§11303 Performance-based and Results-based Management

Summary

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must push executive agencies to use performance- and results-focused management for their information technology work under 44 U.S.C. 3504(h). The Director must review how agencies manage IT investments and give each agency head clear instructions to set up strong capital planning for major IT projects; decide before buying a new system whether the job should be done by the private sector or by the agency (and if by the agency, whether to use contractors or agency staff); study and update mission and administrative processes before major IT spending; and make sure information security is adequate. The Director must also give guidance for shared or government-wide IT efforts, and use the budget process to do periodic reviews of selected IT activities to check if they improve agency performance. To enforce accountability, the Director may use budget and appropriations tools, including recommending changes to amounts agencies propose under 31 U.S.C. 1105(a), adjusting apportionments, limiting availability of funds, or naming an executive agent for contracting.