Title 31, U.S. Code (Selected)

31 U.S.C § 1123

Subtitle II—The Budget Process

Chapter 11—The Budget and Fiscal, Budget, and Program Information

§1123. Chief Operating Officers

(a) Establishment.—At each agency, the deputy head of agency, or equivalent, shall be the Chief Operating Officer of the agency.

(b) Function.—Each Chief Operating Officer shall be responsible for improving the management and performance of the agency, and shall—

(1) provide overall organization management to improve agency performance and achieve the mission and goals of the agency through the use of strategic and performance planning, measurement, analysis, regular assessment of progress, and use of performance information to improve the results achieved;

(2) advise and assist the head of agency in carrying out the requirements of sections 1115 through 1122 of this title and section 306 of title 5;

(3) oversee agency-specific efforts to improve management functions within the agency and across Government; and

(4) coordinate and collaborate with relevant personnel within and external to the agency who have a significant role in contributing to and achieving the mission and goals of the agency, such as the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Human Capital Officer, Chief Acquisition Officer/Senior Procurement Executive, Chief Information Officer, and other line of business chiefs at the agency.

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COUNSEL NOTES

Section 1123 was set forth by Section 8 of the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-352).  The Senate report on the substitute to H.R. 2142 (111th Congress) included the following description the section:

Section 8. Agency chief operating officers

This section amends title 31, United States Code, by adding a new subsection 1123, ‘‘Chief Operating Officers,’’ establishing in statute the position of COO at each agency.

This section designates the deputy head of agency, or equivalent, at each agency as the agency’s COO, with overall responsibility for improving the management and performance of the agency. Additional responsibilities include advising and assisting the head of agency in carrying out the planning and reporting requirements of this bill; overseeing agency-specific efforts to improve management within the agency and across the federal government; and coordinating with relevant personnel within and external to the agency who have a significant role in contributing to the mission and goals of the agency.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY NOTES

PUBLIC LAWS

Pub. L. 111–352, §8, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3878 (enacted as the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010) established this section.

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