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Please
note: This is NOT an official copy of Executive Order 13011.
It is a COPY which was made by rekeying from the hard copy of
Federal Register (vol. 61, no. 140, pages 37657-37662) dated
July 17, 1996. The official copy of the Executive Order is
also available
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 13011 OF JULY 16,
1996
FEDERAL INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
A
Government that works better and costs less requires efficient
and effective information systems. The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 and the Information Technology Management Reform Act
of 1996 provide the opportunity to improve significantly the
way the Federal Government acquires and manages information
technology. Agencies now have the clear authority and
responsibility to make measurable improvements in mission
performance and service delivery to the public through the
strategic application of information technology. A coordinated
approach that builds on existing structures and successful
practices is needed to provide maximum benefit across the
Federal Government from this technology.
Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President
by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It shall be the
policy of the United States Government that executive agencies
shall:
(a)
significantly improve the management of their information
systems, including the acquisition of information technology,
by implementing the relevant provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13), the Information
Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (Division E of Public
Law 104-106) ("Information Technology Act"), and the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law
103-62);
(b)
refocus information technology management to support directly
their strategic missions, implement an investment review
process that drives budget formulation and execution for
information systems, and rethink and restructure the way they
perform their functions before investing in information
technology to support that work;
(c)
establish clear accountability for information resources
management activities by creating agency Chief Information
Officers (CIOs) with the visibility and management
responsibilities necessary to advise the agency head on the
design, development, and implementation of those information
systems. These responsibilities include: (1) participating in
the investment review process for information systems; (2)
monitoring and evaluating the performance of those information
systems on the basis of applicable performance measures; and,
(3) as necessary, advising the agency head to modify or
terminate those systems;
(d)
cooperate in the use of information technology to improve the
productivity of Federal programs and to promote a coordinated,
interoperable, secure, and shared Governmentwide
infrastructure that is provided and supported by a diversity
of private sector suppliers and a well-trained corps of
information technology professionals; and
(e)
establish an interagency support structure that builds on
existing successful interagency efforts and shall provide
expertise and advice to agencies; expand the skill and career
development opportunities of information technology
professionals; improve the management and use of information
technology within and among agencies by developing information
technology procedures and standards and by identifying and
sharing experiences, ideas, and promising practices; and
provide innovative, multi-disciplinary, project-specific
support to agencies to enhance interoperability, minimize
unnecessary duplication of effort, and capitalize on agency
successes.
Sec. 2. Responsibilities of Agency Heads.
The head of each executive agency shall:
(a)
effectively use information technology to improve mission
performance and service to the public;
(b)
strengthen the quality of decisions about the employment of
information resources to meet mission needs through integrated
analysis, planning, budgeting, and evaluation processes,
including:
(1)
determining, before making investments in new information
systems, whether the Government should be performing the
function, if the private sector or another agency should
support the function, and if the function needs to be or has
been appropriately redesigned to improve its efficiency;
(2)
establishing mission-based performance measures for
information systems investments, aligned with agency
performance plans prepared pursuant to the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-62);
(3)
establishing agency-wide and project-level management
structures and processes responsible and accountable for
managing, selecting, controlling, and evaluating investments
in information systems, with authority for terminating
information systems when appropriate;
(4)
supporting appropriate training of personnel; and
(5)
seeking the advice of, participating in, and supporting the
interagency support structure set forth in this order;
(c) select
CIOs with the experience and skills necessary to accomplish
the duties set out in law and policy, including this order,
and involve the CIO at the highest level of the agency in the
processes and decisions set out in this section;
(d) ensure
that the information security policies, procedures, and
practices of the executive agency are adequate;
(e) where
appropriate, and in accordance with the Federal Acquisition
Regulation and guidance to be issued by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), structure major information
systems investments into manageable projects as narrow in
scope and brief in duration as practicable, consistent with
the Information Technology Act, to reduce risk, promote
flexibility and interoperability, increase accountability, and
better correlate mission need with current technology and
market conditions; and
(f) to the
extent permitted by law, enter into a contract that provides
for multiagency acquisitions of information technology as an
executive agent for the Government, if and in the manner that
the Director of OMB considers it advantageous to do so.
Sec. 3. Chief Information Officers Council.
