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 Officers 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 public, other agencies, and other Government entities; or
(B) bring about improvements in Government 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 perform the mission;
(iii) the technologies necessary to perform the mission; and
(iv) the transitional processes for implementing 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 established under section 3604;
(6) "interoperability" means the ability of different 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 provision of Internet-based Federal Government information or services integrated according to function or topic rather than separated according to the boundaries of agency jurisdiction; and
(8) "tribal government" means—
(A) the governing body of any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community located in the continental United States (excluding the State of Alaska) that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians, and
(B) any Alaska Native regional or village corporation established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title I, §101(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2901.)
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (8)(B), is Pub. L. 92–203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§1601 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.
Pub. L. 107–347, title IV, §402(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2961, provided that:
"(1)
"(2)
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title VIII, §834, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3444, as amended by Pub. L. 115–88, §4, Nov. 21, 2017, 131 Stat. 1278; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, §819(c), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1464, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) Department of Agriculture.
"(B) Department of Commerce.
"(C) Department of Defense.
"(D) Department of Education.
"(E) Department of Energy.
"(F) Department of Health and Human Services.
"(G) Department of Homeland Security.
"(H) Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"(I) Department of the Interior.
"(J) Department of Justice.
"(K) Department of Labor.
"(L) Department of State.
"(M) Department of Transportation.
"(N) Department of Treasury.
"(O) Department of Veterans Affairs.
"(P) Environmental Protection Agency.
"(Q) General Services Administration.
"(R) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
"(S) National Science Foundation.
"(T) Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
"(U) Office of Personnel Management.
"(V) Small Business Administration.
"(W) Social Security Administration.
"(X) United States Agency for International Development.
"(3)
"(4)
"(b)
"(1)
"(A)
"(i) a comprehensive inventory of the data centers owned, operated, or maintained by or on behalf of the agency; and
"(ii) a multi-year strategy to achieve the consolidation and optimization of the data centers inventoried under clause (i), that includes—
"(I) performance metrics—
"(aa) that are consistent with the Government-wide data center consolidation and optimization metrics; and
"(bb) by which the quantitative and qualitative progress of the agency toward the goals of the FDCCI can be measured;
"(II) a timeline for agency activities to be completed under the FDCCI, with an emphasis on benchmarks the agency can achieve by specific dates;
"(III) year-by-year calculations of investment and cost savings for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date set forth in subsection (e), broken down by each year, including a description of any initial costs for data center consolidation and optimization and life cycle cost savings and other improvements, with an emphasis on—
"(aa) meeting the Government-wide data center consolidation and optimization metrics; and
"(bb) demonstrating the amount of agency-specific cost savings each fiscal year achieved through the FDCCI; and
"(IV) any additional information required by the Administrator.
"(B)
"(C)
"(i) may submit to the Administrator, in lieu of the multi-year strategy required under subparagraph (A)(ii)—
"(I) the defense-wide plan required under section 2867(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note); and
"(II) the report on cost savings required under section 2867(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note); and
"(ii) shall submit the comprehensive inventory required under subparagraph (A)(i), unless the defense-wide plan required under section 2867(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note)—
"(I) contains a comparable comprehensive inventory; and
"(II) is submitted under clause (i).
"(D)
"(i)(I) submit a statement to the Administrator stating whether the agency has complied with the requirements of this section; and
"(II) make the statement submitted under subclause (I) publicly available; and
"(ii) if the agency has not complied with the requirements of this section, submit a statement to the Administrator explaining the reasons for not complying with such requirements.
"(E)
"(i)
"(I) implement the strategy required under subparagraph (A)(ii); and
"(II) provide updates to the Administrator, on a quarterly basis, of—
"(aa) the completion of activities by the agency under the FDCCI;
"(bb) any progress of the agency towards meeting the Government-wide data center consolidation and optimization metrics; and
"(cc) the actual cost savings and other improvements realized through the implementation of the strategy of the agency.
"(ii)
"(F)
"(2)
"(A) establish the deadline, on an annual basis, for covered agencies to submit information under this section;
"(B) establish a list of requirements that the covered agencies must meet to be considered in compliance with paragraph (1);
"(C) ensure that information relating to agency progress towards meeting the Government-wide data center consolidation and optimization metrics is made available in a timely manner to the general public;
"(D) review the inventories and strategies submitted under paragraph (1) to determine whether they are comprehensive and complete;
"(E) monitor the implementation of the data center strategy of each covered agency that is required under paragraph (1)(A)(ii);
"(F) update, on an annual basis, the cumulative cost savings realized through the implementation of the FDCCI; and
"(G) establish metrics applicable to the consolidation and optimization of data centers Government-wide, including metrics with respect to—
"(i) costs;
"(ii) efficiencies, including, at a minimum, server efficiency; and
"(iii) any other factors the Administrator considers appropriate.
