Oversight Workforce Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1953
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-01-16
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure

Federal officials

Freedom of information

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government studies and investigations

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Oversight Workforce Improvement Act of 2014 - Exempts from requirements relating to the authority of federal agencies to collect information for investigations: (1) information collected during any evaluation by the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board; and (2) information collected during any audit, investigation, evaluation, or other review conducted by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency or any Office of the Inspector General, including any office of Special Inspector General.</p> <p>Exempts from document disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) information relating to the information security program or practices of a federal agency if disclosure could reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in, unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of such information program or the information such program controls, processes, stores, or transmits. </p> <p>Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to: (1) establish classification and pay standards for the Inspectors General of each federal agency; (2) set forth procedures for considering allegations of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel and Deputy Special Counsel (officials appointed to investigate prohibited personal practices and government waste and abuse); and (3) include within the membership of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency the Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (currently, the Inspectors General of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the CIA).</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1953 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2014 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend certain provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Inspector General Improvement Act of 2008, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Oversight Workforce Improvement Act of 2014 . 2. Investigations, audits, inspections, evaluations, and reviews conducted by Inspectors General Section 3518(c) of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting paragraph (3) ; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), this subchapter shall not apply to the collection of information during the conduct of any evaluation, or other review conducted by the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board, or during the conduct of any audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or any other review conducted by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency or any Office of Inspector General, including any Office of Special Inspector General. . 3. Exemption from disclosure under FOIA (a) Definition In this section, the term agency shall have the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Exemption Information relating to the information security program or practices of an agency shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, if disclosure could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of such information system or the information such information system controls, processes, stores, or transmits. (c) Non-Exempt information Each agency that withholds information subject to the exemption in subsection (b) shall act in accordance with the obligation of the Federal agency to reasonably segregate and disclose non-exempt information under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. 4. Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (a) Incorporation of provisions from the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 into the Inspector General Act of 1978 (1) Classification and pay (A) Amendment Section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of each designated Federal entity shall, for pay and all other purposes be classified at a grade, level or rank designation, as the case may be, at or above those of a majority of the senior level executives of the designated Federal entity (such as General Counsel, Chief Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Human Capital Officer, or Chief Acquisition Officer). The pay of an Inspector General of a designated Federal entity shall not be less than the average total compensation (including bonuses) of the senior level executives of the designated Federal entity calculated on an annual basis. . (B) Conforming repeal Section 4(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–409 ; 5 U.S.C. App. note) is repealed. (2) Pay retention (A) Amendment The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding after section 8M the following: 8N. Pay Retention (a) In general The provisions of section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, other than the term performance awards and awarding of ranks in subsection (c)(1) of such section, shall apply to career appointees of the Senior Executive Service who are appointed to the position of Inspector General. (b) Nonreduction in pay Notwithstanding any other provision of law, career Federal employees serving on an appointment made pursuant to statutory authority found other than in section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, shall not suffer a reduction in pay, not including any bonus or performance award, as a result of being appointed to the position of Inspector General. . (B) Conforming repeal Section 4(c) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–409 ; 5 U.S.C. App. note) is repealed. (3) Allegations of wrongdoing against special counsel or deputy special counsel (A) Amendments Section 11(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (i) in paragraph (2)— (I) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or their designee before the period; and (II) in subparagraph (D), by inserting or their designee before the period; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (12) Allegations of wrongdoing against special counsel or deputy special counsel (A) Special counsel defined In this paragraph, the term Special Counsel means the Special Counsel appointed under section 1211(b) of title 5, United States Code. (B) Authority of integrity committee (i) In general An allegation of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel or Deputy Special Counsel may be received, reviewed and referred for investigation by the Integrity Committee to the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of an allegation against an Inspector General (or a member of the staff of an Office of Inspector General), subject to the requirement that the Special Counsel recuse himself or herself from the consideration of any allegation brought under this paragraph. (ii) Coordination with existing provision of law This paragraph does not eliminate access to the Merit Systems Protection Board for review under section 7701 of title 5, United States Code. To the extent that an allegation brought under this subsection involves section 2302(b)(8) of that title, a failure to obtain corrective action within 120 days after the date on which the allegation is received by the Integrity Committee shall, for purposes of section 1221 of such title, be considered to satisfy section 1214(a)(3)(B) of such title. (C) Regulations The Integrity Committee may prescribe any rules or regulations necessary to carry out this paragraph, subject to such consultation or other requirements as might otherwise apply. . (B) Conforming repeal Section 7(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–409 ; 5 U.S.C. 1211 note) is repealed. (b) Agency applicability (1) Amendments The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is further amended— (A) in section 8M— (i) in subsection (a)(1)— (I) by striking Each agency and inserting Each Federal agency and designated Federal entity ; and (II) by striking that agency and inserting the Federal agency or designated Federal entity each place it appears; and (ii) in subsection (b)— (I) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking agency and inserting Federal agency and designated Federal entity ; and (II) in paragraph (2)— (aa) in subparagraph (A), by striking agency and inserting Federal agency and designated Federal entity ; and (bb) in subparagraph (B), by striking agency and inserting Federal agency and designated Federal entity ; and (B) in section 11(c)(3)(A)(ii), by striking department, agency, or entity of the executive branch which and inserting Federal agency or designated Federal entity that . (2) Implementation Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head and the Inspector General of each Federal agency (as defined in section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)) and each designated Federal entity (as defined in section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)) shall implement the amendments made by this subsection. (c) Corrections (1) Executive Order number Section 7(c)(2) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–409 ; 31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended by striking 12933 and inserting 12993 . (2) Punctuation and cross-references The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (A) in section 4(b)(2)— (i) by striking 8F(a)(2) and inserting 8G(a)(2) each place it appears; and (ii) by striking 8F(a)(1) and inserting 8G(a)(1) ; (B) in section 6(a)(4), by striking information, as well as any tangible thing) and inserting information), as well as any tangible thing ; and (C) in section 8G(g)(3), by striking 8C and inserting 8D . (3) Spelling The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (A) in section 3(a), by striking subpena and inserting subpoena ; (B) in section 6(a)(4)— (i) by striking subpena and inserting subpoena ; and (ii) by striking subpenas and inserting subpoenas ; (C) in section 8D(a)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking subpenas and inserting subpoenas ; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking subpena and inserting subpoena , each place it appears; (D) in section 8E(a)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking subpenas and inserting subpoenas ; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking subpena and inserting subpoena each place it appears; and (E) in section 8G(d), by striking subpena and inserting subpoena . (d) Repeal Section 744 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–8 ; 123 Stat. 693) is repealed. 5. Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Section 11(b)(1)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended to read as follows: (B) The Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community and the Central Intelligence Agency. .