Sec. 8258. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REVIEW AND REPORT ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OF COAST GUARD

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## SEC. 8258 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REVIEW AND REPORT ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OF COAST GUARD ###

(a)GAO Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report setting forth the results of a comprehensive review, conducted by the Comptroller General for purposes of the report, on the Coast Guard Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center, including the findings, and any recommendations for improvement of the program, of the Comptroller General. ####

(2)Required elements of review The review required under paragraph

(1)shall include— #####

(A)analysis of how the Coast Guard manages its information technology program, including information technology acquisitions, to meet its various mission needs and reporting requirements; #####

(B)analysis of the adequacy of the physical information technology infrastructure within Coast Guard districts, including network infrastructure, for meeting mission needs and reporting requirements; #####

(C)analysis of whether and, if so, how the Coast Guard— ######

(i)identifies and satisfies any knowledge and skill requirements; and ######

(ii)recruits, trains, and develops its information technology personnel; #####

(D)analysis of whether and, if so, how the Coast Guard separates information technology from operational technology for cybersecurity purposes; #####

(E)analysis of how the Coast Guard intends to update its Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement system, personnel, accounting and other databases, and implement an electronic health records system; and #####

(F)analysis of the goals and acquisition strategies for all proposed Coast Guard enterprise-wide cloud computing service procurements. ###

(b)Review on Cloud Computing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a detailed description of the Coast Guard’s strategy to implement cloud computing for the entire Coast Guard, including— ####

(1)the goals and acquisition strategies for all proposed enterprise-wide cloud computing service procurements; ####

(2)a strategy to sustain competition and innovation throughout the period of performance of each contract for procurement of cloud-computing goods and services for the Coast Guard, including defining opportunities for multiple cloud-service providers and insertion of new technologies; ####

(3)an assessment of potential threats and security vulnerabilities of the strategy, and plans to mitigate such risks; and ####

(4)an estimate of the cost and timeline to implement cloud computing service for all Coast Guard computing.