Sec. 110. Chief Information Officer
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Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 343 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: In addition to the functions under section 3506(a)(2) of title 44, United States Code, the Chief Information Officer shall perform the functions set forth in this section and such other functions as may be assigned by the Secretary. ; by redesignating subsection
(b)as subsection (e); and by inserting after subsection
(a)the following: In addition to the functions under section 3506 of title 44, United States Code, the Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management, shall— advise and assist the Secretary, heads of the components of the Department, and other senior officers in carrying out the responsibilities of the Department for all activities relating to the budgets, programs, and operations of the information technology functions of the Department; to the extent delegated by the Secretary— exercise leadership and authority over Department information technology management; and establish the information technology priorities, policies, processes, standards, guidelines, and procedures of the Department to ensure interoperability and standardization of information technology; serve as the lead technical authority for information technology programs; maintain a consolidated inventory of the Department’s mission critical and mission essential information systems, and develop and maintain contingency plans for responding to a disruption in the operation of any of those information systems; maintain the security, visibility, reliability, integrity, and availability of data and information technology of the Department including the security of the Homeland Security Data Network; in coordination with relevant officials of the Department, ensure that the Department is in compliance with subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code; establish policies and procedures to effectively monitor and manage vulnerabilities in the supply chain for purchases of information technology; in coordination with relevant officials of the Department, ensure Department compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12; in coordination with relevant officials of the Department, ensure that information technology systems of the Department meet the standards established under the information sharing environment, as defined in section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 6 U.S.C. 485 ); develop measures to monitor the performance of Department components’ use and implementation of information technology systems and consistently monitor such performance to ensure that such systems are used effectively; ensure that Department components report to the Chief Information Officer of the Department a complete inventory of information systems and fully adhere to Department guidance related to information technology; carry out any other responsibilities delegated by the Secretary consistent with an effective information system management function; and carry out authorities over Department information technology consistent with section 113419 of title 40, United States Code. In coordination with the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer shall develop an information technology strategic plan every 5 years and report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on— how the information technology strategic plans developed under this subsection are used to help inform the Department’s budget process; how the Department’s budget aligns with priorities specified in the information technology strategic plans; in cases in which it is not possible to fund all information technology strategic plan activities for a given fiscal year, the rationale as to why certain activities are not being funded in lieu of higher priorities; what decisionmaking process was used to arrive at these priorities and the role of Department components in that process; and examine the extent to which unnecessary duplicate information technology within and across the components of the Department has been eliminated. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the DHS Headquarters Reauthorization Act of 2015, and every 2 years thereafter, the Chief Information Officer, in consultation with Department component chief information officers, shall— conduct a Departmentwide inventory of all existing software licenses held by the Department, including utilized and unutilized licenses; assess the needs of the Department and the components of the Department for software licenses for the subsequent 2 fiscal years; examine how the Department can achieve the greatest possible economies of scale and cost savings in the procurement of software licenses; determine how the use of shared cloud-computing services will impact the needs for software licenses for the subsequent 2 fiscal years; and establish plans and estimated costs for eliminating unutilized software licenses for the subsequent 2 fiscal years. If the Chief Information Officer determines through the inventory conducted under paragraph
(1)that the number of software licenses held by the Department and the components of the Department exceed the needs of the Department as assessed under paragraph (1), the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the date on which the inventory is completed, shall establish a plan for bringing the number of such software licenses into balance with such needs of the Department. Except as provided in clause (ii), upon completion of a plan established under paragraph (1), no additional resources may be obligated for the procurement of new software licenses for the Department until such time as the need of the Department exceeds the number of used and unused licenses held by the Department. The Chief Information Officer may authorize the purchase of additional licenses and amend the number of needed licenses as necessary. The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the inventory conducted under paragraph (1)(A) and the plan established under paragraph (2)(A). The Chief Information Officer shall submit a copy of each inventory conducted under paragraph (1)(A) and each plan established under paragraph (2)(A) to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. . The Chief Information Officer shall complete the first implementation of section 701(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by this section, by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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