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‘‘(B) The term ‘relevant congressional 
committees’ means each of the following: 
‘‘(i) The Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform and the Committee on 
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. 5412. 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. 
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(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. 
(4) A career advancement model that is more 
competitive with the private sector and that recog-
nizes both Government and private sector experi-
ence. 
(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 5411. 
SEC. 5413. 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 LV—ADDITIONAL 
REFORMS 
SEC. 5501. 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 
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of the comparative value, including price and nonprice fac-
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. 5502. GOVERNMENTWIDE SOFTWARE PURCHASING 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General 
Services, in collaboration with the Department of Defense, 
shall identify and develop a strategic sourcing initiative 
to enhance Governmentwide acquisition, shared use, and 
dissemination of software, as well as compliance with end 
user license agreements. 
(b) EXAMINATION OF METHODS.—In developing the 
initiative under subsection (a), the Administrator shall ex-
amine the use of realistic and effective demand aggrega-
tion models supported by actual agency commitment to 
use the models, and supplier relationship management 
practices, to more effectively govern the Government’s ac-
quisition of information technology. 
(c) GOVERNMENTWIDE
USER
LICENSE
AGREE-
MENT.—The Administrator, in developing the initiative 
under subsection (a), shall allow for the purchase of a li-
cense agreement that is available for use by all executive 
agencies as one user to the maximum extent practicable 
and as appropriate. 
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SEC. 5503. 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. 5504. 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); 
(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: 
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‘‘(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. 5505. 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) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
make available to the public the cost, schedule, 
and performance data for all of the IT invest-
ments listed in subparagraph (B), notwith-
standing whether the investments are for new 
IT acquisitions or for operations and mainte-
nance of existing IT. 
‘‘(B) INVESTMENTS LISTED.—The invest-
ments listed in this subparagraph are the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(i) At least 80 percent (by dollar 
value) of all information technology invest-
ments Governmentwide. 
‘‘(ii) At least 60 percent (by dollar 
value) of all information technology invest-
ments in each Federal agency listed in sec-
tion 901(b) of title 31. 
‘‘(iii) Every major information tech-
nology investment (as defined by the Office 
of Management and Budget) in each Fed-
eral agency listed in section 901(b) of title 
31. 
‘‘(C) QUARTERLY
REVIEW
AND
CERTIFI-
CATION.—For each investment listed in sub-
paragraph (B), the agency Chief Information 
Officer and the program manager of the invest-
ment within the agency shall certify, at least 
once every quarter, that the information is cur-
rent, accurate, and reflects the risks associated 
with each listed investment. The Director shall 
conduct quarterly reviews and publicly identify 
agencies with an incomplete certification or 
with significant data quality issues. 
‘‘(D) CONTINUOUS
AVAILABILITY.—The 
information required under subparagraph (A), 
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in its most updated form, shall be publicly 
available at all times. 
‘‘(E) 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).’’. 
SEC. 5506. ENHANCED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOV-
ERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 
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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. 5507. CLARIFICATION OF CURRENT LAW WITH RE-
SPECT TO TECHNOLOGY NEUTRALITY IN AC-
QUISITION OF SOFTWARE. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es-
tablish guidance and processes to clarify that software ac-
quisitions by the Federal Government are to be made 
using merit-based requirements development and evalua-
tion processes that promote procurement choices— 
(1) based on performance and value, including 
the long-term value proposition to the Federal Gov-
ernment; 
(2) free of preconceived preferences based on 
how technology is developed, licensed, or distributed; 
and 
(3) generally including the consideration of pro-
prietary, open source, and mixed source software 
technologies. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY NEUTRALITY.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to modify the Federal Govern-
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ment’s long-standing policy of following technology-neu-
tral principles and practices when selecting and acquiring 
information technology that best fits the needs of the Fed-
eral Government. 
(c) 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 concerning the technology-neutral 
procurement and use of software within the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(d) 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 proprietary, open source, and 
mixed source software that meets the definition of 
the term ‘‘commercial item’’ in section 103 of title 
41, United States Code, including all such software 
that is used for non-Government purposes and is li-
censed to the public. 
(2) Guidance regarding the conduct of market 
research to ensure the inclusion of proprietary, open 
source, and mixed source software options. 
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