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[CITE: 40USC1425]

 
             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. 1425. Agency Chief Information Officer


(a) Omitted

(b) General responsibilities

    The Chief Information Officer of an executive agency shall be 
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 chapter, 
    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 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 that is listed in section 
901(b) of title 31 shall--
        (1) have information resources management duties as that 
    official's primary duty;
        (2) monitor the performance of information technology programs 
    of the agency, evaluate the performance of those programs on the 
    basis of the applicable performance measurements, and advise 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) 
    under section 306 of title 5 and sections 1105(a)(29),\1\ 1115, 
    1116, 1117, and 9703 \1\ of title 31--
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            (A) assess the requirements established for agency personnel 
        regarding knowledge and skill in information resources 
        management and the adequacy of such requirements for 
        facilitating the achievement of the performance goals 
        established for information resources management;
            (B) assess 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) in order to rectify any deficiency in meeting those 
        requirements, develop strategies and specific plans for hiring, 
        training, and professional development; and
            (D) report to the head of the agency on the progress made in 
        improving information resources management capability.

(d) ``Information technology architecture'' defined

    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.

(Pub. L. 104-106, div. E, title LI, Sec. 5125, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 
684.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was in the original 
``this division'' meaning division E (Secs. 5001-5703) of Pub. L. 104-
106, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 679, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of division E to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1401 of this title and Tables.
    Section 1105(a)(29) of title 31, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), was 
redesignated section 1105(a)(28) of such title by Pub. L. 104-287, 
Sec. 4(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3388.
    Section 9703 of title 31, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), probably 
means the section 9703 added by section 5(a) of Pub. L. 103-62, Aug. 3, 
1993, 107 Stat. 289.

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 5125 of Pub. L. 104-106. Subsec. (a) 
of section 5125 of Pub. L. 104-106 amended section 3506 of Title 44, 
Public Printing and Documents. Subsec. (e) of section 5125 of Pub. L. 
104-106 amended section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1451 of this title; title 10 
section 2223.
