§ 305. Systematic agency review of operations

• (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.