The following laws and guidelines govern the operation of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and technology investment throughout the federal government. The Office of Electronic Government and Technology provides updates and overviews of IT legislation under consideration by Congress. Additional references can be found at the Chief Information Officers Council web site.

• Assistive Technology/ Sections 504 and 508

• Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988

• Clinger-Cohen Act

• E-Government Act

• Federal Records Act

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

• Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA)

• Government Performance Results Act (GPRA)

• Information Quality Guidelines

• Paperwork Reduction Act

• Privacy Act

• Financial Management

  • Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, P.L. 101-576
  • Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA)
  • Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA)

• Security

  • Bidder's Security Package: Security Requirements for Contractors Doing Business with the Department of Education
  • Computer Security Act of 1987
  • Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
  • Government Information Security Reform Act (GISRA)
    - OMB Memorandum 01-08, Guidance On Implementing the Government Information Security Reform Act - January 16, 2001
    - OMB Memorandum 01-24, Reporting Instructions for the Government Information Security Reform Act - June 22, 2001

• OMB circulars, memoranda, and other guidance on IT
  • Circular A-11, Planning, Budgeting, Acquisition of Capital Assets, Strategic Plans, Performance Plans
  • Circular A-76, (PDF), Performance of Commercial Activities (Outsourcing)
    - For other documents pertaining to Circular A-76, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/index.html.
  • Circular A-94, (PDF), Guidelines and Discount Rates for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Federal Programs
    - For other documents pertaining to Circular A-94, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/circulars/index.html.
  • Circular A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources
  • Evaluating Information Technology Investments, November 1995
  • Memorandum on Information Technology Architectures, June 18, 1997
  • NIST 800-18, Guide for Developing Security Plans for Information Technology Systems
  • Bulletin 95-01: Establishment of Government Information Locator Service
  • Executive Guide: Improving Mission Performance Through Strategic Information Management and Technology, General Accounting Office Report AIMD-94-115, May 1, 1994
  • Executive Order 13231, "Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age," October 16, 2001
  • Executive Order "Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council," October 8, 2001
  • Executive Order 13011, "Federal Information Technology," July 17, 1996

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