Sec. 313. Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management
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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 following new section: 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 acquisition portfolio of the Department; 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 who shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Management. The Executive Director shall carry out the following responsibilities: Monitor the progress of Department major acquisition programs between acquisition decision events to identify problems with cost, performance, or schedule that components of the Department may need to address to prevent cost overruns, performance issues, or schedule delays.
Assist the Under Secretary for Management in managing the acquisition programs, acquisition workforce, and related activities of the Department. Conduct oversight of individual acquisition programs to implement Department acquisition program policy, procedures, and guidance with priority given to ensuring the data the collected by the Program Accountability and Risk Management office from components of the Department is accurate and reliable. Serve as— the coordinator for the acquisition life-cycle review process; and the Executive Secretariat for the Acquisition Review Board of the Department.
Advise the individuals with acquisition decision authority in— making acquisition decisions consistent with all applicable laws; and establishing clear lines of authority, accountability, and responsibility for acquisition decision making within the Department. Assess the results of post-implementation reviews of major acquisition programs. Identify opportunities to improve performance throughout the acquisition process and across the acquisition portfolio of the Department. 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 839A. In coordination with the Component Acquisition Executives, maintain the Master Acquisition Oversight List, updated quarterly, that shall serve as an inventory of all major and non-major acquisition programs within the Department, including for each such program the— component sponsoring the acquisition; name of the acquisition; acquisition level as determined by the anticipated life-cycle cost (as such term is defined in section 830) of the program and other criteria pursuant to the Department-level acquisition policy; acquisition decision authority for the acquisition; and 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; establish an organizational structure for conducting acquisitions within the component, to be managed by a Component Acquisition Executive; 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; and 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.
Each Component Acquisition Executive shall— establish and implement policies and guidance for managing and conducting oversight for major and non-major acquisition programs within the component at issue 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 knowledge 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); and 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, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 714 the following new item: Sec. 715. Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management. .
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