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40 U.S.C. § 11315 — Agency Chief Information Officer
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “information technology architecture”, with respect to an executive agency, means an integrated framework for evolving or maintaining existing information technology and acquiring new information technology to achieve the agency’s strategic goals and information resources management goals.
**(b) General Responsibilities.—** The Chief Information Officer of an executive agency is responsible for—
(1) providing advice and other assistance to the head of the executive agency and other senior management personnel of the executive agency to ensure that information technology is acquired and information resources are managed for the executive agency in a manner that implements the policies and procedures of this subtitle, consistent with chapter 35 of title 44 and the priorities established by the head of the executive agency;
(2) developing, maintaining, and facilitating the implementation of a sound, secure, and integrated information technology architecture for the executive agency; and
(3) promoting the effective and efficient design and operation of all major information resources management processes for the executive agency, including improvements to work processes of the executive agency.
**(c) Duties and Qualifications.—** The Chief Information Officer of an agency listed in [section 901(b) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section901/b&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) has information resources management duties as that official’s primary duty;
(2) monitors the performance of information technology programs of the agency, evaluates the performance of those programs on the basis of the applicable performance measurements, and advises the head of the agency regarding whether
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “information technology architecture”, with respect to an executive agency, means an integrated framework for evolving or maintaining existing information technology and acquiring new information technology to achieve the agency’s strategic goals and information resources management goals.
**(b) General Responsibilities.—** The Chief Information Officer of an executive agency is responsible for—
(1) providing advice and other assistance to the head of the executive agency and other senior management personnel of the executive agency to ensure that information technology is acquired and information resources are managed for the executive agency in a manner that implements the policies and procedures of this subtitle, consistent with chapter 35 of title 44 and the priorities established by the head of the executive agency;
(2) developing, maintaining, and facilitating the implementation of a sound, secure, and integrated information technology architecture for the executive agency; and
(3) promoting the effective and efficient design and operation of all major information resources management processes for the executive agency, including improvements to work processes of the executive agency.
**(c) Duties and Qualifications.—** The Chief Information Officer of an agency listed in [section 901(b) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section901/b&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) has information resources management duties as that official’s primary duty;
(2) monitors the performance of information technology programs of the agency, evaluates the performance of those programs on the basis of the applicable performance measurements, and advises the head of the agency regarding whether to continue, modify, or terminate a program or project; and
(3) annually, as part of the strategic planning and performance evaluation process required (subject to [section 1117 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1117&num=0&edition=prelim)) under [section 306 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section306&num=0&edition=prelim) and sections 1105(a)(28), 1115–1117, and 9703 (as added by section 5(a) of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62, 107 Stat. 289)) of title 31—
(A) assesses the requirements established for agency personnel regarding knowledge and skill in information resources management and the adequacy of those requirements for facilitating the achievement of the performance goals established for information resources management;
(B) assesses the extent to which the positions and personnel at the executive level of the agency and the positions and personnel at management level of the agency below the executive level meet those requirements;
(C) develops strategies and specific plans for hiring, training, and professional development to rectify any deficiency in meeting those requirements; and
(D) reports to the head of the agency on the progress made in improving information resources management capability.
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**(a)** Not later than the first Monday in February of any year following the year in which the term of the President commences under [section 101 of title 3](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title3-section101&num=0&edition=prelim), the head of each agency shall make available on the public website of the agency a strategic plan and notify the President and Congress of its availability. Such plan shall contain—
(1) a comprehensive mission statement covering the major functions and operations of the agency;
(2) general goals and objectives, including outcome-oriented goals, for the major functions and operations of the agency;
(3) a description of how any goals and objectives contribute to the Federal Government priority goals required by [section 1120(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1120/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) a description of how the goals and objectives are to be achieved, including—
(A) a description of the operational processes, skills and technology, and the human, capital, information, and other resources required to achieve those goals and objectives; and
(B) a description of how the agency is working with other agencies to achieve its goals and objectives as well as relevant Federal Government priority goals;
(5) a description of how the goals and objectives incorporate views and suggestions obtained through congressional consultations required under subsection (d);
(6) a description of how the performance goals provided in the plan required by [section 1115(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1115/a&num=0&edition=prelim), including the agency priority goals required by [section 1120(b) of title 31](htt
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The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may exempt from the requirements of sections 1115 and 1116 of this title and [section 306 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section306&num=0&edition=prelim), any agency with annual outlays of $20,000,000 or less.
