Executive Orders EO 13423 enables the Energy Star feature on agency computers and monitors, (iii) es- tablishes and implements policies to extend the useful life of agency elec- tronic equipment, and (iv) uses environmentally sound practices with re- spect to disposition of agency electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life. Sec. 3. Duties of Heads of Agencies. In implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the head of each agency shall: (a) implement within the agency sustainable practices for (i) energy effi- ciency, greenhouse gas emissions avoidance or reduction, and petroleum products use reduction, (ii) renewable energy, including bioenergy, (iii) water conservation, (iv) acquisition, (v) pollution and waste prevention and recycling, (vi) reduction or elimination of acquisition and use of toxic or hazardous chemicals, (vii) high performance construction, lease, operation, and maintenance of buildings, (viii) vehicle fleet management, and (ix) electronic equipment management; (b) implement within the agency environmental management systems (EMS) at all appropriate organizational levels to ensure (i) use of EMS as the primary management approach for addressing environmental aspects of internal agency operations and activities, including environmental aspects of energy and transportation functions, (ii) establishment of agency objec- tives and targets to ensure implementation of this order, and (iii) collection, analysis, and reporting of information to measure performance in the im- plementation of this order; (c) establish within the agency programs for (i) environmental management training, (ii) environmental compliance review and audit, and (iii) leader- ship awards to recognize outstanding environmental, energy, or transpor- tation management performance in the agency; (d) within 30 days after the date of this order (i) designate a senior civilian officer of the United States, compensated annually in an amount at or above the amount payable at level IV of the Executive Schedule, to be re- sponsible for implementation of this order within the agency, (ii) report such designation to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, and (iii) assign the designated official the authority and duty to (A) monitor and report to the head of the agency on agency activities to carry out subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and (B) perform such other duties relating to the imple- mentation of this order within the agency as the head of the agency deems appropriate; (e) ensure that contracts entered into after the date of this order for con- tractor operation of government-owned facilities or vehicles require the contractor to comply with the provisions of this order with respect to such facilities or vehicles to the same extent as the agency would be required to comply if the agency operated the facilities or vehicles; (f) ensure that agreements, permits, leases, licenses, or other legally-binding obligations between the agency and a tenant or concessionaire entered into after the date of this order require, to the extent the head of the agency de- termines appropriate, that the tenant or concessionaire take actions relating to matters within the scope of the contract that facilitate the agency's com- pliance with this order;
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