ed, tasked, and evaluated by the Directorate of 
Science and Technology, including the roles and re-
sponsibilities of the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology, the Under Secretary for Policy, the 
Under Secretary for Management, the Director of 
the Office of Risk Management and Analysis, and 
the heads of operational components of the Depart-
ment; and 
‘‘(2) to the greatest extent possible, the Sec-
retary shall seek to publicize the directive for the 
purpose of informing the Federal, State, and local 
governments, first responders, and the private sec-
tor. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE.—The 
management directive shall— 
‘‘(1) identify the Directorate’s customers within 
and outside of the Department; 
‘‘(2) describe the risk formula and risk assess-
ment tools that the Department considers to iden-
tify, prioritize, and fund homeland security research 
projects; 
‘‘(3) describe the methodology to be used by the 
Directorate to task projects to research entities, in-
cluding the national laboratories, federally funded 
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research and development centers, and university- 
based centers; 
‘‘(4) require the Directorate to develop proto-
cols to assess off-the-shelf technology to determine if 
an identified homeland security capability gap can 
be addressed through the acquisition process instead 
of commencing research and development of tech-
nology to address that capability gap; 
‘‘(5) require the Directorate to strengthen first 
responder 
participation 
in 
identifying 
and 
prioritizing homeland security technological gaps 
by— 
‘‘(A) soliciting feedback from national as-
sociations and advisory groups representing the 
first responder community and first responders 
within the components of the Department; 
‘‘(B) establishing and promoting a publicly 
accessible portal to allow the first responder 
community to help the Directorate develop 
homeland security research and development 
goals; and 
‘‘(C) establishing a mechanism to publicize 
the Department’s funded and unfunded home-
land security technology priorities; and 
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‘‘(6) include such other requirements, policies, 
and practices as the Secretary considers necessary. 
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT 
DIRECTIVE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the issuance of the management directive, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a mandatory workforce program 
for the Directorate’s customers in the Department 
to better identify and prioritize homeland security 
capability gaps that may be addressed by a techno-
logical solution based on the assessment required 
under section 237(a)(2); 
‘‘(2) establish a system to collect feedback from 
customers of the Directorate on the performance of 
the Directorate, that includes metrics for measuring 
customer satisfaction and the usefulness of any tech-
nology or service provided by the Directorate; and 
‘‘(3) any other activities that the Secretary con-
siders to be necessary to implement the management 
directive. 
‘‘(d) QUARTERLY UPDATES ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 
One hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment 
of this section, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the 
Inspector General of the Department shall submit a quar-
terly update to the appropriate congressional committees 
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on the status of implementation of the management direc-
tive and activities in support of the directive. 
‘‘(e) RISK ANALYSIS.—In carrying out subsection 
(b)(2), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees by not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this subsection and annually— 
‘‘(A) a prioritized risk analysis describing 
the greatest risks to the homeland, that in-
cludes vulnerability studies, asset values (in-
cluding asset values for intangible assets), esti-
mated rates of occurrence, countermeasures em-
ployed, loss expectancy, cost/benefit analyses, 
and other practices generally associated with 
producing a comprehensive risk analysis; 
‘‘(B) an analysis of the Directorate’s ap-
proach to mitigating the homeland security 
risks 
identified 
under 
subparagraph 
(A) 
through basic and applied research, develop-
ment, demonstration, testing, and evaluation 
activities; 
‘‘(C) an analysis, based on statistics and 
metrics, of the effectiveness of the Directorate 
in reducing the homeland security risks identi-
fied under subparagraph (A) through the de-
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ployment of homeland security technologies re-
searched or developed by the Directorate; 
‘‘(D) recommendations for how the Direc-
torate should modify or amend its research and 
development activities in order to reduce the 
risks to the homeland identified under subpara-
graph (A); 
‘‘(E) a description of how the assessments 
required under subparagraph (A) shall be used 
to inform, guide, and prioritize the Depart-
ment’s homeland security research and develop-
ment activities; and 
‘‘(F) a description of input from other rel-
evant Federal, State, or local agencies and rel-
evant private sector entities in conducting the 
risk assessment required by subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(2) conduct research and development on ways 
to most effectively communicate information regard-
ing the risks associated with the various threats 
identified in paragraph (1) to the media as well as 
directly to the public, both on an ongoing basis and 
during a terrorist attack or other incident. 