(a) Purpose and Functions. A Chief
Information Officers Council ("CIO Council") is established as
the principal interagency forum to improve agency practices on
such matters as the design, modernization, use, sharing, and
performance of agency information resources. The Council
shall:
(1)
develop recommendations for overall Federal information
technology management policy, procedures, and standards;
(2) share
experiences, ideas, and promising practices, including work
process redesign and the development of performance measures,
to improve the management of information resources;
(3)
identify opportunities, make recommendations for, and sponsor
cooperation in using information resources;
(4) assess
and address the hiring, training, classification, and
professional development needs of the Federal Government with
respect to information resources management;
(5) make
recommendations and provided advice to appropriate executive
agencies and organizations, including advice to OMB on the
Governmentwide strategic plan required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995; and
(6) seek
the views of the Chief Financial Officers Council, Government
Information Technology Services Board, Information Technology
Resources Board, Federal Procurement Council, industry,
academia, and State and local governments on matters of
concern to the Council as appropriate.
(b)
Membership. The CIO Council shall be composed
of the CIOs and Deputy CIOs of the following executive
agencies plus two representatives from other agencies:
- Department of State;
- Department of the Treasury;
- Department of Defense;
- Department of Justice;
- Department of the Interior;
- Department of Agriculture;
- Department of Commerce;
- Department of Labor;
- Department of Health and Human Services;
- Department of Housing and Urban Development;
- Department of Transportation;
- Department of Energy;
- Department of Education;
- Department of Veterans Affairs;
- Environmental Protection Agency;
- Federal
Emergency Management Agency;
- Central
Intelligence Agency;
- Small
Business Administration;
- Social
Security Administration;
- Department of the Army;
- Department of the Navy;
- Department of the Air Force;
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
- Agency
for International Development;
- General
Services Administration;
- National Science Foundation;
- Nuclear
Regulatory Commission; and
- Office
of Personnel Management.
The
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs of OMB, the Controller of the Office of Federal
Financial Management of OMB, the Administrator of the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy of OMB, a Senior Representative
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Chair of
the Government Information Technology Services Board, and the
Chair of the Information Technology Resources Board shall also
be members. The CIO Council shall be chaired by the Deputy
Director for Management of OMB. The Vice Chair, elected by the
CIO Council on a rotating basis, shall be an agency CIO.
Sec. 4. Government Information Technology
Services Board.
(a)
Purpose and Functions. A Government
Information Technology Services Board ("Services Board") is
established to ensure continued implementation of the
information technology recommendations of the National
Performance Review and to identify and promote the development
of innovative technologies, standards, and practices among
agencies and State and local governments and the private
sector. It shall seek the views of experts from industry,
academia, and State and local governments on matters of
concern to the Services Board as appropriate. The Services
Board shall also make recommendations to the agencies, the CIO
Council, OMB, and others as appropriate, and assist in the
following:
(1)
creating opportunities for cross-agency cooperation and
intergovernmental approaches in using information resources to
support common operational areas and to develop and provide
shared Governmentwide infrastructure services;
(2)
developing shared Governmentwide information infrastructure
services to be used for innovative, multiagency information
technology projects;
(3)
creating and utilizing affinity groups for particular business
or technology areas; and
(4)
developing with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and with established standards bodies, standards
and guidelines pertaining to Federal information systems,
consistent with the limitations contained in the Computer
Security Act of 1987 (40 U.S.C. 759 note), as amended by the
Information Technology Act.
(b)
Membership. The Services Board shall be
composed of individuals from agencies based on their proven
expertise or accomplishments in fields necessary to achieve
its goals. Major government mission areas such as electronic
benefits, electronic commerce, law enforcement, environmental
protection, national defense, and health care may be
represented on the Services Board to provide a program
operations perspective. Initial selection of members will be
made by OMB in consultation with other agencies as
appropriate. The CIO Council may nominate two members. The
Services Board shall recommend new members to OMB for
consideration. The Chair will be elected by the Services
Board.
Sec. 5. Information Technology Resources
Board.
(a)
Purpose and Functions. An Information
Technology Resources Board ("Resource Board") is established
to provide independent assessments to assist in the
development, acquisition, and management of selected major
information systems and to provide recommendations to agency
heads and OMB as appropriated. The Resources Board shall:
(1)
review, at the request of an agency and OMB, specific
information systems proposed or under development and make
recommendations to the agency and OMB regarding the status of
systems or next steps;
(2)
publicize lessons learned and promising practices based on
information systems reviewed by the Board; and
(3) seek
the views of experts from industry, academia, and State and
local governments on matters of concern to the Resources
Board, as appropriate.
