31 U.S.C. § 1124 — Performance Improvement Officers and

Page 159 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 1125 § 1124. Performance Improvement Officers and the Performance Improvement Council (a) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICERS.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—At each agency, the head of the agency, in consultation with the agency Chief Operating Officer, shall designate a senior executive of the agency as the agency Performance Improvement Officer. (2) FUNCTION.—Each Performance Improve- ment Officer shall report directly to the Chief Operating Officer. Subject to the direction of the Chief Operating Officer, each Performance Improvement Officer shall— (A) advise and assist the head of the agen- cy and the Chief Operating Officer to ensure that the mission and goals of the agency are achieved through strategic and performance planning, measurement, analysis, regular as- sessment of progress, and use of performance information to improve the results achieved; (B) advise the head of the agency and the Chief Operating Officer on the selection of agency goals, including opportunities to col- laborate with other agencies on common goals; (C) assist the head of the agency and the Chief Operating Officer in overseeing the im- plementation of the agency strategic plan- ning, performance planning, and reporting requirements provided under sections 1115 through 1122 of this title and sections 306 of title 5, including the contributions of the agency to the Federal Government priority goals; (D) support the head of agency and the Chief Operating Officer in the conduct of regular reviews of agency performance, in- cluding at least quarterly reviews of progress achieved toward agency priority goals, if applicable; (E) assist the head of the agency and the Chief Operating Officer in the development and use within the agency of performance measures in personnel performance apprais- als, and, as appropriate, other agency per- sonnel and planning processes and assess- ments; and (F) ensure that agency progress toward the achievement of all goals is communicated to leaders, managers, and employees in the agency and Congress, and made available on a public website of the agency. (b) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Performance Improvement Council, consisting of— (A) the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, who shall act as chairperson of the Council; (B) the Performance Improvement Officer from each agency defined in section 901(b) of this title; (C) other Performance Improvement Offi- cers as determined appropriate by the chair- person; and (D) other individuals as determined appro- priate by the chairperson. (2) FUNCTION.—The Performance Improve- ment Council shall— (A) be convened by the chairperson or the designee of the chairperson, who shall pre- side at the meetings of the Performance Im- provement Council, determine its agenda, di- rect its work, and establish and direct sub- groups of the Performance Improvement Council, as appropriate, to deal with par- ticular subject matters; (B) assist the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to improve the per- formance of the Federal Government and achieve the Federal Government priority goals; (C) assist the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in implementing the planning, reporting, and use of perform- ance information requirements related to the Federal Government priority goals pro- vided under sections 1115, 1120, 1121, and 1122 of this title; (D) work to resolve specific Government- wide or crosscutting performance issues, as necessary; (E) facilitate the exchange among agencies of practices that have led to performance improvements within specific programs, agencies, or across agencies; (F) coordinate with other interagency management councils; (G) seek advice and information as appro- priate from nonmember agencies, particu- larly smaller agencies; (H) consider the performance improvement experiences of corporations, nonprofit orga- nizations, foreign, State, and local govern- ments, Government employees, public sector unions, and customers of Government serv- ices; (I) receive such assistance, information and advice from agencies as the Council may request, which agencies shall provide to the extent permitted by law; and (J) develop and submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or when appropriate to the President through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, at times and in such formats as the chairperson may specify, recommenda- tions to streamline and improve perform- ance management policies and requirements. (3) SUPPORT.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Services shall provide administra- tive and other support for the Council to im- plement this section. (B) PERSONNEL.—The heads of agencies with Performance Improvement Officers serving on the Council shall, as appropriate and to the extent permitted by law, provide at the request of the chairperson of the Per- formance Improvement Council up to 2 per- sonnel authorizations to serve at the direc- tion of the chairperson. (Added Pub. L. 111–352, § 9, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3878.) § 1125. Elimination of unnecessary agency re- porting (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS.—The term ‘‘budget justification materials’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3(b)(2) of