-
vide administrative and other support for the Council. 
‘‘(d) The Council is designated the principal inter-
agency forum for improving agency practices related to the 
design, acquisition, development, modernization, use, oper-
ation, sharing, and performance of Federal Government in-
formation resources. 
‘‘(e) In performing its duties, the Council shall consult 
regularly with representatives of State, local, and tribal 
governments. 
‘‘(f) The Council shall perform functions that include 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Develop recommendations for the Director 
on Government information resources management 
policies and requirements. 
‘‘(2) Share experiences, ideas, best practices, and 
innovative approaches related to information re-
sources management.
efficient use of technologies, such as through the 
use of extensible markup language. 
‘‘(C) Standards and guidelines for Federal 
Government computer system efficiency and se-
curity. 
‘‘(6) Work with the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment to assess and address the hiring, training, clas-
sification, and professional development needs of the
Government related to information resources manage-
ment. 
‘‘(7) Work with the Archivist of the United 
States to assess how the Federal Records Act can be 
addressed effectively by Federal information resources 
management activities. 
‘‘§ 3604. E-Government Fund 
‘‘(a)(1) There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States the E-Government Fund. 
‘‘(2) The Fund shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of the General Services Administration to support 
projects approved by the Director, assisted by the Adminis-
trator of the Office of Electronic Government, that enable 
the Federal Government to expand its ability, through the 
development and implementation of innovative uses of the 
Internet or other electronic methods, to conduct activities 
electronically.
‘‘(3) Projects under this subsection may include efforts 
to—
‘‘(A) make Federal Government information and 
services more readily available to members of the pub-
lic (including individuals, businesses, grantees, and 
State and local governments); 
‘‘(B) make it easier for the public to apply for 
benefits, receive services, pursue business opportuni-
ties, submit information, and otherwise conduct 
transactions with the Federal Government; and 
‘‘(C) enable Federal agencies to take advantage 
of information technology in sharing information and 
conducting transactions with each other and with 
State and local governments. 
‘‘(b)(1) The Administrator shall—
‘‘(A) establish procedures for accepting and re-
viewing proposals for funding; 
‘‘(B) consult with interagency councils, includ-
ing the Chief Information Officers Council, the Chief 
Financial Officers Council, and other interagency 
management councils, in establishing procedures and 
reviewing proposals; and 
‘‘(C) assist the Director in coordinating resources 
that agencies receive from the Fund with other re-
sources available to agencies for similar purposes.
‘‘(2) When reviewing proposals and managing the 
Fund, the Administrator shall observe and incorporate the 
following procedures: 
‘‘(A) A project requiring substantial involvement 
or funding from an agency shall be approved by a 
senior official with agencywide authority on behalf of 
the head of the agency, who shall report directly to the 
head of the agency. 
‘‘(B) Projects shall adhere to fundamental cap-
ital planning and investment control processes. 
‘‘(C) Agencies shall identify in their proposals 
resource commitments from the agencies involved and 
how these resources would be coordinated with sup-
port from the Fund, and include plans for potential 
continuation of projects after all funds made available 
from the Fund are expended. 
‘‘(D) After considering the recommendations of 
the interagency councils, the Director, assisted by the 
Administrator, shall have final authority to deter-
mine which of the candidate projects shall be funded 
from the Fund. 
‘‘(E) Agencies shall assess the results of funded 
projects. 
‘‘(c) In determining which proposals to recommend for 
funding, the Administrator—
‘‘(1) shall consider criteria that include whether 
a proposal—
‘‘(A) identifies the group to be served, in-
cluding citizens, businesses, the Federal Govern-
ment, or other governments; 
‘‘(B) indicates what service or information 
the project will provide that meets needs of 
groups identified under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) ensures proper security and protects 
privacy; 
‘‘(D) is interagency in scope, including 
projects implemented by a primary or single 
agency that—
‘‘(i) could confer benefits on multiple 
agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) have the support of other agen-
cies; and 
‘‘(E) has performance objectives that tie to 
agency missions and strategic goals, and interim 
results that relate to the objectives; and 
‘‘(2) may also rank proposals based on criteria 
that include whether a proposal—
‘‘(A) has Governmentwide application or 
implications;
‘‘(B) has demonstrated support by the pub-
lic to be served; 
‘‘(C) integrates Federal with State, local, or 
tribal approaches to service delivery; 
‘‘(D) identifies resource commitments from 
nongovernmental sectors; 
‘‘(E) identifies resource commitments from 
the agencies involved;
‘‘(F) uses web-based technologies to achieve 
objectives; 
‘‘(G) identifies records management and 
records access strategies; 
‘‘(H) supports more effective citizen partici-
pation in and interaction with agency activities 
that further progress toward a more citizen-cen-
tered Government; 
‘‘(I) directly delivers Government informa-
tion and services to the public or provides the in-
frastructure for delivery; 
‘‘(J) supports integrated service delivery; 
‘‘(K) describes how business processes across 
agencies will reflect appropriate transformation 
simultaneous to technology implementation; and 
‘‘(L) is new or innovative and does not sup-
plant existing funding streams within agencies.
‘‘(d) The Fund may be used to fund the integrated 
Internet-based system under section 204 of the E-Govern-
ment Act of 2002. 
‘‘(e) None of the funds provided from the Fund may 
be transferred to any agency until 15 days after the Admin-
istrator of the General Services Administration has sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives, and the ap-
propriate authorizing committees of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, a notification and description of 
how the funds are to be allocated and how the expenditure 
will further the purposes of this chapter. 
‘‘(f)(1) The Director shall report annually to Congress 
on the operation of the Fund, through the report established 
under section 3606. 
‘‘(2) The report under paragraph (1) shall describe—
‘‘(A) all projects which the Director has ap-
proved for funding from the Fund; and 
‘‘(B) the results that have been achieved to date 
for these funded projects. 
‘‘(g)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Fund—
‘‘(A) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
‘‘(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘‘(D) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 
‘‘(E) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 
2007. 
‘‘(2) Funds appropriated under this subsection shall 
remain available until expended. 
‘‘§ 3605. Program to encourage innovative solutions to 
enhance electronic Government services 
and processes 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish and promote a Governmentwide pro-
gram to encourage contractor innovation and excellence in 
facilitating the development and enhancement of electronic 
Government services and processes. 
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS SEEKING INNOVA-
TIVE SOLUTIONS.—Under the program, the Administrator, 
in consultation with the Council and the Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy, shall issue announcements 
seeking unique and innovative solutions to facilitate the de-
velopment and enhancement of electronic Government serv-
ices and processes. 
‘‘(c) MULTIAGENCY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM.—
(1) The Administrator, in consultation with the Council 
and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy,