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The E-Government
Act of 2002
The E-Government Act of 2002 (H.R. 2458/S. 803) was signed by the President
on December 17, 2002, with an effective date for most provisions of April 17,
2003. Key elements are:
Codification of PMA Expanding E-Government
Initiatives
- Codifies OMB’s role: E-Gov Administrator and Office
of E-Government
- Endorses and requires agencies to support initiatives
(cross agency initiatives such as E-Rulemaking, Geospatial
One-Stop, E-Records Management, E-Authentication (esp. E-signatures)
and Disaster Management; FirstGov; enterprise architecture)
- Authorizes E-Gov fund beyond President’s $100
M target
New OMB Requirements
- Annual report to Congress
- Sponsor ongoing dialogue with state, local, and tribal
governments, as well as the general public, the private,
and the non-profit sectors to find innovative ways to improve
the performance of governments in collaborating on the
use of information technology to improve the delivery of
Government information and services
- Standards for categorizing and indexing government information
- Standards for agency web sites
- Create a public directory for agency web sites
- Select agencies to engage in pilot projects on data integration
- Access improvement for people with and without computers
Codifies existence of CIO Council:
Comprised of OMB and CFO Act agency CIOs and Deputy CIOs
New Agency Requirements
- Agencies are to develop citizen and productivity-related
performance measures for use of E-Government and IT in meeting
agency objectives, strategic goals, and statutory mandates.
- Agencies are required to comply with OMB E-Gov Guidance,
particular emphasis on agency head communicating guidance
to key agency executives.
- Agencies must establish and operate IT training programs
for their personnel
- Agencies must conduct Privacy Impact Assessments for
new IT investments and on-line information collections.
New Initiatives Required
- Creation of a database and web site to track Federally
funded R&D
- Agencies enter into share-in-savings contracts for IT
procurements (up to 5 agencies may participate per year)
- State and local governments may use Federal Supply Schedules
for IT purchases.
- Process for reviewing proposed innovative technologies
- Commercial IT workforce exchange program
- Study of Community Technology Centers
- OMB/Ed develops on-line tutorial for accessing government
info and services
Cyber Security
Removes the Government Information
Security Reform Act (GISRA) sunset date and renames as
the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA),
plus endorses FedCirc as the incident response center for
cyber security and strengthens NIST/Commerce role in promulgating
computer security standards.
Statistical Confidentiality and
Data Sharing
Provides a uniform set of confidentiality
protections to all individually identifiable statistical
data and permits sharing of business data by key statistical
agencies.
The E-Government Act of 2002 can be viewed
by clicking here.
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