Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/386

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118 STAT. 356 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 623. None of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non public information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 624. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. SEC. 625. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’— (1) means an executive agency as defined under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; (2) includes a military department as defined under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission; and (3) shall not include the General Accounting Office. (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties. SEC. 626. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the Execu tive Director and staff support. SEC. 627. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of this Act, the head of each executive department and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse the ‘‘Policy and Citizen Services’’ account, General Services Administration, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support Government wide financial, informa tion technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology initia tives, and the Procurement Executives Council for procurement initiatives). The total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers or reimbursements may only be made 15 days following notification of the Committees on Appro priations by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. SEC. 628. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Personnel Management or any other department or agency of the Federal Government