S 801 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Information Technology Investment Management Act of 2011

Latest action · Apr 12, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 12, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Information Technology Investment Management Act of 2011 -  Expands the responsibilities of agency heads with respect to the acquisition of information technology (IT) to require: (1) the development of an IT management and development program; and (2) the posting on agency websites of cost, schedule, and performance information regarding an agency's major IT investments.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure the effective operation of a website that provides monthly updated information on agency investment in IT projects.

Requires a Chief Information Officer of an executive department that is primarily responsible for an IT project under review to: (1) take specified actions, including conducting performance reviews and taking corrective actions, after determining that an IT project has significantly or grossly deviated (i.e., a cost, schedule, or performance variance that is at least 20% or 40%, respectively, from the original baseline); and (2) designate, in consultation with the agency head, the most costly and critical major IT investment projects as core IT investment projects.

Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to develop policy and guidance for agencies in developing programs to recognize excellent employee performance in the acquisition of information systems and information technology for such agencies.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 12, 2011.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalApr 12, 2011
R-MAScott P. BrownOriginalApr 12, 2011
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalApr 12, 2011

Committees 1

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 12, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 12, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 12, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 1

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 S2397Susan M. Collins R-MEApr 12, 2011

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.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 112-23IMPLEMENTATION OF CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE: MOVING FORWARD88 pagesVeterans' Affairs CommitteeJul 11, 2011
Serial No. 112-4IMPLEMENTATION OF CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE: ARE WE GETTING IT RIGHT?81 pagesVeterans' Affairs CommitteeMar 11, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend chapter 113 of title 40, United States Code, to require executive agency participation in real-time transparency of investment projects, to require performance and governance reviews of all cost overruns on Federal information technology investment projects, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Information Technology Investment Management Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 12, 2011Introduced in Senate

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