‘‘(f) REPORT ON HSARPA ACTIVITIES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees 
containing the research, development, testing, eval-
uation, prototyping, and deployment activities under-
taken by the Homeland Security Advanced Research 
Projects Agency during the previous fiscal year, in-
cluding funds expended for such activities in the pre-
vious fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—For each activity under-
taken, the report shall— 
‘‘(A) describe the corresponding risk anal-
ysis performed by the Department that sup-
ports the decision to undertake in that activity; 
and 
‘‘(B) describe the efforts made to transi-
tion that activity into a Federal, State, or local 
acquisition program. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
shall include in each report a description of each 
proposal that was reviewed in the period covered by 
the report by the Director of the Homeland Security 
Advanced Research Projects Agency under section 
313(d)(3), including a statement of whether the pro-
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posal received a grant, cooperative agreement, or 
contract from the Director. 
‘‘SEC. 237. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Sixty days before 
establishing the mandatory workforce program as required 
by section 236(c)(1), the Secretary shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees that includes 
the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of how homeland security 
technological requirements are developed by the Di-
rectorate of Science and Technology’s customers 
within the Department. 
‘‘(2) An assessment of whether Department em-
ployees receive adequate and appropriate job train-
ing to allow them to identify, express, and prioritize 
homeland security capability gaps. 
‘‘(3) A plan for how the Directorate, in coordi-
nation with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 
and other Department components, can enhance and 
improve the technology requirements development 
and the technology acquisition process, to accelerate 
the delivery of effective, suitable technologies that 
meet performance requirements and appropriately 
address an identified homeland security capability 
gap. 
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‘‘(4) An assessment of whether Congress should 
authorize, in addition to the program required under 
section 236(c)(1), a training program for Depart-
ment employees to be trained in requirements writ-
ing and acquisition, that— 
‘‘(A) is prepared in consultation with the 
Department of Veteran’s Affairs Acquisition 
Academy, the Defense Acquisition University, 
the Inspector General of the Department, and 
the Government Accountability Office; and 
‘‘(B) if the Secretary determines that such 
additional training should be authorized by 
Congress, includes specification about— 
‘‘(i) the type, skill set, and job series 
of Department employees who would ben-
efit from such training, including an esti-
mate of the number of such employees; 
‘‘(ii) a suggested curriculum for the 
training; 
‘‘(iii) the type and skill set of edu-
cators who could most effectively teach 
these skills; 
‘‘(iv) the length and duration of the 
training; 
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‘‘(v) the advantages and disadvan-
tages of training employees in a live class-
room, or virtual classroom, or both; 
‘‘(vi) cost estimates for the training; 
and 
‘‘(vii) the role of the Directorate in 
supporting the training. 
‘‘(b) USE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TER.—The Secretary is encouraged to use a federally 
funded research and development center to assist the Sec-
retary in carrying out the requirements of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 238. TRACKING SYSTEMS, RESEARCH MILESTONES, 
AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In establishing a system to col-
lect feedback under section 236(c)(2), the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a system to monitor and account 
for homeland security research milestones; and 
‘‘(2) create a formal process for collecting feed-
back from customers on the effectiveness of the 
technology or services delivered by Directorate. 
‘‘(b) SYSTEM.—The system established under sub-
section (a)(1) shall identify and account for research mile-
stones to monitor the progress of Directorate of Science 
and Technology research, development, testing, and eval-
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uation activities, and collect information from the Direc-
torate’s customers about their level of satisfaction with the 
performance of the Directorate, including by— 
‘‘(1) allowing the Directorate to provide regular 
reports to its customers regarding the status and 
progress of research efforts of the Directorate; 
‘‘(2) collecting and evaluating customer feed-
back; 
‘‘(3) allowing the Secretary to evaluate how a 
technology or service produced as a result of the Di-
rectorate’s programs have affected homeland secu-
rity capability gaps; and 
‘‘(4) allowing the Secretary to report the num-
ber of products and services developed by the Direc-
torate that have been transitioned into acquisition 
programs. 
‘‘(c) MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE.—The Under Sec-
retary of Science and Technology shall issue a manage-
ment directive creating, publicizing, and implementing 
guidance for homeland security researchers funded by the 
Directorate on setting valid initial and subsequent re-
search milestones. The directive may include penalties for 
research milestones missed, disincentives for continuing 
projects that are unlikely to meet objectives, and financial 
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within the Department and outside of the Depart-
ment, including the first responder community. 
‘‘(4) The role of the Department’s risk analysis 
in the activities and programs of the Directorate. 
‘‘(5) A technology transition strategy for the 
programs of the Directorate. 
‘‘(6) A description of the policies of the Direc-
torate on the management, organization, and per-
sonnel of the Directorate. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress the strategic plan most 
recently prepared under subsection (a) at the same time 
that the President submits to Congress the budget for 
each even-numbered fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) is amended by adding at the end of the 
items relating to title III the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Strategic plan.’’. 
SEC. 302. REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 302 (6 U.S.C. 182) is amended by inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before the first sentence, and by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this subsection, and biannually 
thereafter, the Under Secretary shall, for each 
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