Sec. 416. Modernization of security clearance information technology architecture
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The Director of National Intelligence shall support the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of Defense in the efforts of the Secretary to develop and implement an information technology system (in this section referred to as the System ) to— modernize and sustain the security clearance information architecture of the National Background Investigations Bureau and the Department of Defense; support decisionmaking processes for the evaluation and granting of personnel security clearances; improve cybersecurity capabilities with respect to sensitive security clearance data and processes; reduce the complexity and cost of the security clearance process; provide information to managers on the financial and administrative costs of the security clearance process; strengthen the ties between counterintelligence and personnel security communities; and improve system standardization in the security clearance process.
The Director of National Intelligence shall support the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of Defense in the efforts of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary to issue guidance establishing the respective roles, responsibilities, and obligations of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Secretary, and the Director of National Intelligence, with respect to the development and implementation of the System.