S 920 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009

Latest action · Jun 28, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2009
  2. Passed SenateMay 19, 2010
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure the effective operation and quarterly updating of a website that includes: (1) information on the accurate cost, schedule, and performance of all major information technology (IT) investments reported in a manner consistent with policy established by OMB on the use of earned-value management data; (2) a graphical depiction of trend information since the commencement of the investment; (3) a clear delineation of major IT investments that have experienced cost, schedule, or performance variance greater than 10% over their life cycle; (4) the reasons the investment deviated from the benchmark established at project commencement; and (5) the number of times and the dates investments were re-baselined.

(Sec. 4) Requires each Chief Information Officer of an executive department that is primarily responsible for the IT investment project under review to identify and designate as core projects the major IT investments that are most critical.

Requires the project manager for an IT investment project to submit to the Chief Information Officer, after each fiscal quarter or upon determining that a project has significantly or grossly deviated from its baseline, information that includes: (1) a description of the cost, schedule, and performance of such projects; (2) the current cost, schedule, and performance status of all projects previously identified as significantly or grossly deviated from the original baseline; and (3) any corrective actions taken. Requires the Chief Information Officer to: (1) determine if any project has significantly or grossly deviated; and (2) report such determination to the agency head, appropriate congressional committees, the Director, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Requires reports and other information required under this Act to be submitted through the website in a manner consistent with guidance from OMB to satisfy reporting requirements and to reduce paperwork. Makes other specified requirements applicable to the IT investment projects of the Department of Defense (DOD).

Requires the agency head to: (1) develop and implement a remedial action plan; (2) report annually to OMB; and (3) establish a program to improve the IT processes overseen by the Chief Information Officer. Requires the Director to report annually to Congress on the status and implementation of the program.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to improve the planning and oversight processes for the acquisition of major automated information systems by DOD, which shall include: (1) a documented process for IT acquisition planning, requirements development and management, project management and oversight, earned value management, and risk management; (2) the development of appropriate metrics that can be implemented and monitored on a real-time basis for performance measurement of processes and development status of investments in major automated information system programs, continuous process improvement of the program, and achievement of program and investment outcomes; (3) a process to ensure that key program personnel have an appropriate level of experience, training, and education in the planning, acquisition, execution, management, and oversight of IT systems; (4) a process to ensure that military departments and defense agencies adhere to established processes and requirements relating to the planning, acquisition, execution, management, and oversight of IT programs and developments; and (5) a process under which an appropriate DOD official may intervene or terminate the funding of an IT investment at risk of not achieving major project milestones.

Sets forth annual reporting requirements.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Director to: (1) assist agencies in avoiding significant and gross deviations in the cost, schedule, and performance of IT investment projects; and (2) promulgate policy and guidance for the head of each federal agency that establishes procedures for the creation of a small group of individuals to carry out that purpose, referred to as the IT SWAT Team.

(Sec. 7) Requires: (1) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to develop policy and guidance for agencies to develop a program to recognize excellent performance by federal employees in the acquisition of information systems and IT; and (2) the Director of OMB to establish policies and guidance for agencies to reward employees pursuant to the program by awarding cash bonuses, promotions, and other nonmonetary awards and/or by publicizing acquisition accomplishments by individual employees.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 28, 2009.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHGeorge V. VoinovichOriginalApr 28, 2009
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalApr 28, 2009
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalApr 28, 2009

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2009Markup May 20, 2009Reported May 5, 2010
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred May 20, 2010
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred May 20, 2010
Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee
Referred Jun 28, 2010

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 28, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
  2. May 20, 2010Received in the House.
  3. May 20, 2010Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  4. May 20, 2010Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
  5. May 20, 2010Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  6. May 20, 2010Referred to House Armed Services
  7. May 19, 2010Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4019-4024; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S4019-4024)
  8. May 19, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  9. May 5, 2010Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-179.
  10. May 5, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 364.
  11. May 20, 2009Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  12. Apr 28, 2009Introduced in Senate
  13. Apr 28, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4818-4819)
  14. Apr 28, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4819-4823)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4019–S4024Text printed S4019–S4024Amendments S4014, S4019Christopher J. Dodd D-CT, George V. Voinovich R-OH (amendment), Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT (amendment), Susan M. Collins R-ME (amendment), Thomas R. Carper D-DE (amendment)May 19, 2010
SenateDebate and remarks S4818–S4824Text printed S4819–S4823Susan M. Collins R-ME, Thomas R. Carper D-DE (text)Apr 28, 2009

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Jun 26, 2009S. 920, Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 20, 2009</p>
  2. Jun 26, 2009S. 920, Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 20, 2009

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
SA 4147In the nature of a substitute.Thomas R. Carper D-DEAmendment SA 4147 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend section 11317 of title 40, United States Code, to improve the transparency of the status of information technology investments, to require greater accountability for cost overruns on Federal information technology investment projects, to improve the processes agencies implement to manage information technology investments, to reward excellence in information technology acquisition, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009
Short Titles as Reported to Senate
Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009
Short Titles as Passed Senate
Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 20, 2010Referred in House
  2. May 19, 2010Engrossed in Senate
  3. May 5, 2010Reported to Senate
  4. Apr 28, 2009Introduced in Senate

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