5 U.S.C. § 305 — Systematic agency review of operations

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 141 words · no verdicts yet

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This law requires federal agencies to regularly review how their own units are running. It defines "agency" narrowly, leaving out entities like the CIA, NSA, and TVA. Reviews check efficiency, spot top-performing units, and identify employees who made them that way.

(a) In this section, "agency" means an Executive agency, but not: (1) a government-controlled corporation; (2) the Tennessee Valley Authority; (3) the Virgin Islands Corporation; (4) the Atomic Energy Commission; (5) the Central Intelligence Agency; (6) the Panama Canal Commission; or (7) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense. (b) Under rules the President sets and runs, each agency must regularly and continuously review how its own activities, functions, and units are operating. (c) These reviews are meant to (1) measure how efficient and economical each activity, function, or unit is; (2) find the ones that stand out as especially good; and (3) identify the employees whose own efforts made their units stand out.

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(a)

For the purpose of this section, “agency” means an Executive agency, but does not include—

(1)

a Government controlled corporation;

(2)

the Tennessee Valley Authority;

(3)

the Virgin Islands Corporation;

(4)

the Atomic Energy Commission;

(5)

the Central Intelligence Agency;

(6)

the Panama Canal Commission; or

(7)

the National Security Agency, Department of Defense.

(b)

Under regulations prescribed and administered by the President, each agency shall review systematically the operations of each of its activities, functions, or organization units, on a continuing basis.

(c)

The purpose of the reviews includes—

(1)

determining the degree of efficiency and economy in the operation of the agency’s activities, functions, or organization units;

(2)

identifying the units that are outstanding in those respects; and

(3)

identifying the employees whose personal efforts have caused their units to be outstanding in efficiency and economy of operations.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 380; Pub. L. 96–54, § 2(a)(2), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 96–70, title III, § 3302(e)(1), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(b)(1)(A), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 380
1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-54 · 93 Stat. 381
1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-70 · 93 Stat. 498
1983Amended · Pub. L. 97-468 · 96 Stat. 2578

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-554 on 1966-09-06.

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