Sec. 501. Data modernization summit
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In this section— the term Administration means the Small Business Administration; the term Committee means the SBIR and STTR Interagency Policy Committee established under subsection (b); the terms Federal agency , SBIR , and STTR have the meanings given such terms under section 9(e) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638(e) ); the term participating Federal agency means a Federal agency with an SBIR program or an STTR program; the term phase means Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III, as those terms are defined under section 9(e) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638(e) ); and the term small business concern has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ).
There is established an interagency committee to be known as the SBIR and STTR Interagency Policy Committee . The Committee shall include— 2 representatives from each participating Federal agency, of which— 1 shall have expertise with respect to the SBIR program and STTR program of the Federal agency; and 1 shall have expertise with respect to the information technology systems of the Federal agency; and 2 representatives from the Administration, of which— 1 shall serve as chairperson of the Committee; and 1 shall be from the Information Technology Development Team of the Office of Investment and Innovation of the Administration.
The Committee shall review the recommendations made in the report to Congress by the Office of Science and Technology of the Administration entitled SBIR/STTR TechNet Public & Government Databases , dated September 15, 2014, and the practices of participating Federal agencies to— determine how to collect data on achievements by small business concerns in each phase of the SBIR program and the STTR program and ensure collection and dissemination of such data in a timely, efficient, and uniform manner; establish a uniform baseline for metrics that support improving the solicitation, contracting, funding, and execution of program management in the SBIR program and the STTR program; normalize formatting and database usage across participating Federal agencies; and determine the feasibility of developing a common system across all participating Federal agencies and the paperwork requirements under such a common system.
Not later than September 31, 2018, the Committee shall brief the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives on the solutions identified by the Committee under subsection
(d)and resources needed to execute the solutions.
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