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‘‘(A) plan, budget, schedule, and acquire 
upgrades of its systems and equipment; and 
‘‘(B) plan for the acquisition and manage-
ment of future systems and equipment. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING GAPS.—A plan to address fund-
ing gaps between funding requirements for major ac-
quisition programs and known available resources, 
including, to the maximum extent practicable, ways 
of leveraging best practices to identify and eliminate 
overpayment for items to— 
‘‘(A) prevent wasteful purchasing; 
‘‘(B) achieve the greatest level of efficiency 
and cost savings by rationalizing purchases; 
‘‘(C) align pricing for similar items; and 
‘‘(D) utilize purchase timing and econo-
mies of scale. 
‘‘(4) IDENTIFICATION
OF
CAPABILITIES.—An 
identification of test, evaluation, modeling, and sim-
ulation capabilities that will be required to— 
‘‘(A) support the acquisition of tech-
nologies to meet the needs of such strategy; 
‘‘(B) leverage to the greatest extent pos-
sible emerging technological trends and re-
search and development trends within the pub-
lic and private sectors; and 
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‘‘(C) identify ways to ensure that appro-
priate technology is acquired and integrated 
into the Department’s operating doctrine to im-
prove mission performance. 
‘‘(5) FOCUS ON FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS.—An as-
sessment of ways the Department can improve its 
ability to test and acquire innovative solutions to 
allow needed incentives and protections for appro-
priate risk-taking in order to meet its acquisition 
needs with resiliency, agility, and responsiveness to 
assure homeland security and facilitate trade. 
‘‘(6) FOCUS
ON
INCENTIVES
TO
SAVE
TAX-
PAYER DOLLARS.—An assessment of ways the De-
partment can develop incentives for program man-
agers and senior Department acquisition officials 
to— 
‘‘(A) prevent cost overruns; 
‘‘(B) avoid schedule delays; and 
‘‘(C) achieve cost savings in major acquisi-
tion programs. 
‘‘(7) FOCUS ON ADDRESSING DELAYS AND BID 
PROTESTS.—An assessment of ways the Department 
can improve the acquisition process to minimize cost 
overruns in— 
‘‘(A) requirements development; 
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‘‘(B) procurement announcements; 
‘‘(C) requests for proposals; 
‘‘(D) evaluation of proposals; 
‘‘(E) protests of decisions and awards; and 
‘‘(F) the use of best practices. 
‘‘(8) FOCUS
ON
IMPROVING
OUTREACH.—An 
identification and assessment of ways to increase op-
portunities for communication and collaboration with 
industry, small and disadvantaged businesses, intra- 
government entities, university centers of excellence, 
accredited certification and standards development 
organizations, and national laboratories to ensure 
that the Department understands the market for 
technologies, products, and innovation that is avail-
able to meet its mission needs and to inform the De-
partment’s requirements-setting process before en-
gaging in an acquisition, including— 
‘‘(A) methods designed especially to engage 
small and disadvantaged businesses, a cost-ben-
efit analysis of the tradeoffs that small and dis-
advantaged businesses provide, information re-
lating to barriers to entry for small and dis-
advantaged businesses, and information relating 
to unique requirements for small and disadvan-
taged businesses; and 
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‘‘(B) within the Department Vendor Com-
munication Plan and Market Research Guide, 
instructions for interaction by acquisition pro-
gram managers with such entities to— 
‘‘(i) prevent misinterpretation of ac-
quisition regulations; and 
‘‘(ii) permit, within legal and ethical 
boundaries, interacting with such entities 
with transparency. 
‘‘(9) COMPETITION.—A plan regarding competi-
tion under subsection (d). 
‘‘(10) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—A plan re-
garding the Department acquisition workforce under 
subsection (e). 
‘‘(d) COMPETITION PLAN.—The strategy required 
under subsection (a) shall also include a plan to address 
actions to ensure competition, or the option of competi-
tion, for major acquisition programs. Such plan may in-
clude assessments of the following measures in appro-
priate cases if such measures are cost effective: 
‘‘(1) Competitive prototyping. 
‘‘(2) Dual-sourcing. 
‘‘(3) Unbundling of contracts. 
‘‘(4) Funding of next-generation prototype sys-
tems or subsystems. 
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‘‘(5) Use of modular, open architectures to en-
able competition for upgrades. 
‘‘(6) Acquisition of complete technical data 
packages. 
‘‘(7) Periodic competitions for subsystem up-
grades. 
‘‘(8) Licensing of additional suppliers, including 
small businesses. 
‘‘(9) Periodic system or program reviews to ad-
dress long-term competitive effects of program deci-
sions. 
‘‘(e) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—The strategy 
required under subsection (a) shall also include a 
plan to address Department acquisition workforce 
accountability and talent management that identifies 
the acquisition workforce needs of each component 
performing acquisition functions and develops op-
tions for filling such needs with qualified individuals, 
including a cost-benefit analysis of contracting for 
acquisition assistance. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
MATTERS
COVERED.—The 
acquisition workforce plan under this subsection 
shall address ways to— 
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