‘‘(M) The development of a technology fel-
lows program that includes provisions for re-
cruiting, for rotation of assignments, and for 
partnering directly with universities with well- 
recognized information technology programs. 
‘‘(N) The capability to properly manage 
other transaction authority (where such author-
ity is granted), including ensuring that the use 
of the authority is warranted due to unique 
technical challenges, rapid adoption of innova-
tive or emerging commercial or noncommercial 
technologies, or other circumstances that can-
not readily be satisfied using a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement in accordance with ap-
plicable law and the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation. 
‘‘(O) Any other matters the Director con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than June 1 
in each of the 5 years following the year of submis-
sion of the plan required by paragraph (1), the Di-
rector shall submit to the relevant congressional 
committees an annual report outlining the progress 
made pursuant to the plan. 
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‘‘(4) GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE 
REVIEW OF THE PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) Not later than 1 year after the sub-
mission of the plan required by paragraph (1), 
the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall review the plan and submit to the relevant 
congressional committees a report on the re-
view. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 6 months after the 
submission of the first, third, and fifth annual 
report required under paragraph (3), the Comp-
troller General shall independently assess the 
findings of the annual report and brief the rel-
evant congressional committees on the Comp-
troller General’s findings and recommendations 
to ensure the objectives of the plan are accom-
plished. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘Federal agency’ means 
each agency listed in section 901(b) of title 31. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘relevant congressional 
committees’ means each of the following: 
‘‘(i) The Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform and the Committee on 
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Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives. 
‘‘(ii) The Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate.’’. 
SEC. 412. PLAN ON STRENGTHENING PROGRAM AND 
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE. 
(a) PLAN
ON
STRENGTHENING
PROGRAM
AND 
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE.—Not later than 
June 1 following the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management, shall submit to the relevant 
congressional committees a plan for improving manage-
ment of IT programs and projects. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The plan required by sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Creation of a specialized career path for 
program management. 
(2) The development of a competency model for 
program management consistent with the IT project 
manager model. 
(3) A career advancement model that requires 
appropriate expertise and experience for advance-
ment. 
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(4) A career advancement model that is more 
competitive with the private sector and that recog-
nizes both Government and private sector experi-
ence. 
(5) Appropriate consideration and alignment 
with the needs and priorities of the Infrastructure 
and Common Application Collaboration Center, the 
Assisted Acquisition Centers of Excellence, and ac-
quisition intern programs. 
(c) COMBINATION WITH OTHER CADRES PLAN.— 
The Director may combine the plan required by subsection 
(a) with the IT Acquisition Cadres Strategic Plan required 
under section 1704(j) of title 41, United States Code, as 
added by section 411. 
SEC. 413. PERSONNEL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE 
ACQUISITION 
OF 
INFORMATION 
SYSTEMS 
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management shall develop policy and 
guidance for agencies to develop a program to recognize 
excellent performance by Federal Government employees 
and teams of such employees in the acquisition of informa-
tion systems and information technology for the agency. 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The program referred to in sub-
section (a) shall, to the extent practicable— 
(1) obtain objective outcome measures; and 
(2) include procedures for— 
(A) the nomination of Federal Government 
employees and teams of such employees for eli-
gibility for recognition under the program; and 
(B) the evaluation of nominations for rec-
ognition under the program by 1 or more agen-
cy panels of individuals from Government, aca-
demia, and the private sector who have such ex-
pertise, and are appointed in such a manner, as 
the Director of the Office of Personal Manage-
ment shall establish for purposes of the pro-
gram. 
(c) AWARD OF CASH BONUSES AND OTHER INCEN-
TIVES.—In carrying out the program referred to in sub-
section (a), the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement, in consultation with the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, shall establish policies and 
guidance for agencies to reward any Federal Government 
employee or teams of such employees recognized pursuant 
to the program— 
(1) with a cash bonus, to the extent that the 
performance of such individual or team warrants the 
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award of such bonus and is authorized by any provi-
sion of law; 
(2) through promotions and other nonmonetary 
awards; 
(3) by publicizing— 
(A) acquisition accomplishments by indi-
vidual employees; and 
(B) the tangible end benefits that resulted 
from such accomplishments, as appropriate; 
and 
(4) through other awards, incentives, or bo-
nuses that the head of the agency considers appro-
priate. 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL REFORMS 
SEC. 501. MAXIMIZING THE BENEFIT OF THE FEDERAL 
STRATEGIC SOURCING INITIATIVE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procure-
ment Policy shall prescribe regulations providing that 
when the Federal Government makes a purchase of serv-
ices and supplies offered under the Federal Strategic 
Sourcing Initiative (managed by the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy) but such Initiative is not used, the con-
tract file for the purchase shall include a brief analysis 
of the comparative value, including price and nonprice fac-
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tors, between the services and supplies offered under such 
Initiative and services and supplies offered under the 
source or sources used for the purchase. 
