A SUPPLEMENT TO PM NETWORK® PUBLISHED BY PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
FEBRUARY 2017
Law to Enhance
Best Project
and Program
Practices in U.S.
Government
By Tommy Goodwin, government relations manager,
PMI Washington, D.C. office
I N S I D E
Events Calendar 6
PMIEF Grants US$1.3 Million 9
for Education and Nonprofit
Capacity-Building Initiatives
PMI China News 12
Chapter Links 14
Chapters Collaborate on Course 16
with Healthcare I T Association
See page 3
TO
Looking Ahead
2O17
n a huge win for the project manage-
ment profession, the Program Manage-
ment Improvement and Accountability
Act (PMIAA) was signed into law in the
United States in December 2016. Strongly
supported by PMI, this first-of-its-kind law
will enhance best practices in project and
program management throughout the
U.S. federal government.
I
PMIAA will improve U.S. government
program management policy in four
important ways, by:
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1. Creating a formal job series and career
path for program managers in the
federal government;
2. Developing a standards-based
program management policy across
the federal government;
