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 116 STAT. 2900 PUBLIC LAW 107-347—DEC. 17, 2002 Sec. 402. Effective dates. TITLE V—CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICAL EFFICIENCY Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Definitions. Sec. 503. Coordination and oversight of policies. Sec. 504. Effect on other laws. Subtitle A—Confidential Information Protection Sec. 511. Findings and purposes. Sec. 512. Limitations on use and disclosure of data and information. Sec. 513. Fines and penalties. Subtitle B—Statistical Efficiency Sec. 521. Findings and purposes. Sec. 522. Designation of statistical agencies. Sec. 523. Responsibilities of designated statistical agencies. Sec. 524. Sharing of business data among designated statistical agencies. Sec. 525. Limitations on use of business data provided by designated statistical agencies. Sec. 526. Conforming amendments. 44 USC 3601 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds the following: (1) The use of computers and the Internet is rapidly transforming societal interactions and the relationships among citizens, private businesses, and the Government. (2) The Federal Government has had uneven success in applying advances in information technology to enhance governmental functions and services, achieve more efficient performance, increase access to Government information, and increase citizen participation in Government. (3) Most Internet-based services of the Federal Government are developed and presented separately, according to the jurisdictional boundaries of an individual department or agency, rather than being integrated cooperatively according to function or topic. (4) Internet-based Government services involving interagency cooperation are especially difficult to develop and promote, in part because of a lack of sufficient funding mechanisms to support such interagency cooperation. (5) Electronic Government has its impact through improved Government performance and outcomes within and across agencies. (6) Electronic Government is a critical element in the management of Government, to be implemented as part of a management framework that also addresses finance, procurement, human capital, and other challenges to improve the performance of Government. (7) To take full advantage of the improved Government performance that can be achieved through the use of Internetbased technology requires strong leadership, better organization, improved interagency collaboration, and more focused oversight of agency complieuice with statutes related to information resource management. (b) PURPOSES.— The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To provide effective leadership of Federal Government efforts to develop and promote electronic Government services and processes by establishing an Administrator of a new Office of Electronic Government within the Office of Management and Budget.

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