Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Organizing and Revealing the Government’s Construction, Hierarchies, Appointments, Responsibilities, and Tasks Act” or the “ORG CHART Act”.
Organizing and Revealing the Government’s Construction, Hierarchies, Appointments, Responsibilities, and Tasks Act
A BILL
To require agencies to create consistent organizational hierarchies, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Agency organization hierarchies
Definitions— In this section:
Agency— The term agency—
has the meaning given the term in section 3330f(a) of title 5, United States Code; and
does not include the Government Accountability Office.
Director— The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Organization hierarchy transparency guidance—
In general— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Administrator of General Services, shall issue guidance that requires the head of each agency to create, maintain, and periodically update an organizational hierarchy for the agency that includes—
a diagram and list that documents the hierarchical relationships between offices and functions within the agency and each component of the agency led by—
an individual occupying a policy and supporting position (as defined in section 3330f(a) of title 5, United States Code); and
any other relevant official, as determined by the Director;
the name and title of each official who leads the agency or a component of the agency;
whether any position to which subparagraph (B) applies is vacant;
whether any official described in subparagraph (B) is serving in an acting capacity;
with respect to each official described in subparagraph (B), a hyperlink to the relevant information for that official on the website established and maintained under section 3330f(b) of title 5, United States Code, if applicable; and
a unique organizational code that identifies each listed office and function.
Public posting of hierarchies— The head of each agency shall include the up-to-date organizational hierarchy of the agency created pursuant to the guidance issued under paragraph (1) and the date on which that hierarchy was most recently verified as accurate—
with respect to an agency required to submit budget justification materials described in section 105 of title 31, United States Code, as a part of those budget justification materials; and
on the website of the agency.
Consistency— To the maximum extent practicable, publicly available human capital data produced by each agency shall have the same hierarchical structure and be consistent with—
the organizational hierarchy of the agency created pursuant to the guidance issued under paragraph (1); and
other datasets identified by the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in the guidance issued under paragraph (1).
GAO review and report—
In general— Not later than 1 year after the issuance of guidance under subsection (b)(1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives an evaluation of the implementation of this Act.
Contents— The report required under subparagraph (A) shall include an evaluation of—
the quality of the information required to be posted under this Act and whether the information is complete, accurate, timely, and reliable;
the consistency between datasets described in subsection (b)(3)(B) and the organizational hierarchies created by agencies pursuant to the guidance issued under subsection (b)(1);
any challenges experienced by agencies in implementing this Act; and
any suggestions or modifications to this Act or section 3330f of title 5, United States Code, to enhance the information provided by agencies pursuant to this Act, including best practices for agencies to follow.