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 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1241 § 11314. Authority to acquire and manage information technology (a) IN GENERAL. — The authority of the head of an executive agency to acquire information technology includes— (1) acquiring information technology as authorized by law; (2) making a contract that provides for multiagency acquisitions of information technology in accordance with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and (3) if the Director finds that it would be advantageous for the Federal Government to do so, making a multiagency contract for procurement of commercial items of information technology that requires each executive agency covered by the contract, when procuring those items, to procure the items under that contract or to justify an alternative procurement of the items. (b) FTS 2000 PROGRAM.— The Administrator of General Services shall continue to manage the FTS 2000 program, and to coordinate the follow-on to that program, for and with the advice of the heads of executive agencies. § 11315. Agency Chief Information Officer (a) DEFINITION.— 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. (b) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Information Officer of an executive agency is 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 subtitle, 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 listed in section 901(b) of title 31— (1) has information resources management duties as that official's primary duty; (2) monitors the performance of information technology programs of the agency, evaluates the performance of those programs on the basis of the applicable performance measurements, and advises 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)(28),

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