United States · statute · 5 U.S.C. · 961 active provisions
The Executive departments are: The Department of State. The Department of the Treasury. The Department of Defense. The Department of Justice. The Department of the Interior. The Department of Agriculture. The Department of Commerce. The Department of Labor. The Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of…
The military departments are: The Department of the Army. The Department of the Navy. The Department of the Air Force.
For the purpose of this title—
For the purpose of this title, “independent establishment” means—
For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.
The head of an Executive department or military department may prescribe regulations for the government of his department, the conduct of its employees, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of its records, papers, and property. This section does not authorize withhold…
In addition to the authority to delegate conferred by other law, the head of an agency may delegate to subordinate officials the authority vested in him—
For the purpose of this section, “agency” means an Executive agency, but does not include— The purpose of the reviews includes—
Not later than the first Monday in February of any year following the year in which the term of the President commences under section 101 of title 3, the head of each agency shall make available on the public website of the agency a strategic plan and notify the President and Congress of its availability. Such plan sha…
In this subchapter:
The head of each agency shall include in the strategic plan required under section 306 a systematic plan for identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of the agency. Such plan shall contain the following: The head of each agency shall issue in conjunction with the p…
The Evaluation Officer of each agency shall—
The members of the Advisory Committee shall consist of the Chief Statistician of the United States, who shall serve as the Chair of the Advisory Committee, and other members appointed by the Director as follows: At least 10 members who are representatives of State and local governments and nongovernmental stakeholders…
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The Director shall designate or appoint a senior official as the Federal Government Service Delivery Lead within the Office of Management and Budget whose responsibility is to coordinate governmentwide efforts to improve Government service delivery by agencies. The individual shall have the following duties and authori…
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subchapter, the head of each agency shall designate or appoint a senior official of the agency (who may be the deputy head of the agency) to implement this subchapter who shall have the following duties and authorities:
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to diminish or reduce the authority of agency Chief Information Officers for information resources management provided in section 11315 of title 40 or those authorities to manage information resources to accomplish agency missions as established in section 3502 of title 44.
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In the establishment of the Department of the Treasury, there is established— The offices established under subsection (a) are established in order to create independent and objective units— to provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed—
Each Inspector General shall, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations governing the civil service— designate a Whistleblower Protection Coordinator who shall— educate agency employees— who have made or are contemplating making a protected disclosure about the rights and remedies against retaliation for prote…
It shall be the duty and responsibility of each Inspector General, with respect to the establishment within which the Inspector General’s Office is established— to recommend policies for the establishment, and to conduct, supervise, or coordinate relationships between the establishment and other Federal agencies, State…
In this section: The term “final action” means— The term “questioned cost” means a cost that is questioned by the Office because of— The term “recommendation that funds be put to better use” means a recommendation by the Office that funds could be used more efficiently if management of an establishment took actions to…
In addition to the authority otherwise provided by this chapter, each Inspector General, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, is authorized— to have access under subparagraph (A) notwithstanding any other provision of law, except pursuant to any provision of law enacted by Congress that expressly— For purpos…
Notwithstanding the last two sentences of section 403(a) of this title, the Inspector General shall be under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense with respect to audits or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, which require access to information concerning— In addition to the other…
Notwithstanding the 2d sentence and last sentence of section 403(a) of this title, the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall be under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to audits or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, which require access to…