"(3)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i)
"(ii)
"(I) the extent to which each covered agency has developed and submitted a comprehensive inventory under paragraph (1)(A)(i), including an analysis of the inventory that details specific numbers, use, and efficiency level of data centers in each inventory; and
"(II) the extent to which each covered agency has submitted a comprehensive strategy that addresses the items listed in paragraph (1)(A)(ii).
"(4)
"(A)
"(B)
"(c)
"(1)
"(A) applicable provisions found within the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP); and
"(B) guidance published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
"(2)
"(d)
"(e)
[Pub. L. 115–88 and Pub. L. 115–91 amended section 834(e) of Pub. L. 113–291, set out above, identically by striking "2018" and inserting "2020".]
Pub. L. 110–161, div. D, title VII, §737, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2028, provided that:
"(a) For fiscal year 2008, no funds shall be available for transfers or reimbursements to the E-Government initiatives sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget prior to 15 days following submission of a report to the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and receipt of approval to transfer funds by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
"(b) Hereafter, any funding request for a new or ongoing E-Government initiative by any agency or agencies managing the development of an initiative shall include in justification materials submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the information in subsection (d).
"(c) Hereafter, any funding request by any agency or agencies participating in the development of an E-Government initiative and contributing funding for the initiative shall include in justification materials submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations—
"(1) the amount of funding contributed to each initiative by program office, bureau, or activity, as appropriate; and
"(2) the relevance of that use to that department or agency and each bureau or office within, which is contributing funds.
"(d) The report in (a) and justification materials in (b) shall include at a minimum—
"(1) a description of each initiative including but not limited to its objectives, benefits, development status, risks, cost effectiveness (including estimated net costs or savings to the government), and the estimated date of full operational capability;
"(2) the total development cost of each initiative by fiscal year including costs to date, the estimated costs to complete its development to full operational capability, and estimated annual operations and maintenance costs; and
"(3) the sources and distribution of funding by fiscal year and by agency and bureau for each initiative including agency contributions to date and estimated future contributions by agency.
"(e) No funds shall be available for obligation or expenditure for new E-Government initiatives without the explicit approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations."
[Provisions similar to subsecs. (a), (d), and (e) of section 737 of Pub. L. 110–161, set out above, were contained in sections of subsequent appropriations acts which are not set out in the Code.]
Pub. L. 107–347, §2, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2900, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) The use of computers and the Internet is rapidly transforming societal interactions and the relationships among citizens, private businesses, and the Government.
"(2) The Federal Government has had uneven success in applying advances in information technology to enhance governmental functions and services, achieve more efficient performance, increase access to Government information, and increase citizen participation in Government.
"(3) Most Internet-based services of the Federal Government are developed and presented separately, according to the jurisdictional boundaries of an individual department or agency, rather than being integrated cooperatively according to function or topic.
"(4) Internet-based Government services involving interagency cooperation are especially difficult to develop and promote, in part because of a lack of sufficient funding mechanisms to support such interagency cooperation.
"(5) Electronic Government has its impact through improved Government performance and outcomes 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 addresses finance, procurement, human capital, and other challenges to improve the performance of Government.
"(7) To take full advantage of the improved Government performance that can be achieved through the use of Internet-based technology requires strong leadership, better organization, improved interagency collaboration, and more focused oversight of agency compliance with statutes related to information resource management.
"(b)
"(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 Government within the Office of Management and Budget.
"(2) To promote use of the Internet and other information technologies to provide increased opportunities for citizen participation in Government.
"(3) To promote interagency collaboration in providing electronic Government services, where this collaboration would improve the service to citizens by integrating related functions, and in the use of internal electronic Government processes, where this collaboration would improve the efficiency and effectiveness 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 information 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 Government information and services across multiple channels.
"(9) To make the Federal Government more transparent and accountable.
"(10) To transform agency operations by utilizing, 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, national security, records retention, access for persons with disabilities, and other relevant laws."
Memorandum of President of the United States, May 23, 2012, 77 F.R. 32391, provided:
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
The innovative use of technology is fundamentally transforming how the American people do business and live their daily lives. Exponential increases in computing power, the rise of high-speed networks, and the growing mobile revolution have put the Internet at our fingertips, encouraging innovations that are giving rise to new industries and reshaping existing ones.
Innovators in the private sector and the Federal Government have used these technological advances to fundamentally change how they serve their customers. However, it is time for the Federal Government to do more. For far too long, the American people have been forced to navigate a labyrinth of information across different Government programs in order to find the services they need. In addition, at a time when Americans increasingly pay bills and buy tickets on mobile devices, Government services often are not optimized for smartphones or tablets, assuming the services are even available online.