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In fulfilling the responsibility to administer the functions assigned under chapter 35 of title 44, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall comply with this chapter with respect to the specific matters covered by this chapter.
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**(a)** There is a Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among civilians who are qualified to serve as such officer.
**(b)**
(1) The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense—
(A) is the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense for the purposes of sections 3506(a)(2) and 3544(a)(3) of title 44;
(B) has the responsibilities and duties specified in sections 11315 and 11319 of title 40;
(C) has the responsibilities specified for the Chief Information Officer in sections 2223(a) and 2224 of this title;
(D) exercises authority, direction, and control over the Activities of the Cybersecurity Directorate, or any successor organization, of the National Security Agency, funded through the Information Systems Security Program;
(E) exercises authority, direction, and control over the Defense Information Systems Agency, or any successor organization;
(F) has the responsibilities for policy, oversight, guidance, and coordination for all Department of Defense matters related to electromagnetic spectrum, including coordination with other Federal and industry agencies, coordination for classified programs, and in coordination with the Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, policies related to spectrum management workforce;
(G) has the responsibilities for policy, oversight, and guidance for matters related to precision navigation and timing; and
(H) has the responsibilities for policy, oversight, and guidance for the architecture and programs related to the information technology, networking, information assurance, cybersecurity, and cyber capability architectures of the Department.
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(A) The Secretary of Defe
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**(a) Additional Responsibilities of Chief Information Officer of Department of Defense.—** In addition to the responsibilities provided for in chapter 35 of title 44 and in [section 11315 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section11315&num=0&edition=prelim), the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense shall—
(1) review and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on Department of Defense budget requests for information technology and national security systems;
(2) ensure the interoperability of information technology and national security systems throughout the Department of Defense;
(3) ensure that information technology and national security systems standards that will apply throughout the Department of Defense are prescribed;
(4) provide for the elimination of duplicate information technology and national security systems within and between the military departments and Defense Agencies; and
(5) maintain a consolidated inventory of Department of Defense mission critical and mission essential information systems, identify interfaces between those systems and other information systems, and develop and maintain contingency plans for responding to a disruption in the operation of any of those information systems.
**(b) Additional Responsibilities of Chief Information Officer of Military Departments.—** In addition to the responsibilities provided for in chapter 35 of title 44 and in [section 11315 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section11315&num=0&edition=prelim), the Chief Information Officer of a military department, with respect to the military department concerned, shall—
(1) review budget requests for all information technology and nation
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Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to diminish or reduce the authority of agency Chief Information Officers for information resources management provided in [section 11315 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section11315&num=0&edition=prelim) or those authorities to manage information resources to accomplish agency missions as established in [section 3502 of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3502&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 11315
mation security needs)’’ for ‘‘information technology
investments’’.
§ 11313. Performance and results-based manage-
ment
In fulfilling the responsibilities under section
3506(h) of title 44, the head of an executive agen-
cy shall—
(1) establish goals for improving the effi-
ciency and effectiveness of agency operations
and, as appropriate, the delivery of services to
the public through the effective use of infor-
mation technology;
(2) prepare an annual report, to be included
in the executive agency’s budget submission
to Congress, on the progress in achieving the
goals;
(3) ensure that performance measurements—
(A) are prescribed for information tech-
nology used by, or to be acquired for, the ex-
ecutive agency; and
(B) measure how well the information
technology supports programs of the execu-
tive agency;
(4) where comparable processes and organi-
zations in the public or private sectors exist,
quantitatively benchmark agency process per-
formance against those processes in terms of
cost, speed, productivity, and quality of out-
puts and outcomes;
(5) analyze the missions of the executive
agency and, based on the analysis, revise the
executive agency’s mission-related processes
and administrative processes as appropriate
before making significant investments in in-
formation technology to be used in support of
the performance of those missions; and
(6) ensure that the information security
policies, procedures, and practices of the exec-
utive agency are adequate.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1240.)
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