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HUD Policy for Information Technology Management
Appendix A:
Directive
Summary
EXTERNAL AUTHORITIES
Provides overview of the role of the Chief Financial Officer specific to developing and maintaining integrated accounting
and financial management systems; directing, managing, and providing policy guidance and oversight of all agency
financial management personnel, activities, and operations; approving and managing financial management systems
design and enhancement projects; developing budgets for financial management operations and improvements;
implementing agency asset management systems, including systems for cash management, credit management, debt
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
collection, and property and inventory management and control; and monitoring the financial execution of the agency
Act of 1990
budget in relation to actual expenditures.
The Clinger Cohen Act requires agencies to align IT resource planning to support their strategic missions; to implement a
capital planning and investment control process that links to budget formulation and execution; and rethinking and
restructuring the way they do their work before investing in information systems. ec 5125 (b) The Chief Information
Officer of an executive agency shall be responsible for …(2) developing, maintaining and facilitating the implementation
of a sound and integrated information technology architecture for the executive agency; and (3) promoting the effective
and efficient design and operation of all major information resources management processes for the executive agency,
Clinger Cohen Act
including improvements to work processes of the executive agency.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
of 1986 (PL 99-474)
This Public Law also codified in 18 US Code 1030 addresses fradulent and related activities in connection with computers.
Computer Matching and
This Act amended the Privacy Act by describing the manner in which computer matching involving Federal agencies could
Privacy Protection Act of 1988
be performed and by adding certain protections for individuals applying for and receiving Federal benefits.
Addresses specific contingency plans for seven IT platforms and provides strategies and techniques common to all
Contingency Planning Guide
systems. The document also defines the following seven-step contingency process that an agency may apply to develop
for Information Technology
and maintain a viable contingency planning program for their IT systems. These seven progressive steps are designed to be
Systems, NIST SP 800-34
integrated into each stage of the system development life cycle (SLDC).
E-Government Act of 2002, as
Codifies the Presidents Management Agenda to expand EGovernment initiatives, sets new management, human resource
amended
management, program decisions. Codifies the Chief Information Officer Council.
Electronic Communications
Provides a definition of electronic communications and prohibits unlawful access and disclosure to electronic
Privacy Act of 1986, (PL 99-58)
communications.
The comprehensive acquisition reform legislation streamlines the federal government's $200 billion-a-year acquisition
Federal Acquisition
system and dramatically changes the way the government performs its contracting functions. A key provision in FASA is
Streamlining Act of 1994
the strongly stated preference for buying commercial "off-the-shelf' items, rather than purchasing through the detailed
(FASA)
bidding process for government-unique items.
Federal Financial Management
Improvement Act (FFMIA) of
Provides consistency of accounting by agencies from one fiscal year to the next and establishes uniform accounting
1996
standards throughout the Federal Government.
FISMA requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide
information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency,
Federal Information Security
including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source. Reporting requirements
Act (FISMA) of 2002
supplemented by annual OMB Memoranda.
Federal Managers Financial
Requires ongoing evaluations and reports of the adequacy of the systems of internal accounting and administrative control
Integrity Act, (PL 97-255)
of each executive agency.
Federal Records Act of 1950 (as
amended)
The Act establishes the framework for records management programs within Federal agencies.
Freedom of Information Act,
This act allows for full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United
(PL 93-502)
States Government.
S.2590 Sec 2 (b) …the Office of Management and Budget shall,…ensure the existence and operation of a single searchable
website accessible by the public at no cost to access, that includes for each Federal award- (A) the name of the entity
receiving the award; (B) the amount of the award; (C) information on the award including transaction type, funding
agency, the North American Industry Classification System code or Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number (where
applicable), program source and an award title descriptive of the purpose of each funding action; (D) the location of the
entity receiving the award, and the primary location of performance of the award, including the city, State, congressional
district, and county; (E) a unique identifier of the entity receiving the award and of the parent entity of the recipient,
Government Funding
should the entity be owned by another entity; and (F) any other relevant information specified by the Office of
Transparency Act of 2008
Management and Budget.
Government Paperwork
Elimination Act of 1998
The Act develops procedures for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures by executive agencies.
Chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, Section 306 (a) …the head of each agency shall submit to the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget and to the Congress a strategic plan for program activities. Such plan shall contain-(1) a
comprehensive mission statement covering the major functions and operations of the agency; (2) general goals and
objectives, including outcome-related goals and objectives, for the major functions and operations of the agency; (3) a
Government Performance and
description of how the goals and objectives are to be achieved, including a description of the operational processes, skills
Results Act of 1993
and technology, and the human capital, information and other resources required to meet those goals and objectives.
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