SEC. 502. PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY OF BLANKET PUR-
CHASE AGREEMENTS. 
(a) PRICE INFORMATION TO BE TREATED AS PUB-
LIC INFORMATION.—The final negotiated price offered by 
an awardee of a blanket purchase agreement shall be 
treated as public information. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF BLANKET PURCHASE AGREE-
MENT INFORMATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
General Services shall make available to the public a list 
of all blanket purchase agreements entered into by Federal 
agencies under its Federal Supply Schedules contracts and 
the prices associated with those blanket purchase agree-
ments. The list and price information shall be updated at 
least once every 6 months. 
SEC. 503. ADDITIONAL SOURCE SELECTION TECHNIQUE IN 
SOLICITATIONS. 
Section 3306(d) of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
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(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’ 
at the end of paragraph (2); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) stating in the solicitation that the award 
will be made using a fixed price technical competi-
tion, under which all offerors compete solely on 
nonprice factors and the fixed award price is pre-an-
nounced in the solicitation.’’. 
SEC. 504. ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY IN INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS. 
(a) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT 
IT INVESTMENTS.—Section 11302(c) of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
make available to the public the cost, schedule, 
and performance data for at least 80 percent 
(by dollar value) of all information technology 
investments Governmentwide, and 60 percent 
(by dollar value) of all information technology 
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investments in each Federal agency listed in 
section 901(b) of title 31. The Director shall 
ensure that the information is current, accu-
rate, and reflects the risks associated with each 
covered information technology investment. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER
OR
LIMITATION
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The applicability of subparagraph (A) 
may be waived or the extent of the information 
may be limited— 
‘‘(i) by the Director, with respect to 
IT investments Governmentwide; and 
‘‘(ii) by the Chief Information Officer 
of a Federal agency, with respect to IT in-
vestments in that agency; 
if the Director or the Chief Information Officer, 
as the case may be, determines that such a 
waiver or limitation is in the national security 
interests of the United States.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Para-
graph (3) of section 11302(c) of such title, as redesignated 
by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The report shall include an analysis of agency 
trends reflected in the performance risk information re-
quired in paragraph (2).’’. 
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SEC. 505. ENHANCED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERN-
MENT AND INDUSTRY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 
Council shall prescribe a regulation making clear that 
agency acquisition personnel are permitted and encour-
aged to engage in responsible and constructive exchanges 
with industry, so long as those exchanges are consistent 
with existing law and regulation and do not promote an 
unfair competitive advantage to particular firms. 
SEC. 506. CLARIFICATION OF CURRENT LAW WITH RE-
SPECT TO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es-
tablish guidance and processes to clarify that open source 
software is a valid procurement option that shall receive 
full consideration alongside other options, in merit-based 
requirements development and evaluation processes that 
promote procurement choices based on performance and 
value, and free of preconceived preferences based on how 
technology is developed, licensed, or distributed within the 
Federal Government. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY NEUTRALITY.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to modify the Federal Govern-
ment’s long-standing policy of following technology-neu-
tral principles and practices when selecting and acquiring 
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information technology that best fits the needs of the Fed-
eral Government. 
(c) 
STANDARDS
AND
GUIDELINES.—Section 
11302(d) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The standards and 
guidelines shall include those necessary to enable effective 
adoption of open source software.’’. 
(d) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in con-
sultation with the Chief Information Officers Council, 
shall issue guidance for the use and collaborative develop-
ment of open source software within the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(e) MATTERS COVERED.—In issuing guidance under 
subsection (c), the Director shall include, at a minimum, 
the following: 
(1) Guidance to clarify that the preference for 
commercial items in section 3307 of title 41, United 
States Code, includes all open source software that 
meets the definition of the term ‘‘commercial item’’ 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code, in-
cluding all such software that is used for non-Gov-
ernment purposes and is licensed to the public. 
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