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Timestamp: 2019-01-18 08:09:34
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§326', '§326', '§ 1126', '§1126', '§2', '§861', '§861', '§ 326']

§326. 31 USC 1126. Program Management Improvement Officers and Program Management Policy Council – House Budget Counsel
§326. 31 USC 1126. Program Management Improvement Officers and Program Management Policy Council
31 U.S.C § 1126
§1126. Program Management Improvement Officers and Program Management Policy Council
(1) Establishment.—There is established in the Office of Management and Budget a council to be known as the “Program Management Policy Council” (in this subsection referred to as the “Council”).
(B) review programs identified as high risk by the Government Accountability Office and make recommendations for actions to be taken by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget or a designee;
(D) advise on the development and applicability of standards governmentwide for program management transparency; and
(5) Support.—The head of each agency with a Project Management Improvement Officer serving on the Council shall provide administrative support to the Council, as appropriate, at the request of the Chairperson.
Section 1126 was set forth by both section 2 of the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (PMIAA) and section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. The latter was enacted later and hence was classified to the U.S. Code.
The report on PMIAA (H. Rpt. 114-637) included the following description related to this section:
Turning agency best practices into government-wide policies for program and project managers could help to stop waste before it starts. S. 1550 begins this process by requiring the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish standards and policies for program management. OMB would be required to oversee implementation of those standards and engage with the private sector to identify best practices. S. 1550 also requires OMB to establish a five-year strategic plan for program and project management.
Further, S. 1550 establishes a long-term view of improvements to program and project management by creating a Program Management Improvement Council and requiring every agency to designate a Program Management Improvement Officer. The Council would be comprised of five top officials from OMB and the Program Management Improvement Officer from each agency. The Council would advise OMB in establishing standards and identifying best practices, review high risk programs, and discuss topics of importance to workforce. Agency-designated Project Management Improvement Officers would be tasked with leading the agency in implementing the standards set by OMB and developing a strategy for enhancing the role of project managers in the agency.
Section 3. Program Management Improvement Officers; Program Management Council
Requires each Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act agency to designate a senior executive as the ‘‘Program Management Improvement Officer’’ (PMIO) to implement program management policies and develop a strategy for enhancing the role of program man- agers.
Exempts DOD from these requirements, to the extent that they are substantially similar to or duplicative of the provisions of Chapter 87 of Title 10.
Establishes the ‘‘Program Management Policy Council’’ to review programs identified as high risk by GAO and make recommendations for actions to be taken; advise on the development of standards for program management transparency; and review information on performance.gov.
The Council shall be composed of the PMIO from each CFO Act agency, and the following five members from OMB: the Deputy Director for Management (Chair); the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government; the Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy; the Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management; and the Director of the Office of Performance and Personnel Management. The Council shall meet at least twice per year.
Requires each agency with a PMIO serving on the Council to provide administrative support.
[House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Program Management Improvement Accountability Act: Committee Report to Accompany H.R. S. 1550, H. Rept. 114-637 (April 2010) pp. 3-4; note: This section was renumbered section 2 before enactment.]
Summary of the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act
The Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015 establishes as additional functions of the Deputy Director for Management of OMB requirements to:
adopt and oversee government-wide standards, policies, and guidelines for program and project management for executive agencies;
conduct portfolio reviews to address programs identified as high risk by the Government Accountability Office;
conduct portfolio reviews of agency programs at least annually; and
The Act requires the head of each federal agency that is required to have a Chief Financial Officer to designate a Program Management Improvement Officer to implement agency program management policies and develop a written strategy for enhancing the role of program managers within the agency.
It establishes the PMPC within OMB to act as the principal interagency forum for improving agency practices related to program and project management.
It also requires OPM to issue regulations that: (1) identify key skills and competencies needed for a program and project manager in an agency, (2) establish a new job series or update and improve an existing job series for program and project management within an agency, and (3) establish a new career path for program and project managers.
Source – National Academy of Public Administration, Implementing the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015 (Project Management Institute) July 2017, p. 18.
Pub. L. 114–264, §2(b)(1), Dec. 14, 2016, 130 Stat. 1372 (enacted as the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act).
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, §861(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2299 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) See section 861 of that Act).
Pub. L. 114–264 and Pub. L. 114–328 enacted substantially identical sections 1126 of this title. This section is based on the section 1126 enacted by section 861(b)(1) of Pub. L. 114–328.
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, §861(c), 130 Stat. 2301, Dec. 23, 2016 (National Defense Authorization Act of 2017) provided that:
“(1) Definition.—In this subsection, the term ‘agency’ means each agency described in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code, other than the Department of Defense.
“(A) identify key skills and competencies needed for a program and project manager in an agency;
“(B) establish a new job series, or update and improve an existing job series, for program and project management within an agency; and
“(C) establish a new career path for program and project managers within an agency.”
[BCR § 326]