Sec. 215. Modernization of security clearance information technology architecture
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall 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 decision-making processes for the evaluation and granting of personnel security clearances; improve cyber security 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.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall issue guidance establishing the respective roles, responsibilities, and obligations of the Secretary and Directors with respect to the development and implementation of the System. In developing the System under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— conduct a review of security clearance business processes and, to the extent practicable, modify such processes to maximize compatibility with the security clearance information technology architecture to minimize the need for customization of the System; conduct business process mapping (as such term is defined in section 2222(i) of title 10, United States Code) of the business processes described in paragraph (1); use spiral development and incremental acquisition practices to rapidly deploy the System, including through the use of prototyping and open architecture principles; establish a process to identify and limit interfaces with legacy systems and to limit customization of any commercial information technology tools used; establish automated processes for measuring the performance goals of the System; and incorporate capabilities for the continuous monitoring of network security and the mitigation of insider threats to the System.
The Secretary shall complete the development and implementation of the System by not later than September 30, 2019. Beginning on December 1, 2016, and on a quarterly basis thereafter until the completion date of the System under subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives (and other appropriate congressional committees on request) on the progress of the Secretary in developing and implementing the System.
The Secretary shall review laws, regulations, and executive orders relating to the maintenance of personnel security clearance information by the Federal Government. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives (and other appropriate congressional committees on request) a briefing that includes— the results of the review; and recommendations, if any, for consolidating and clarifying laws, regulations, and executive orders relating to the maintenance of personnel security clearance information by the Federal Government.
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.