On April 27, 2011, I issued Executive Order 13571 (Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service), requiring executive departments and agencies (agencies) to, among other things, identify ways to use innovative technologies to streamline their delivery of services to lower costs, decrease service delivery times, and improve the customer experience. As the next step toward modernizing the way Government works, I charged my Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) with developing a comprehensive Government-wide strategy to build a 21st century digital Government that delivers better digital services to the American people.
Today, the CIO is releasing that strategy, entitled "Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People" (Strategy), which provides agencies with a 12-month roadmap that focuses on several priority areas. The Strategy will enable more efficient and coordinated digital service delivery by requiring agencies to establish specific, measurable goals for delivering better digital services; encouraging agencies to deliver information in new ways that fully utilize the power and potential of mobile and web-based technologies; ensuring the safe and secure delivery and use of digital services to protect information and privacy; requiring agencies to establish central online resources for outside developers and to adopt new standards for making applicable Government information open and machine-readable by default; aggregating agencies' online resource pages for developers in a centralized catalogue on www.Data.gov; and requiring agencies to use web performance analytics and customer satisfaction measurement tools on all ".gov" websites.
Ultimately, this Strategy will ensure that agencies use emerging technologies to serve the public as effectively as possible. As a Government, and as a trusted provider of services, we must never forget who our customers are—the American people.
In order to ensure that agencies make the best use of emerging technologies in serving the public, I hereby direct each agency to take the following actions:
(1) implement the requirements of the Strategy within 12 months of the date of this memorandum and comply with the timeframes for specific actions specified therein; and
(2) within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, create a page on its website, located at www.[agency].gov/digitalstrategy, to publicly report progress in meeting the requirements of the Strategy in a machine-readable format.
This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations, and with appropriate protections for privacy and civil liberties.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
Barack Obama.
(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 Administrator who shall be appointed by the President.
(c) The Administrator shall assist the Director in carrying 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, consistent 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 electronic 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 Management Act of 2002.
(e) The Administrator shall work with the Administrator 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 Administrator shall assist the Director by performing electronic Government functions as follows:
(1) Advise the Director on the resources required to develop and effectively administer electronic Government initiatives.
(2) Recommend to the Director changes relating to Governmentwide strategies and priorities for electronic 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 involving 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 General Services regarding programs undertaken by the General Services Administration to promote electronic government and the efficient use of information technologies by agencies.
(7) Lead the activities of the Chief Information Officers Council established under section 3603 on behalf 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 technology standards for the Federal Government developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce under section 11331 of title 40, taking into account, if appropriate, recommendations of the Chief Information Officers Council, experts, and interested parties from the private and nonprofit sectors and State, local, and tribal governments, and maximizing the use of commercial standards as appropriate, including the following:
(A) Standards and guidelines for interconnectivity and interoperability as described under section 3504.
(B) Consistent with the process under section 207(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002, standards and guidelines for categorizing Federal 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 security.
(9) Sponsor ongoing dialogue that—
(A) shall be conducted among Federal, State, local, and tribal government leaders on electronic Government in the executive, legislative, 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 acquiring, using, and managing information resources;
(B) is intended to improve the performance 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 models—
(I) for electronic Government management and Government information 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 Internet-based technology to increase the efficiency of Government-to-business transactions;
(iii) identification of mechanisms for providing incentives to program managers and other Government employees to develop and implement innovative uses of information technologies; and
(iv) identification of opportunities for public, private, and intergovernmental collaboration in addressing the disparities in access to the Internet and information technology.
(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 citizen-centered strategies and those activities which engage 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 implementation of electronic procurement initiatives.
(13) Assist Federal agencies, including the General Services Administration, the Department of Justice, 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 standards through the budget review process and other means.
(14) Oversee the development of enterprise architectures within and across agencies.
(15) Assist the Director and the Deputy Director for Management in overseeing agency efforts to ensure that electronic Government activities incorporate adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective security compatible with business processes.
(16) Administer the Office of Electronic Government 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 Management and Budget, including the Office of Electronic Government, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and other relevant offices, have adequate staff and resources to properly fulfill all functions under the E-Government Act of 2002.
(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title I, §101(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2902.)
The E-Government Act of 2002, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 107–347, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2899. Title II of the Act, including sections 204 and 207(d) of the Act, is set out as a note under section 3501 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The Government Paperwork Elimination Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(4), is title XVII of Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–749, which amended section 3504 of this title and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 3504 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), probably means title III of Pub. L. 107–347, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2946, which was classified principally to subchapter III of chapter 35 of this title and was repealed by Pub. L. 113–283, §2(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3073. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2002 Amendments note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables. Another Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 is title X of Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 116 Stat. 2259. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
Section effective 120 days after Dec. 17, 2002, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 107–347, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.
