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§11313 Performance and Results-based Management

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT › Chapter 113— RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACQUISITIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › Subchapter II— EXECUTIVE AGENCIES › § 11313

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agency heads must set goals to make agency work and public services more efficient and effective, using information technology when useful. They must include a yearly progress report with their budget to Congress. They must measure IT performance for current or planned systems, benchmark similar processes when they exist using cost, speed, productivity, and quality, revise mission and administrative processes before big IT investments, and make sure IT security is adequate.

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Title 40, §11313

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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—
(A)are prescribed for information technology used by, or to be acquired for, the executive agency; and
(B)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 those 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 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.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1131340:1423.Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LI, § 5123, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 683.

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40 U.S.C. § 11313

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60