Technology and cybersecurity

Executive Order 13011: Federal Information Technology

President: Bill Clinton

Organized government-wide IT capital planning, strengthened agency chief information officers and created coordinating councils and a services board.

Status: Revoked — by EO 13403 on May 12, 2006.

Is Executive Order 13011 still in effect? No. EO 13403 revoked it in 2006.

What does Executive Order 13011 do?

EO 13011 implemented the Clinger-Cohen Act by directing agencies to treat information technology as a capital investment, integrate it with program planning and use performance measures. It established a Chief Information Officers Council and Government Information Technology Services Board and assigned central roles to OMB and GSA. Later orders updated the membership, but EO 13403 revoked EO 13011 in 2006 and reorganized the council under a newer framework. Statutory federal IT-management duties continued independently.

Administration position: The order reformed executive IT governance; it did not itself buy systems, guarantee savings or replace agencies’ statutory missions and procurement duties.
SignedJuly 16, 1996
Statutory backdropClinger-Cohen Act of 1996
Major bodyChief Information Officers Council

Before and after

Before the order

Federal IT investment and program management lacked the new government-wide structure required after Clinger-Cohen.

After the order

CIOs, capital planning and interagency coordination became central elements of federal IT management.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Agency heads and CIOsIntegrate IT investment with mission and performanceUnder the historical framework
OMBCoordinate policy and capital planningContinuing under later authority
CIO Council and services boardShare practice and coordinate initiativesReorganized or ended

What happened next

EO 13011 established the framework.

EO 13403 revoked EO 13011 and reorganized the CIO Council.