Appendix A Legal Authority PLAW-107publ347

PUBLIC LAW 107–347—DEC. 17 2002

116 STAT. 2899

APPENDIX A: LEGAL AUTHORITY

Public Law 107–347
107th Congress

An Act

To enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and
processes by establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office
of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of measures
that require using Internet-based information technology to enhance citizen access
to Government information and services, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘E-Government
Act of 2002’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.

TITLE I—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ELECTRONIC
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Sec. 101. Management and promotion of electronic government services.
Sec. 102. Conforming amendments.
TITLE II—FEDERAL MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF ELECTRONIC
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Federal agency responsibilities.
Sec. 203. Compatibility of executive agency methods for use and acceptance of electronic signatures.
Sec. 204. Federal Internet portal.
Sec. 205. Federal courts.
Sec. 206. Regulatory agencies.
Sec. 207. Accessibility, usability, and preservation of government information.
Sec. 208. Privacy provisions.
Sec. 209. Federal information technology workforce development.
Sec. 210. Share-in-savings initiatives.
Sec. 211. Authorization for acquisition of information technology by State and local
governments through Federal supply schedules.
Sec. 212. Integrated reporting study and pilot projects.
Sec. 213. Community technology centers.
Sec. 214. Enhancing crisis management through advanced information technology.
Sec. 215. Disparities in access to the Internet.
Sec. 216. Common protocols for geographic information systems.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.

301.
302.
303.
304.
305.

TITLE III—INFORMATION SECURITY
Information security.
Management of information technology.
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board.
Technical and conforming amendments.

TITLE IV—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATES
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.

Dec. 17, 2002
[H.R. 2458]

E-Government
Act of 2002.
44 USC 101 note.

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Sec. 402. Effective dates.
TITLE V—CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICAL
EFFICIENCY

TITLE III—INFORMATION SECURITY
SEC. 301. INFORMATION SECURITY.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal
Information Security Management Act of 2002’’.
(b) INFORMATION SECURITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subchapter:

44 USC 3601
note.

‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—INFORMATION SECURITY
‘‘§ 3541. Purposes
‘‘The purposes of this subchapter are to—
‘‘(1) provide a comprehensive framework for ensuring the
effectiveness of information security controls over information
resources that support Federal operations and assets;
‘‘(2) recognize the highly networked nature of the current
Federal computing environment and provide effective
governmentwide management and oversight of the related
information security risks, including coordination of information
security efforts throughout the civilian, national security, and
law enforcement communities;
‘‘(3) provide for development and maintenance of minimum
controls required to protect Federal information and information systems;
‘‘(4) provide a mechanism for improved oversight of Federal
agency information security programs;
‘‘(5) acknowledge that commercially developed information
security products offer advanced, dynamic, robust, and effective
information security solutions, reflecting market solutions for
the protection of critical information infrastructures important
to the national defense and economic security of the nation
that are designed, built, and operated by the private sector;
and
‘‘(6) recognize that the selection of specific technical hardware and software information security solutions should be
left to individual agencies from among commercially developed
products.

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