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[CITE: 40USC1423]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
              CHAPTER 25--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACQUISITIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
                       Part B--Executive Agencies
 
Sec. 1423. Performance and results-based management

    In fulfilling the responsibilities under section 3506(h) of title 
44, the head of an executive agency shall--
        (1) establish goals for improving the efficiency and 
    effectiveness of agency operations and, as appropriate, the delivery 
    of services to the public through the effective use of information 
    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 are prescribed for 
    information technology used by or to be acquired for, the executive 
    agency and that the performance measurements measure how well the 
    information technology supports programs of the executive agency;
        (4) where comparable processes and organizations in the public 
    or private sectors exist, quantitatively benchmark agency process 
    performance against such processes in terms of cost, speed, 
    productivity, and quality of outputs 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 information technology that is to be used 
    in support of the performance of those missions; and
        (6) ensure that the information security policies, procedures, 
    and practices of the executive agency are adequate.

(Pub. L. 104-106, div. E, title LI, Sec. 5123, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 
683.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1451 of this title.
