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 PUBLIC LAW 107-347—DEC. 17, 2002 116 STAT. 2909 "(E) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2007. "(2) Funds appropriated under this subsection sheill remain available until expended. "§3605. Program to encourage innovative solutions to enhance electronic Government services and processes "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. —The Administrator shall establish and promote a Governmentwide program to encourage contractor innovation and excellence in facilitating the development and enhancement of electronic Government services and processes. " (b) ISSUANCE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS SEEKING INNOVATIVE SOLU- TIONS. —Under the program, the Administrator, in consultation with the Council and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, shall issue announcements seeking unique and innovative solutions to facilitate the development and enhancement of electronic Government services and processes. "(c) MULTIAGENCY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM.— (1) The Administrator, in consultation with the Council and the Administrator for Federsil Procurement Policy, sheill convene a multiagency technical assistance team to assist in screening proposals submitted to the Administrator to provide unique and innovative solutions to facilitate the development and enhancement of electronic Government services and processes. The team sheJl be composed of employees of the agencies represented on the Council who have expertise in scientific and technical disciplines that would facilitate the assessment of the feasibility of the proposals. "(2) The technical assistance team shall— "(A) assess the feasibility, scientific and technical merits, and estimated cost of each proposal; and "(B) submit each proposal, and the assessment of the proposal, to the Administrator. "(3) The technicgJ assistance team shall not consider or evaluate proposals submitted in response to a solicitation for offers for a pending procurement or for a specific agency requirement. "(4) After receiving proposals and assessments from the technical assistance team, the Administrator shall consider recommending appropriate proposals for funding under the E-Government Fund established under section 3604 or, if appropriate, forward the proposal and the assessment of it to the executive agency whose mission most coincides with the subject matter of the proposal. "(a) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Director shall Deadline, submit an E-Government status report to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives. "(b) The report under subsection (a) shall contain— "(1) a summary of the information reported by agencies under section 202(f) of the E-Government Act of 2002; "(2) the information required to be reported by section 3604(f); and "(3) a description of compliance by the Federal Government with other goals and provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002. ". 99-194O-03 - 16A:QL3Part4
 * § 3606. E-Government report

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