PMIIAA legislation enacted into law by President Barack Obama on 12/14/2016
PROGRAM MANAGEMENTÂ IMPROVEMENT & ACCOUNTABILITY (PMIAA)
PMIAA Highlights
Establishes a formal career path for all government program and project management personnel
Orders the development of a specific job category for project managers
Requires all federal government agencies collaborate, engage and adopt widely-accepted private sector program management best practices and standards
Mandates key qualifications, skills and competencies be identified for all agency program and project management personnel to enhance training and educational opportunities
Training & educational opportunities must include:
Training in the relevant competencies encompassed with program and project managers within the private sector for program managers
Training that emphasizes cost containment for large projects and programs
Mentoring of current and future program managers by experienced senior executives and program managers within each agency
Improved career paths and career opportunities for program managers
A plan to encourage the recruitment and retention of highly qualified individuals to serve as program managers
Improved means of collecting and disseminating best practices and lessons learned to enhance program management across each agency
Utilize common templates and tools to support improved data gathering and analysis for program management and oversight purposes