OMB Circular A-130 - Authorities

Authorities

A-130 establishes official OMB policy and guidance on information technology management for federal executive agencies based on the following laws, Executive Orders, and prior OMB guidance documents:

Laws:

• the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1980 (amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995)
• the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub L. 104-106, Division E)
• the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
• the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 3512 et seq.)
• the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended
• the Computer Security Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-235)
• the Budget and Accounting Act, as amended
• the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993(GPRA)
• the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. Chapter 7)
• the Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-277, Title XVII)

Executive Orders:

• Executive Order 12046 of March 27, 1978 ("Relating to the transfer of telecommunications functions")
• Executive Order 12472 of April 3, 1984 ("Assignment of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications functions")
• Executive Order 13011 of July 17, 1996 ("Federal Information Technology")

Other OMB circulars:

• OMB Circular A-11 (Preparation, Submission, and Execution of the Budget)

Prior OMB guidance documents: (All below have been rescinded after incorporation of guidance content into A-130):

• M-96-20 Implementation of the Information Technology Reform Act of 1996
• M-97-02 Funding Information Systems Technology
• M-97-09 InterAgency Support for Information Technology
• M-97-15 Local Telecommunications Services Policy
• M-97-16 Information Technology Architectures

Any information that the information system uses that is classified automatically requires the system to have National security emergency preparedness guidelines that conform to Executive Order 12472.