Sec. 2306. Intelligence community information technology environment
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The Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for coordinating the performance by elements of the intelligence community of IC ITE, including each of the following: Ensuring compliance with all applicable IC ITE rules and regulations. Ensuring IC ITE measurable performance goals exist. Documenting IC ITE standards and practices. Acting as an arbiter among elements of the intelligence community related to any disagreements arising out of the implementation of IC ITE.
Delegating responsibilities to the elements of the intelligence community and carrying out such other responsibilities as are necessary for the effective implementation of IC ITE. Key service providers shall be responsible for— providing key services, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence; and providing the Director with information requested and required to fulfill the responsibilities of the Director under paragraph (1). Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each element of the intelligence community shall use key services when such services are available.
The Director of National Intelligence may provide for a written exception to the requirement under subparagraph
(A)if the Director determines there is a compelling financial or mission need for such exception. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall designate and maintain one or more accountable IC ITE executives to be responsible for— IC ITE management, financial control, and integration; ensuring the performance of each key service, including establishing measurable service requirements and schedules; ensuring independent testing of each IC ITE core service, including testing by the intended users, to evaluate performance against measurable service requirements and to ensure the capability meets user requirements; and coordinate IC ITE transition or restructuring efforts, including phase out of legacy systems. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall develop and maintain a security plan for IC ITE. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and during each of the second and fourth fiscal quarters thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a long-term roadmap that shall include each of the following: A description of the minimum required and desired key service requirements, including— key performance parameters; and an assessment of current, measured performance. IC ITE implementation milestones, including each of the following: A schedule for expected deliveries of key service capabilities during each of the following phases: Concept refinement and technology maturity demonstration. Development, integration, and demonstration, Production, deployment, and sustainment. System retirement. Dependencies of such key service capabilities. Plans for the transition or restructuring necessary to incorporate key service capabilities. A description of any legacy systems and discontinued capabilities to be phased out. Such other matters as the Director determines appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and during each of the second and fourth fiscal quarters thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a business plan that includes each of the following: A uniform approach to identify IC ITE key service funding requests within the proposed budget, including multiyear plans to implement the long-term roadmap required by subsection (d). A uniform approach by which each element of the intelligence community shall identify the cost of legacy information technology or alternative capabilities where IC ITE services will also be available. A uniform effort by which each element of the intelligence community shall identify transition and restructuring costs for new, existing, and retiring IC ITE services, as well as IC ITE services that have changed designations among core service, service of common concern, and agency unique service. A fair and equitable rate structure for use of IC ITE. Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees quarterly updates regarding ongoing implementation of IC ITE as compared to the requirements in the most recently submitted security plan required by subsection (c), long-term roadmap required by subsection (d), and business plan required by subsection (e). The Director of National Intelligence shall provide timely notification to the congressional intelligence committees regarding any policy changes related to or affecting IC ITE, new initiatives or strategies related to or impacting IC ITE, and changes or deficiencies in the execution of the security plan required by subsection (c), long-term roadmap required by subsection (d), and business plan required by subsection (e). In this section: The term agency unique service means a capability that is unique to and used only within one element of the intelligence community. The term core service means a capability that is available to multiple elements of the intelligence community and required for consistent operation of IC ITE. The term intelligence community information technology environment or IC ITE means all of the information technology services across the intelligence community, including the data sharing and protection environment across multiple classification domains. The term key service is a core service or service of common concern, but is not an agency unique service. The term key service provider is the entity responsible and accountable for implementing a key service within the IC ITE. The term service of common concern means a capability available across IC ITE that is of interest to two or more elements of the intelligence community. The section shall have no effect on or after September 30, 2024.