Public Law 107–347 107th Congress An Act

1 116 STAT. 2899 Public LAW 107 347 DEC. 17 2002 Public Law 107 347107th CongressAn ActTo enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services andprocesses by establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the Officeof management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of measuresthat require using Internet-based information technology to enhance citizen accessto Government information and services, and for other it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a) SHORTTITLE. This Act may be cited as the E-GovernmentAct of 2002 .(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS. The table of contents for this Actis as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of 2.

2 Findings and I OFFICE OF management AND BUDGET ELECTRONICGOVERNMENT SERVICESSec. 101. management and promotion of electronic government 102. Conforming II FEDERAL management AND PROMOTION OF ELECTRONICGOVERNMENT SERVICESSec. 201. 202. Federal agency 203. Compatibility of executive agency methods for use and acceptance of elec-tronic 204. Federal Internet 205. Federal 206. Regulatory 207. Accessibility, usability, and preservation of government 208. Privacy 209. Federal information technology workforce 210. Share-in-savings 211. Authorization for acquisition of information technology by State and localgovernments through Federal supply 212. Integrated reporting study and pilot 213. Community technology 214. Enhancing crisis management through advanced information 215.

3 Disparities in access to the 216. Common protocols for geographic information III INFORMATION SECURITYSec. 301. Information 302. management of information 303. National Institute of Standards and 304. Information Security and Privacy Advisory 305. Technical and conforming IV AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATESSec. 401. Authorization of USC 101 of 17, 2002[ 2458]VerDate 11-MAY-2000 22:27 Jan 02, 2003 Jkt 019139 PO 00347 Frm 00001 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6582 E:\PUBLAW\ APPS24 PsN: PUBL347116 STAT. 2900 Public LAW 107 347 DEC. 17 2002 Sec. 402. Effective V CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICALEFFICIENCYSec. 501. Short 502. 503. Coordination and oversight of 504. Effect on other A Confidential Information ProtectionSec.

4 511. Findings and 512. Limitations on use and disclosure of data and 513. Fines and B Statistical EfficiencySec. 521. Findings and 522. Designation of statistical 523. Responsibilities of designated statistical 524. Sharing of business data among designated statistical 525. Limitations on use of business data provided by designated 526. Conforming 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.(a) FINDINGS. Congress finds the following:(1) The use of computers and the Internet is rapidly trans-forming societal interactions and the relationships among citi-zens, private businesses, and the Government.(2) The Federal Government has had uneven success inapplying advances in information technology to enhance govern-mental functions and services, achieve more efficient perform-ance, increase access to Government information, and increasecitizen participation in Government.

5 (3) Most Internet-based services of the Federal Governmentare developed and presented separately, according to the juris-dictional boundaries of an individual department or agency,rather than being integrated cooperatively according to functionor topic.(4) Internet-based Government services involving inter-agency cooperation are especially difficult to develop and pro-mote, in part because of a lack of sufficient funding mechanismsto support such interagency cooperation.(5) Electronic Government has its impact through improvedGovernment performance and outcomes within and across agen-cies.(6) Electronic Government is a critical element in themanagement of Government, to be implemented as part ofa management framework that also addresses finance, procure-ment, human capital, and other challenges to improve theperformance of Government.

6 (7) To take full advantage of the improved Governmentperformance that can be achieved through the use of Internet-based technology requires strong leadership, better organiza-tion, improved interagency collaboration, and more focusedoversight of agency compliance with statutes related to informa-tion resource management .(b) PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are the following:(1) To provide effective leadership of Federal Governmentefforts to develop and promote electronic Government servicesand processes by establishing an Administrator of a new Officeof Electronic Government within the Office of Managementand USC 11-MAY-2000 21:45 Jan 02, 2003 Jkt 019139 PO 00347 Frm 00002 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\ APPS24 PsN: PUBL347116 STAT.

7 2901 Public LAW 107 347 DEC. 17 2002(2) To promote use of the Internet and other informationtechnologies to provide increased opportunities for citizenparticipation in Government.(3) To promote interagency collaboration in providing elec-tronic Government services, where this collaboration wouldimprove the service to citizens by integrating related functions,and in the use of internal electronic Government processes,where this collaboration would improve the efficiency andeffectiveness of the processes.(4) To improve the ability of the Government to achieveagency missions and program performance goals.(5) To promote the use of the Internet and emerging tech-nologies within and across Government agencies to providecitizen-centric Government information and services.

8 (6) To reduce costs and burdens for businesses and otherGovernment entities.(7) To promote better informed decisionmaking by policymakers.(8) To promote access to high quality Government informa-tion and services across multiple channels.(9) To make the Federal Government more transparentand accountable.(10) To transform agency operations by utilizing, whereappropriate, best practices from Public and private sectororganizations.(11) To provide enhanced access to Government informationand services in a manner consistent with laws regarding protec-tion of personal privacy, national security, records retention,access for persons with disabilities, and other relevant I OFFICE OF management ANDBUDGET ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENTSERVICESSEC. 101. management AND PROMOTION OF ELECTRONIC GOVERN-MENT SERVICES.

9 (a) INGENERAL. Title 44, United States Code, is amendedby inserting after chapter 35 the following: CHAPTER 36 management AND PROMOTION OFELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES Sec. 3601. Definitions. 3602. Office of Electronic Government. 3603. Chief Information Officers Council. 3604. E-Government Fund. 3605. Program to encourage innovative solutions to enhance electronic Governmentservices and processes. 3606. E-Government report. 3601. Definitions In this chapter, the definitions under section 3502 shall apply,and the term (1) Administrator means the Administrator of the Officeof Electronic Government established under section 3602;VerDate 11-MAY-2000 21:45 Jan 02, 2003 Jkt 019139 PO 00347 Frm 00003 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\ APPS24 PsN: PUBL347116 STAT.

10 2902 Public LAW 107 347 DEC. 17 2002 (2) Council means the Chief Information Officers Councilestablished under section 3603; (3) electronic Government means the use by the Govern-ment of web-based Internet applications and other informationtechnologies, combined with processes that implement thesetechnologies, to (A) enhance the access to and delivery of Governmentinformation and services to the Public , other agencies, andother Government entities; or (B) bring about improvements in Government oper-ations that may include effectiveness, efficiency, servicequality, or transformation; (4) enterprise architecture (A) means (i) a strategic information asset base, whichdefines the mission; (ii) the information necessary to perform the mis-sion.