March 10, 1997
M-97-09
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF SELECTED EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
| FROM: |
Franklin D. Raines
Director |
| | |
| SUBJECT: |
Interagency Support for Information Technology |
This memorandum establishes a mechanism to support the work of interagency
groups which advise me in carrying out the Clinger-Cohen Act (formerly the
Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996). Section 5128 of that
Act, 40 U.S.C. 1428, provides that "funds available for oversight,
acquisition and procurement of information technology may be used by the head of
the executive agency to support jointly with other agencies the activities of
interagency groups that are established to advise the Director" in carrying
out the Act.
Executive Order No. 13011, "Federal Information Technology,"
establishes three interagency groups -- the Chief Information Officers Council,
the Government Information Technology Services Board, and the Information
Technology Resources Board -- to advise me in carrying out my responsibilities
under the Act. In addition, one of the primary roles of the National
Coordinating Office for Computing, Information and Communications is to advise
me on budget matters related to my responsibilities under the Act. Consistent
with the President's budget for Fiscal Year 1998, I have determined that each
agency is authorized to make available up to the lesser of one tenth of one
percent of the agency's total information technology obligations (as reported on
Line 10 of Exhibit 43 of OMB Circular No. A-11) or $1 million to support these
four groups. Use of such funds will be limited to defraying administrative
costs and to supporting specific projects approved by these groups, and may
include the procurement of technical assistance and other services they need.
The Administrator of General Services will administer these funds for the
Chief Information Officers Council, the Government Information Technology
Services Board, and the Information Technology Resources Board. The Director
of the National Science Foundation will administer these funds for the National
Coordinating Office for Computing, Information and Communications. The
Administrator and the Director will provide an annual accounting to OMB and the
agencies of how the funds were utilized. For Fiscal Years subsequent to 1998,
each interagency group will submit to OMB a recommendation as to the level of
funding required and the projects to be supported in that Fiscal Year, in
accordance with guidance to be issued in OMB Circular No. A-11, Section 43.
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