(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 Electronic Government.
(3) The Administrator of the Office of Information 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 Department 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 selected 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 provide administrative and other support for the Council.
(d) The Council is designated the principal interagency forum for improving agency practices related to the design, acquisition, development, modernization, use, operation, sharing, and performance of Federal Government information 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 resources management.
(3) Assist the Administrator in the identification, development, and coordination of multiagency projects and other innovative initiatives to improve Government performance through the use of information technology.
(4) Promote the development and use of common performance measures for agency information resources management under this chapter and title II of the E-Government Act of 2002.
(5) Work as appropriate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator to develop recommendations on information technology standards developed under section 20 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) and promulgated under section 11331 of title 40, and maximize the use of commercial standards as appropriate, including the following:
(A) Standards and guidelines for interconnectivity and interoperability as described under section 3504.
(B) Consistent with the process under section 207(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002, standards and guidelines for categorizing Federal 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 security.
(6) Work with the Office of Personnel Management to assess and address the hiring, training, classification, and professional development needs of the Government related to information resources management.
(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.
(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title I, §101(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2905.)
The E-Government Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (f)(4), is Pub. L. 107–347, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2899. Title II of the Act, including section 207(d) of the Act, is set out as a note under section 3501 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
No act with the name the "Federal Records Act", referred to in subsec. (f)(7), has been enacted. The Federal Records Act of 1950, which has a similar name, was title V of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, §6(d), 64 Stat. 583, which was classified generally to sections 392 to 396 and 397 to 401 of former Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Section 6(d) of act Sept. 5, 1950, was repealed by Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238, the first section of which enacted this title. For disposition of sections of former Title 44, see Table at the beginning of this title. Title V of act June 30, 1949, was repealed by Pub. L. 107–217, §4, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303.
Section effective 120 days after Dec. 17, 2002, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 107–347, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.
(a)(1) There is established in the Treasury of the United States the E-Government Fund.
(2) The Fund shall be administered by the Administrator of the General Services Administration to support projects approved by the Director, assisted by the Administrator 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 public (including individuals, businesses, grantees, and State and local governments);
(B) make it easier for the public to apply for benefits, receive services, pursue business opportunities, 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 reviewing proposals for funding;
(B) consult with interagency councils, including 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 resources 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 capital 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 support 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 determine 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, including citizens, businesses, the Federal Government, 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 agencies; 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 public 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 participation in and interaction with agency activities that further progress toward a more citizen-centered Government;
(I) directly delivers Government information and services to the public or provides the infrastructure 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 supplant existing funding streams within agencies.
(d) The Fund may be used to fund the integrated Internet-based system under section 204 of the E-Government Act of 2002.
(e) None of the funds provided from the Fund may be transferred to any agency until 15 days after the Administrator of the General Services Administration has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate 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 approved 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.
(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title I, §101(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2906.)
Section 204 of the E-Government Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 204 of Pub. L. 107–347, which is set out in a note under section 3501 of this title.
Committee on Governmental Affairs of Senate changed to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of Senate, effective Jan. 4, 2005, by Senate Resolution No. 445, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Oct. 9, 2004.
Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.
Section effective 120 days after Dec. 17, 2002, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 107–347, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.
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(b)
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(2) The technical assistance team shall—
(A) assess the feasibility, scientific and technical merits, and estimated cost of each proposal; and
(B) submit each proposal, and the assessment of the proposal, to the Administrator.
(3) The technical assistance team shall not consider or evaluate proposals submitted in response to a solicitation for offers for a pending procurement or for a specific agency requirement.
(4) After receiving proposals and assessments from the technical assistance team, the Administrator shall consider recommending appropriate proposals for funding under the E-Government Fund established under section 3604 or, if appropriate, forward the proposal and the assessment of it to the executive agency whose mission most coincides with the subject matter of the proposal.
(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title I, §101(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2909.)
Section effective 120 days after Dec. 17, 2002, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 107–347, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.
(a) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Director shall submit an E-Government status report to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
(b) The report under subsection (a) shall contain—
(1) a summary of the information reported by agencies under section 202(f) 1 of the E-Government Act of 2002;
(2) the information required to be reported by section 3604(f); and
(3) a description of compliance by the Federal Government with other goals and provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002.
(Added Pub. L. 107–347, title I, §101(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2909.)
The E-Government Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is Pub. L. 107–347, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2899. Section 202 of the Act is set out in a note under section 3501 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Committee on Governmental Affairs of Senate changed to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of Senate, effective Jan. 4, 2005, by Senate Resolution No. 445, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Oct. 9, 2004.
Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.
Section effective 120 days after Dec. 17, 2002, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 107–347, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.