(b)
Membership. The Resources Board shall be
composed of individuals from executive branch agencies based
on their knowledge of information technology, program, or
acquisition management within Federal agencies. Selection of
members shall be made by OMB in consultation with other
agencies as appropriate. The Chair will be elected by the
Resources Board. The Resources Board may call upon the
department or agency whose project is being reviewed, or any
other department or agency to provide knowledgeable
representative(s) to the Board whose guidance and expertise
will assist in focusing on the primary issue(s) presented by a
specific system.
Sec. 6. Office of Management and Budget.
The Director of OMB shall:
(1)
evaluate agency information resources management practice and,
as part of the budget process, analyze, track and evaluate the
risks and results of all major capital investments for
information systems;
(2) notify
an agency if it believes that a major information system
requires outside assistance;
(3)
provide guidance on the implementation of this order and on
the management of information resources to the executive
agencies and to the Boards established by this order; and
(4)
evaluate the effectiveness of the management structure set out
in this order after 3 years and make recommendations for any
appropriate changes.
Sec. 7.
General Services Administration. Under the direction of
OMB, the Administrator of General Services shall:
(1)
continue to manage the FTS2000 program and coordinate the
follow-on to that program, on behalf of and with the advice of
customer agencies;
(2)
develop, maintain, and disseminate for the use of the Federal
community, as requested by OMB or the agencies, recommended
methods and strategies for the development and acquisition of
information technology;
(3)
conduct and manage outreach programs in cooperation with
agency managers;
(4) be a
focal point for liaison on information resources management,
including Federal information technology, with State and local
governments, and with nongovernmental international
organizations subject to prior consultation with the Secretary
of State to ensure such liaison would be consistent with and
support overall United States foreign policy objectives;
(5)
support the activities of the Secretary of State for liaison,
consultation, and negotiation with intergovernmental
organizations in information resources management matters;
(6) assist
OMB, as requested, in evaluating agencies' performance-based
management tracking systems and agencies' achievement of cost,
schedule, and performance goals; and
(7)
provide support and assistance to the interagency groups
established in this order.
Sec. 8. Department of Commerce. The
Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the standards
responsibilities under the Computer Security Act of 1987, as
amended by the Information Technology Act, taking into
consideration the recommendations of the agencies, the CIO
Council, and the Services Board.
Sec. 9. Department of State. (a) The
Secretary of State shall be responsible for liaison,
consultation, and negotiation with foreign governments and
intergovernmental organizations on all matters related to
information resources management, including Federal
information technology. The Secretary shall further ensure, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, that the United
States is represented in the development of international
standards and recommendations affecting information
technology. In the exercise of these responsibilities, the
Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with affected
domestic agencies, organizations, and other members of the
public.
(b) The
Secretary of State shall advise the Director on the
development of United States positions and policies on
international information policy and technology issues
affecting Federal Government activities and the development of
international information technology standards.
Sec. 10. Definitions (a) "Executive
agency" has the meaning given to that term in section
4 (1) of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403
(1)).
(b)
"Information Technology" has the meaning given that term in
section 5002 of the Information Technology Act.
(c)
"Information resources" has the meaning given that term in
section 3502(6) of title 44, United States Code.
(d)
"Information resources management" has the meaning given that
term in section 3502(7) of title 44, United States
Code.
(e)
"Information system" has the meaning given that term in
section 3502(8) of title 44, United States Code.
(f)
"Affinity group" means any interagency group focused on a
business or technology area with common information technology
or customer requirements. The functions of an affinity group
can include identifying common program goals and requirements;
identifying opportunities for sharing information to improve
quality and effectiveness; reducing costs and burden on the
public; and recommending protocols and other standards,
including security standards, to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology for Governmentwide applicability, for
action in accordance with the Computer Security Act of 1987,
as amended by the Information Technology Act.
(g)
"National security system" means any telecommunications or
information system operated by the United States Government,
the function, operation, or use of which (1) involves
intelligence activities; (2) involves cryptologic activities
related to national security; (3) involves command and control
of military forces; (4) involves equipment that is an integral
part of a weapon or weapons system; or (5) is critical to the
direct fulfillment of military or intelligence missions, but
excluding any system that is to be used for routine
administrative and business applications (including payroll,
finance, logistics, and personnel management applications).
Sec. 11. Applicability to National Security
Systems.
The heads
of executive agencies shall apply the policies and procedures
established in this order to national security systems in a
manner consistent with the applicability and related
limitations regarding such systems set out in the Information
Technology Act.
Sec. 12. Judicial Review. Nothing in
this Executive order shall affect any otherwise available
judicial review of agency action. This Executive order is
intended only to improve the internal management of the
executive branch and does not create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a
party against the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other
person.
William J. Clinton
THE WHITE HOUSE
July 16, 1996.
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