Sec. 111. Centralized security monitoring program for facilities of the Army
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The Secretary of the Army (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall establish a centralized security monitoring program for installations and facilities of the Department of the Army in the United States. The Secretary shall ensure that the program required under subsection
(a)achieves initial operating capability not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall select three installations of the Department of the Army to serve as centers for the program required under subsection (a). The centers selected under paragraph
(1)shall— include a mix of large and extra-large installations, as defined by the 2016 business case analysis conducted by the Provost Marshal General of the Army; and be geographically dispersed to increase resilience of networked monitoring under the program required under subsection (a). In carrying out the program required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall host centralized intrusion detection system monitoring, assessment, and dispatching at the centers selected under subsection (c)(1). The centers selected under subsection (c)(1) shall maximize use of commercially available technology, automation, and industry best practices to modernize force protection and asset monitoring for the Department of the Army. The Secretary shall ensure that all installations and facilities of the Department of the Army in the United States are networked and that the centers selected under subsection (c)(1) are able to provide continuous and redundant monitoring, assessment, and dispatching services to those installations and facilities. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that outlines the plans of the Secretary to implement the centralized security monitoring program required under subsection
(a)and assesses the performance of such program. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include an identification of the following: Locations selected for centers under subsection (c)(1). Cost and schedule to execute the program required under subsection (a). Defined measures of performance for initial operating capability and final operating capability of such program. Expected cost savings of such program as compared to current security monitoring systems of the Department of the Army. Technological modernization barriers to the implementation of networked remote monitoring under such program.