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 116 STAT. 1242 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 1115-1117, and 9703 (as added by section 5(a) of the Government Performsince and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103- 62, 107 Stat. 289)) of title 31— (A) assesses the requirements established for agency personnel regarding knowledge and skill in information resources msuiagement and the adequacy of those requirements for facilitating the achievement of the performance goals established for information resources management; (B) assesses 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) develops strategies and specific plans for hiring, training, and professional development to rectify any deficiency in meeting those requirements; and (D) reports to the head of the agency on the progress made in improving information resources management capability. §11316. Accountability The head of each executive agency, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of that executive agency (or, in the case of an executive agency without a chief financial officer, any compgirable official), shall establish policies and procedures to ensure that— (1) the accounting, finsincial, asset management, and other information systems of the executive agency are designed, developed, maintained, and used effectively to provide financial or program performance data for financial statements of the executive agency; (2) financial and related program performance data are provided on a reliable, consistent, and timely basis to executive agency financial msuiagement systems; and (3) financial statements support— (A) assessments and revisions of mission-related processes and administrative processes of the executive agency; and (B) measurement of the performance of investments made by the agency in information systems. §11317. Significant deviations The head of each executive agency shall identify in the strategic information resources management plan required under section 3506(b)(2) of title 44 any major information technology acquisition progrgmi, or any phase or increment of that program, that has significantly deviated from the cost, performance, or schedule goals established for the program. §11318. Inter^ency support The head of an executive agency may use amounts available to the agency for oversight, acquisition, and procurement of information technology to support jointly with other executive agencies the activities of interagency groups that are established to advise the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in carrying out the Director's responsibilities under this chapter. The use of those amovmts for that purpose is subject to requirements and limitations on uses and amounts that the Director may prescribe.

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