6 U.S.C. § 321i — Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 83 words · no verdicts yet
This is a statement of Congress's opinion, not a binding rule. It says the Secretary should use off-the-shelf commercial technology, as much as possible, so the Department can collect, manage, and share information securely. It also says the Secretary should buy goods and services from private companies instead of competing with them.
This section is a "sense of Congress" statement. That means it expresses Congress's opinion, not a command backed by legal force.
(1) Congress believes the Secretary* should use off-the-shelf commercial technology as much as possible. The goal is to make sure the Department's information technology systems can collect, manage, share, analyze, and disseminate information securely, over many different channels of communication.
(2) Congress also believes the Secretary should buy the goods and services the Department* needs from commercial companies, rather than having the government provide them itself. The reason given is a broader U.S. policy: the government should try not to compete commercially with private businesses.
It is the sense of Congress that—
the Secretary* should, to the maximum extent possible, use off-the-shelf commercially developed technologies to ensure that the Department’s information technology systems allow the Department* to collect, manage, share, analyze, and disseminate information securely over multiple channels of communication; and
in order to further the policy of the United States to avoid competing commercially with the private sector, the Secretary should rely on commercial sources to supply the goods and services needed by the Department.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 520, formerly § 509, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2215; renumbered § 520, Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(6), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1395.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2215
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-295 · 120 Stat. 1395
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-296 on 2002-11-25.
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