Sec. 302. Acquisition authorities for Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management
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Subtitle A of title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the new section following: Within the Management Directorate, there shall be a Program Accountability and Risk Management office to— provide consistent accountability, standardization, and transparency of acquisition programs of the Department; serve as the central oversight function for the Department’s acquisition portfolio; and provide review and analysis of Department acquisition programs, as appropriate.
The Program Accountability and Risk Management office shall be led by an Executive Director to oversee the requirements specified in subsection (a). The Executive Director shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Management, and shall carry out the following responsibilities: Monitor regularly the progress of Department major acquisition programs between acquisition decision events to identify problems with cost, performance, or schedule that components may need to address to prevent cost overruns, performance issues, or schedule delays.
Assist the Under Secretary for Management in managing the Department’s acquisition programs, acquisition workforce, and related activities. Conduct oversight of individual acquisition programs to implement Department acquisition program policy, procedures, and guidance with a priority on ensuring the data the office collects and maintains from Department components is accurate and reliable. Serve as the focal point and coordinator for the acquisition life cycle review process and as the executive secretariat for the Department’s Acquisition Review Board.
Advise the persons having acquisition decision authority in making acquisition decisions consistent with all applicable laws and in establishing clear lines of authority, accountability, and responsibility for acquisition decision making within the Department. Assess the results of major acquisition programs’ post-implementation reviews and identify opportunities to improve performance throughout the acquisition process and across the Department’s acquisition portfolio. Provide technical support and assistance to Department acquisition programs and acquisition personnel.
Assist, as appropriate, with the preparation of the Future Years Homeland Security Program. Prepare and submit the Congressional Acquisition Progress Report for the Department, as required under section 840. In coordination with the Component Acquisition Executives, maintain the Master Acquisition Oversight List that shall serve as an inventory of all major and non-major acquisition programs within the Department. The inventory shall be updated quarterly and include, at a minimum, the following information for each program:
Component sponsoring the acquisition. Name of the acquisition. Acquisition level as determined by the program’s anticipated life cycle cost (as such term is defined in section 830) and other criteria pursuant to the Department-level acquisition policy. Acquisition decision authority for the acquisition. Current acquisition phase. Each head of a component shall comply with Federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and Department acquisition management directives established by the Under Secretary for Management, and shall carry out the following responsibilities:
Establish an organizational structure for conducting acquisitions within the component, to be managed by a Component Acquisition Executive, and obtain the resources necessary to operate such an organizational structure that are aligned with the number, type, size, and complexity of the acquisition programs of the component. Oversee sustainment of capabilities deployed by major and non-major acquisition programs once all planned deployments are completed until such capabilities are retired or replaced.
The Component Acquisition Executive is responsible for overseeing all acquisition related activities within the component and, as such, shall carry out the following functions: Establish and implement policies and guidance for managing and conducting oversight for major and non-major acquisition programs within the component that comply with Federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and Department acquisition management directives established by the Under Secretary for Management.
Ensure acquisition documentation is complete and demonstrates the critical thinking required for successful program execution prior to final approval. Exercise the acquisition decision authority (as such term is defined in section 830) to approve, pause, modify (including the rescission of approvals of program milestones), or cancel non-major acquisition programs and major acquisition programs when delegated by the Under Secretary for Management pursuant to section 701(d)(3).
Review, oversee, and direct activities between acquisition decision events for major acquisition programs within the component for which the Under Secretary for Management is the acquisition decision authority. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 722, as added by this Act, the following new items: Sec. 723. Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management. .
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